Page 1 of PS2 price down to £169, XBox price drops to £159.99

"The UK video games war stepped up another notch this morning, as Microsoft followed today`s news of a PS2 price-cut by reducing the price of its own console.

From this Friday (August 30th) the Xbox will retail at £159.99 (approximately Euro 249). Sony, meanwhile, has announced that the PlayStation 2 will come down from £199 to £169 as of midnight on Saturday (August 31st).

"The games industry is looking very good at present. It`s an exciting time for all of us and we believe that this price move is great news for Xbox," said Microsoft`s Euro Xbox boss Sandy Duncan."

Taken from MCV.

Come on Nintendo! Cut the prices of the GAMES!

I wonder if the attrocious sales will drive the Xbox below 100 for xmas?

Might be worth buying then!

Game are dropping the PS2 price from friday - rather than waiting until midnight saturday if anyone hasn`t got one already.

Toys R Us are dropping both prices tomorrow (Friday). S***eloads of new deals, loads of work for us on Multimedia... and I aint in :D