Someone needs to put Santa Claus on the naughty list – the fat, red clown has a nasty habit of giving you a gift, but then giving a much better one to the neighbor you always hated. And it looks like Microsoft India seems bent on following in jolly ol’ Sant Nick’s fur boots as far as the Xbox 360’s pricing is concerned.

Announcing a Christmas-slash-New Year price cut for the holidays, Microsoft has said that the Xbox 360 Core console will retail for INR 14,990 along with Forza Motorsport 2 and Viva Piñata, whereas the Pro console will retail for INR 23,990 along with Forza Motorsport2, Viva Piñata, PGR3 and Yuvraj Singh International Cricket 2007 – a net savings of almost 10,000 bucks on the Core version and over 12,000 big ones on the Pro version. Obviously, now, I’ve got to swallow a whole bottle of antacids and get a squeaky de-stressing toy while people who bought the console a week or so back will probably be out buying guns to shoot themselves dead on Christmas.

One wonders whether the offer, valid until the end of the year or until stocks last, is some sort of stock clearing scheme before the newer Arcade and Pro stocks come in. Bah, who cares! You’re not going to get these babies cheaper, so if you were still mulling your purchase over, stop thinking and get your ass to the nearest game store and satisfy that burning itch with an Xbox 360 and Mass Effect.

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• Dev Kanchen Says:
  Thursday, December 13th, 2007 08:20 pm GMT +5.5 at 8:20 pm

  No monehs. Oh well, till the next mega-omg-my-eyeballs-are-popping-out holiday offer. *rap* *rap* *rap*

• Richdad Says:
  Sunday, December 16th, 2007 03:30 pm GMT +5.5 at 3:30 pm

  Wow this is a great offering this was what everybody was waitin for in India? Such low price with AAA titles bundled amazing.