In case you were wondering, here's the new official retail price breakout for the U.S. (Japan may get a similar price drop, but the UK, not so much):

• Xbox 360 Arcade ($199.99, no hard drive)
• Xbox 360 Pro (Core?) ($299.99, 60GB)
• Xbox 360 Elite ($399.99, 120GB)

So, are there better or worse places to buy the newly priced 360s? Yeah -- Circuit City, who's giving away a 1600 Xbox Live points card with the purchase of any Xbox. Cheaper new consoles and a $20 XBL card? (I think Microsoft uses new math.)

While you're at Circuit City, you can also pick up any of 3 titles for $15 bucks (new): Ghost Recon 2: Advanced Warfighter, Saints Row, or the excellent, everyone-should-play, Dead Rising. Or you can get wireless controllers for five bucks off.

There are even rumors that Call of Duty 4 will be $29.99 at Circuit City the following week of the 14th (if this is the GotY edition, pick ... it... up), and Gears of War (for PC) will be $14.99.

I'm probably being really unfair to other retailers and platforms, but those are the only things that jumped out for me this weekend.

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