Deals, deals, deals ...

I'm curious to see how the Xbox 360 price drops change the retail landscape (or not), with the $199 Arcade version the cheapest now-gen console on the market. Dunno if Nintendo will follow suit, but Sony's already said they don't feel the need to drop their price.

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.