Similar to the deal that GameStop ran a few weeks ago, the full band kit can be had for a song, a price "currently not available online." Looks like someone needs the space for the Fall flood of Guitar Hero 5 and The Beatles: Rock Band boxes. On top of that, we're told "roughly 200 price drops" went into effect today, meaning Spring's retail bombs can be Summer's low-risk purchases.

Found any deals? Let us know! And thanks to GameStop Manager X for the heads up.

Responding to a question on growing trends in the games industry, Guillemot singled out both fitness games and lowered console prices before expertly tying the two points together.

"We will see a real growth of the high-end consoles because they will go down in price. We will also see more fitness products sold. It's a genre that is growing fast. And I think that the market will grow really if hardware machines are down in terms of price."

Guillemot's interest in the fitness genre isn't merely prurient, of course, with the CEO indicating that Ubisoft would have a new fitness product to show off in a few days. Nice to see a company saving some of their secrets for E3.

He tells Edge Online that Microsoft is planning on its console competition becoming more price competitive in 2009. Not really his call, obviously, but failing to plan means planning to fail, right?

"We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months," Greenberg said, following recent Microsoft sales boasting. "We're frankly surprised it's taken this long. I would expect they'd have to move on price, sooner than later, for sure."

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves disagrees. He says not to expect a price cut this Spring, sticking to the "value added" thing. With PlayStation 3s reportedly getting cheaper to make, we'd expect it sooner rather than later — "no plans" notwithstanding.

MS: 360 Life-to-Date Sales Hit 28m [Edge Online]

"Sony will be nervous that the PS3's recent sales surge may fizzle out now that the premium Xbox 360 undercuts the PS3 by GBP 40, and the cheapest Xbox model is almost half the price of the PS3," commented principle analyst David Mercer.

Sony "nervous" following Xbox 360 price cut [GamesIndustry.biz]

Starting tomorrow, a huge number of EA titles are going to see substantial price drops, across virtually every system. Only the Wii and PS3 will continue to see EA published games stay at current prices. The drop affects a number of next-gen priced Xbox 360 games, including Fight Night Round 3, The Godfather, and Battlefield 2 Modern Combat, bringing them to saner MSRPs.

Here's a small sampling:

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Xbox 360 - Was: $49.99 New: $29.99

Def Jam Fight for New York: The Takedown
PSP - Was: $39.99 New: $29.99

Fight Night Round 3
PlayStation 2 - Was: $39.99 New: $19.99
PSP - Was: $29.99 New: $19.99
Xbox 360 - Was: $59.99 New: $29.99
Xbox - Was: $29.99 New: $19.99

Madden NFL 07
Xbox 360 - Was: $59.99 New: $49.99
Xbox - Was: $39.99 New: $29.99
GBA - Was: $29.99 New: $19.99
GameCube - Was: $39.99 New: $29.99
PlayStation 2 - Was: $39.99 New: $29.99
PSP - Was: $39.99 New: $29.99

Game Invasion has the full, exclusive list. Check it out if you're in the mood to spend this weekend. Michael McWhertor

Exclusive: EA Price Drops [Game Invasion, thanks Janson!]

The first batch of PSP titles to receive discounted prices is over at Game Science. Granted these are Japanese price drops, but expect U.S. pricing to follow suit. Three big titles from the November price drops include Ridge Racers, Lumines and Hot Shots Golf.