"We will sell more consoles next year than this year,"
Oh really? On a 3 year old system? Thats in sales decline?(minus halo and holidays) Going to stuff the channels again are we?
Hey Europeans, how much is the PS3 and the Xbox there. I'd like to know Euros and Pounds for all SKUs if possible.
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From my perspective, if Microsoft truely wanted to have the largest marketshare this generation they would have cut the price of the XBox 360 Priemium to $300 before the Wii and PS3 launched, and would now have the console at $250 ... The fact that Microsoft has had the XBox 360 on the market for over 2 years, with only a $50 price reduction, and no (real) budget game library really negates any benefit they got from launching the system early.
| URNotE said: wow by what ten thousand when its that close does it really matter |
Absolutely correct... but you'll say the the same thing if the PS3 beats the 360 by ten thousand, right?
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Price cuts come next year probably. There is also something called perceived value. If they lower the price below or on par with the Wii when it first launched, people would think that they are equal in power. Also, people will think that the PS3 is much better than the Xbox 360. You cant depreciate the value of your system too quickly. Also, they had virtually no casual games last year to appeal to casuals. It would only have cost them money without much benefits from the casuals that the Wii appealed too.
| eugene said: Price cuts come next year probably. There is also something called perceived value. If they lower the price below or on par with the Wii when it first launched, people would think that they are equal in power. Also, people will think that the PS3 is much better than the Xbox 360. You cant depreciate the value of your system too quickly. Also, they had virtually no casual games last year to appeal to casuals. It would only have cost them money without much benefits from the casuals that the Wii appealed too. |
It's not about matching Nintendo's price because (realistically) Nintendo probably wouldn't have sold the Wii at $250 if the XBox 360 Priemium was $300 ... Microsoft launched the 360 a year earlier than their competition to gain the early mover advantage; what that is, is a lot of small strategic advantages:
Microsoft's pricing strategy (on both the console and its games) has effectively prevented them from taking advantage of the benefits launching early provides.
| Adam540 said: Hey Europeans, how much is the PS3 and the Xbox there. I'd like to know Euros and Pounds for all SKUs if possible. |
Wii : £179.99 (£179.98 from amazon (out of stock), huge bundles everywhere else)
Xbox Arcade: RRP £199.99 (£189.99 from amazon)
Xbox Pro : RRP £249.99 (£229.99 from amazon)
Xbox Elite : RRP £299.99 (279.99 from amazon)
PS3 40Gb : RRP £299.99 (£269.99 from amazon)
PS3 60GB: RRP £319.99 (299.99 from Shopto.com (out of stock))
For conversion into dollars just double all the numbers eg. £250 is $500
For euro prices check amazon.fr and amazon.de
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Either way, Sony's high price has allowed Xbox 360 to keep their high prices for as long as the did. Microsoft even stayed firm on pricing even after the 40 gig was introduced.
Yah it's not looking good in Europe for MS, it's really Sony's time to shine. They need GT out soon there, that will guarantee victory in Europe unless MS pulls some crazy shit.
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Xbox 360 - Rock Band, NHL 08, Skate, Halo 3, Mass Effect
Wii - Mario Galaxy
| Nintendownsmii said: "We will sell more consoles next year than this year," Oh really? On a 3 year old system? Thats in sales decline?(minus halo and holidays) Going to stuff the channels again are we? |
It's not like the sales could go any lower... well I guess it could. But my point is that they don't have to sell much to beat this past year.
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