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Does the PS3 surpass the 360 in sales if there is a $99 360?

Yes 61 54.95%
 
No 49 44.14%
 
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enditall727 on 09 April 2013
nightsurge said:
dsgrue3 said:
nightsurge said:
dsgrue3 said:

PS3 will pass 360 in sales regardless of what price it is.
360 cuts = PS3 cuts.
Sony isn't stupid anymore.

That is some flawed logic there.

360 cut price to $99 = LONG OVERDUE PRICE CUT. Can still remain profitable or break even from hardware.

PS3 price cut to match the 360's = Another major loss for Sony per console sold. Big losses again on their financials which they cannot afford.

Nothing flawed about it. Learn to read.

I said they will offer a price cut, not they will MATCH the price. That would be unnecessary and foolish as they offer a superior product.

A $99 360 would compete with a PS3 model in the range of $180-220 IMO. Production costs of PS3 were assessed at $330 in 2009. I think the price of components has come down drastically in 3 years. Or is that some flawed logic as well? 

Actually you said very little. You simply said 360 cuts = PS3 cuts which could imply a ton of different things. You also followed that with "Sony isn't stupid anymore." Which makes no sense and is an unfounded addition. Why would Sony risk more profits just to compete with a $99 360? The simple matter is that if they were "smart" they wouldn't. Much like the 360 hasn't matched any of the recent price cuts Sony made within the last 5 years and yet they remained incredibly competitive in yearly sales. Had the 360 kept cutting prices to match Sony the 360 would and should have already been $99. It is a lot cheaper to produce than the PS3. Instead MS chose to focus on profits which from a business standpoint sounds a whole lot "smarter" than slashing your price every time your competitor does.

Regardless, though, a $99 Xbox 360 would drastically outperform a PS3 at ~$200+. The current PS3 SKU's are only $49 more than the basic stripped down 4GB 360 console at $199.

"Superior product" is also an opinion based statement and varies from person to person. Yes, the PS3 is slightly more powerful and has Blu-ray, that's it. A "more expensive" product is an accurate and bias free statement regarding our current conversation.


Nah, broski 

The ps3 costs 270 so its $70 more than the $199 360. Ive anticipated since last year that Sony was saving their price cut for the eventual  360 price cut of 2013. i wasnt expecting them to go down to $99 though.



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richardhutnik on 10 April 2013
mutantclown said:
The PS3 will keep selling for another 4 years, the 360 not so much, probably will get discontinued at the end of 2014.

If there is a $99 360 unit released, Microsoft will discontinue it in 2 years, even if it sells and gets a sales spike, particularly of the next Microsoft console plays 360 games?



Daisuke72 on 10 April 2013

If the Xbox was reduced to $99 it'd be a nice deal. I still wouldn't buy it because it doesn't have any games that're exclusives that would make me want to buy it.