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New Xbox One model to cut price to match PS4, report says

GamesBy James Plafke Jan. 31, 2014 12:30 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s been well-documented that Sony’s PS4 has thoroughly beatenMicrosoft’s Xbox One in sales since both consoles released back in November. The Xbox One isn’t floundering by any means, though, but the perception and fact that it’s in second place will only hurt the console in the long run, especially with the PS4′s looming release in its home market of Japan on February 22 poised to significantly grow the gap between the two consoles. The one strategy Microsoft can employ to mitigate some of Sony’s impending sales explosion is to change the Xbox One’s price to one that can compete with the PS4. A new report claims that Microsoft will indeed employ this strategy, and cut the price of the Xbox One to compete with the PS4, which is currently priced at $399.

A generation or two ago, this significant of a price cut within one year of a new console’s release would mostly be unprecedented, but Nintendo employed the strategy with both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U after facing financial disaster. While news of the price cut is from a “well-respected source,” Microsoft has faced a number of leaks this week, from a white Xbox One to a model that comes equipped with a 1TB hard drive. While anything coming from the omniscient and omnipresent Anonymous Sources should be taken with a shipping crate full of shakers of salt, Microsoft is reportedly looking to take legal action upon the leaker of the news, which does add an air of legitimacy to the details.

A white Xbox One is rumored for release.

While the other tidbits leaked aren’t too surprising – another Forza is in the works, Crackdown will get another sequel, Halo 2 will get an anniversary edition — the price cut is easily the most juicy. The current $499 price makes it very difficult to favor the Xbox One over the PS4 from a consumer standpoint. The PS4 is $100 less for more powerful hardware, doesn’t force an Xbox Live-like paywall on top of your other subscription services like Netflix or MMOs, has a larger install base of people to game with, has what many are calling the most comfortable controller ever made, and arguably has developers that create more impactful exclusives. If the Xbox One does drop to the same price, then the argument becomes a little more difficult — you get the sophisticated Kinect and the Xbox One’s cable integration for “free,” as well as Microsoft’s more competent online service — that might lessen the blow of somewhat inferior hardware.

Supposedly, the price cut will hit sometime this year, but as this year has just begun, we could be in for a long wait.



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Of course they will.


It won't matter.



This talk is so damaging to sales.



I think sales were damaged already, except on the US.



$399 with kinect(and disk drive) for the holidays and the X1 will close the gap significantly, especially with Halo on the horizon.



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PS4 doomed?



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Anfebious said:
PS4 doomed?

The White Xbox One is the first step!



So now we have a new game to play. How much money is MS willing to lose on each Xbox One to compete with Sony? Extra credit if you can guess for how long.



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Again this thread...

Well, that's not enough, now it will cost 400$ the same as the PS4 (assuming the PS4's price does not drop) while:

 1 - It's still weaker

 2 - They will even remove the blue ray disk drive (like the PSP Go) removing the possibility to trade in your games when you don't want them anymore.

in fact they are making the cost of ownership higher by removing the disk drive...

That disk less machine should be 300$ or less... 



vivster said:
$399 with kinect(and disk drive) for the holidays and the X1 will close the gap significantly, especially with Halo on the horizon.

By the holidays that gap is going to be pretty significant, if current sales trends continue.  The real question is whether MS is going to remove features (Kinect, hard drive) to hit $399 or if they are just going to sell it at a loss.