Agreed.

Anyone that buys a launch console knows they're buying it at its highest price. They can't really complain about price cuts and bundles because it is obvious that over time more affordable deals are available.

Oh know! he's back justifying his purchase, again. This isn't a fanboy war. This is a discussion for people that own a Xbox One, not fanboys of a specific console.

Good! Does that mean you won't post anymore nonsense in my topic? I hope so.

That's gonna get you banned {Flaming/trolling} , Mods are already circling overhead. You have been warned.

and this too

Not back seat moderating, just giving a heads up.

I said it once and I say it again. Any early adopter that feels bad for lower prices later is a MORON.

They paid more to have it earlier and that time spent gaming can't be measured in money. Meaning early adopters actually had the better deal :P

Should also point out that the XBO technically hasn't seen its first true price cut since the $399 SKU is a debundle/base model that in retrospect, probably should have been available upon launch to look more competitive price-wise with the PS4.

Free game bundling is still bundling; while bundles can effectively reduce the overall cost to consumers and sure, if someone wanted to sell the bundled games to recover a portion of the initial cost of the console (pointless unless one is never planning on buying games for said console) can effectively reduce the cost, a price drop is taking an existing SKU and permanently (yes; we've seen plenty of XBO sales off the MSRP, but those have all been temporary discounts) changing the MSRP.

But sure; effective cost savings to a potential XBO buyer could be: save $100 by removing Kinect, save $60 with free copy of Madden 2014, and save $60 with a free copy of Destiny or whatever other game a consumer was planning on buying along with the initial console purchase. So a buyer could say they saved up to $220 off the initial Kinect bundle XBO MSRP of $499 (which hasn't changed), but this is still not the same as paying $280 for a base XBO even if the effective price is the same.

And this is why free software bundles make more sense for hardware manufacturers, even when they are giving away hard copies of any game of a buyer's choice and it's why we keep seeing holiday software bundles being thrown in each year.

Someone? Anyone!!! Indulge this dude lol.

@bolded: This should've been your thread title from the get go.

I got my X1 from a friend last march and never regreted it. I was going to buy one anyway because of Halo.

You, do you regret not having one yet?

BTW it's rethorical question.

That's a bit harsh, igno... making any kind of purchase without doing sufficient research is foolish.

I mean how do we even quantify what an early adopter is? Those who bought a PS360 this year would see those who bought it two years ago as early adopters.

Buyer's Remorse, however still can happen regardless of the amount of research done beforehand, so it really a matter of paying however much its worth it to you.

If the "price cuts" instill remorse in a person, it is because they didn't correctly evaluate the value proposition they payed for and that is an honest if slightly "moronic" mistake.