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Will Sony Drop PS4 to 349?

No, they will let it ride a 399 164 39.42%
 
Yes 63 15.14%
 
No, but they will offer other incentives 189 45.43%
 
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Zones on 28 October 2014
todd2r said:
There's really nothing they can do at this point. The momentum has swung in Xbox favor. They dont have the games to make any noise. Xbox One offers the best in console gaming. The best holiday lineup and the superior online service to connect with friends. Thank you Microsoft.

 

todd2r said:
Also, let me add a big thank you to Microsoft for making this price drop happen. Now everyone can experience true happiness with Xbox One for the low price of $349. Thank you Microsoft. We are humbled. 

 

todd2r said:
They really are incredible. Microsoft definitely delivering on value that's for sure. We are humbled Microsoft. Thank you. Now I sit and wait for UPS to arrive with my Sunset Overdrive bundle. My 2nd Xbox One. 

 

todd2r said:
Congrats. Enjoy the best console on the market. Anyways, Forza Horizon 2 is incredible. Pick it up. While you're at it, preorder sunset overdrive and Halo. Then sit back and enjoy the greatness. Welcome to the best console today and the greatest online service going.

Holy crap man, I hope for your own sake that you do get paid for those comments.



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Burek on 28 October 2014
vivster said:
Burek said:
No pricecuts.
PS4 is doing great in the US, but also in the rest of the World. A hasty pricecut in the US would just make the others expect it when there is no actual need.

I see them offering their bundles (Destiny, GTA, LBP and any others) for $399. That should be quite enough to win November in the US. RoW is no contest anyway...

Also the Holiday Victory will be even jucier without a pricecut :)

I don't really care for a juicy victory.

I'd much prefer to season my french fries with salt from Phil Spencer's tears of defeat...



Sentient_Nebula on 28 October 2014

I think retailers will drop the PS4's price a little for Black Friday. But I don't really expect anything from Sony though.



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Moonhero on 28 October 2014

Sony won't change their price. It would take the X1 outselling PS4 for a few weeks in a row to make that move. X1 gets China to itself right now, and still can't take the lead. Sony isn't budging anytime soon.



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MoHasanie on 28 October 2014

I don't think so. They can't afford to make a loss on the console.



    

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Ninsect on 28 October 2014
todd2r said:
There's really nothing they can do at this point. The momentum has swung in Xbox favor. They dont have the games to make any noise. Xbox One offers the best in console gaming. The best holiday lineup and the superior online service to connect with friends. Thank you Microsoft.

Didn't know it was opposite day. Thank you todd2r!



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Yojimbo on 28 October 2014
Neodegenerate said:
prinz_valium said:
theprof00 said:
Seece said:
iTechHeads said:
Seece said:
Bargin bin ... dear lord. $400 to $350 a year after launch is not bargin bin, and I hardly see this hurting MS/XB1 ...

They're devaluing their product by doing constant price cuts and free game giveaways.

A product that is popular and selling well doesn't have price cuts and free game promotions every month. It doesn't need them.

BTW, the Xbox One launched at $500, not $400.

New sku minus kinect, not price cut. Big difference. If I was in the market for an XB1 today I would have to pay $450, that's only $50 less than what I got it at launch. (Because I would want Kinect model).

They're not devaluing, they're becoming competitive. And they're doing it to beat PS4, not because it's selling badly (not that I think it's selling fantastically either).

Some incredible reaching going on in this thread.

So the logic here then, is if they remove something, then it isn't a price-cut?

So when sony did the ps3 redesign and took out a bunch of stuff like backwards compatibility, that wasn't a price-cut? I'm trying to think now if ps3 ever had a price-cut now.


u should compare to the x360 core, arcade, pro and elite version

if u got a 349 bucks 250gb elite version
release a 199 bucks 8gb arcade edition and cut the elite to 299

do u have a 150 bucks pricecut?

Short answer is no.


Good to know, PS3 did not have any price cuts. Bought mine for 399 euro without ps2 compatiliblty in 2008. We only had one version.



 
MoHasanie on 28 October 2014
the-pi-guy said:
jlmurph2 said:
Can they afford that?

They could certainly.  It's be sitting at 400$ for almost a full year, probably making some money on it, if not they are making most of their money on games and PS+.  

Sony is in big trouble right now financially. Most of their products are loss making, so I don't think they just want to break even on each PS4 if its one of the few products that is actually profitable. 



    

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Neodegenerate on 28 October 2014
Yojimbo said:


Good to know, PS3 did not have any price cuts. Bought mine for 399 euro without ps2 compatiliblty in 2008. We only had one version.


Versions and price cuts are separate things.  He specifically asked if a 349 console going to 299 was a 150 dollar price cut.  Simple math says no.  Including the 8gb version that is 150 cheaper doesn't make the product you are specifically seeking (in this case the 349 console) a  150 dollar cheaper product.  You have a 50 dollar price cut, but not a 150 dollar price cut.



TheBlackNaruto on 28 October 2014
fluky-nintendy said:
Only if MS succeeds with xb1 pricecut they will drop the price. But I don't think there's too much to worry about since PS4 will also have interesting bundles and some retailers also offer some neat discounts.


But that's the thing this is a HOLIDAY pricecut so it MS "succeeds" and beats the PS4 in the US(and UK maybe) but still gets TROUNCED WW(which is what is going to happen pretty much) then so what? Why would that matter to Sony? MS won for a few weeks during the Holiday is not a big deal IMO. Maintaining it is what would matter more IMO



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