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PenguinZ on 22 February 2015

That's a really good deal.



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tokilamockingbrd on 22 February 2015

Ya its black Friday good. That's over a 550 dollar value.



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KingdomHeartsFan on 22 February 2015

If this was in Canadian currency I'd be all over it.  Gonna end up being like $450.



Angelv577 on 22 February 2015

Nice bundle



Eddie_Raja on 22 February 2015
shikamaru317 said:

Limited time only.


Yeah limited because there will be an even better deal within a month as MS desperately tries to compete with the PS4.



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

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Nuvendil on 22 February 2015

My question is...why? I mean, this isn't Microsoft doing this, it's Amazon? I wonder if maybe MS has let them know there's a new standard SKU on the way, maybe a new bundle or something? I don't know, i just find this very odd.

It is a good deal though.  Still makes me curious.



OnlyForDisplay on 22 February 2015

.... Dear boss, please pay me before this deal is over. Thank you very much.

All sediments aside, a great deal for sure! Hope amazon can make more deals like these in the future!



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aceitman on 22 February 2015

I was told by someone I know that works at amazon,  that they have a huge stock of the assassin's creed bundles that they need to get rid of. 



mii-gamer on 22 February 2015

Really good. Would bite if I lived in the US and didn't already have an XONE



theprof00 on 22 February 2015
Nuvendil said:

My question is...why? I mean, this isn't Microsoft doing this, it's Amazon? I wonder if maybe MS has let them know there's a new standard SKU on the way, maybe a new bundle or something? I don't know, i just find this very odd.

It is a good deal though.  Still makes me curious.

i buy a thousand burgers a piece. = 1000$

I sell 600 at 1.50. = 900$

I sell 400 at 50 cents = 200$

100$ profit

Similarly, a game costs a retailer about 45$ at launch, and less as time goes by.

A 400$ console will cost them 360$.

All in all, they can buy the 400$ console for 405 and sell them for 460$ separately.

They can then bundle for 429$

After 5000 sales of each, that is 300,000$ + 150,000$ = 450,000$

They have 1000 of each left that they can now sell for 350 and a controller which they paid 30 for. = 1000 * -80$ =80k

Net= 370k

They clear away the product for new product, and the cycle repeats.

A retailer isn't told when a new product will be replacing the old one, but when the retailer sees a cheaper price for a console, they'll buy a lot, sell with a cut, make profit, and sweep the rest.
x1 is already 350$, so they're likely making maybe 30$ on each one. The game (sales have already peaked) is probably bought for 30$ and the controller is the same. So, for 400$, they've been making profit on the sale of a controller, for every sale.

 

Tl;dr
This is normal for retailers.