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Forums - Sales Discussion - The PS3 vs XBX360 battle: a price cut battle

Ever since the launch of the PS3, the battle with the Xbox360 has been more of a price cut battle.

In this table we can see how the sales were affected by the systems price cut

 

Event Time  and length of Event PS3 total (In Million)
 XBOX360 total (In Million) Gap (In Million)
PS3 launch (PS3 $500-$600) November 2006 - November 2006 0 5.33 5.33
Before first PS3 price cut November 2006 - November 2007 5.63 12.73 7.10
First PS3 price cut ($400) November 2007 - September 2008 14.75 20.4 5.7
$200 Xbox360 Arcade September 2008  -   August 29 2009 23.44 31.63 8.10
Slim launch and Xbox Elite Price cut September 2009 -  December 19 2009 30.10 35.80 5.7

One intersting data from this table is that it tooks a $400 PS3 around 10 months to reduce a 7.10 Millions leads to 5.7 Millions and the $300 Slim took only 4 months to reduce a 8.10 Millions lead to 5.7 Millions lead

I have made a similar thread in the past. And I aslo want to thank "tedsteriscool" for suggesting me to use table if i ever do another one.



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I think this table shows that the people think of the PS3 as a higher value product because it can be higher priced and despite that it sells well.

A 199 Ps3 can only be matched with a 99 Elite. Unless MS increases somehow the value of the Xbox through free online gaming.



Netyaroze said:
I think this table shows that the people think of the PS3 as a higher value product because it can be higher priced and despite that it sells well.

A 199 Ps3 can only be matched with a 99 Elite. Unless MS increases somehow the value of the Xbox through free online gaming.

I think this more breaks down regionally.  It's totally true in Europe, but not so much in America.  In Japan, 360's fucked no matter what.



Seems logical that would explain why Xbox360>Ps3 in America.



A little cut here and little cut there will make us all very happy men !

Next is game price cut muahahaha :D