bumidan on 22 July 2008
| jenny said: Price cut is the only answer! They have held on the same price points or very similar price points for far too long. It SHOULD be at about $199-$250 for the premium by now after 3 years if it started out at $399. Natural depreciation. You cant sell a 3 year old phone or PC at the same price points! |
I understand that price cuts will more likely sell more consoles.
However, will it sell THAT MUCH MORE? I am not too confident about that.
Again, if MSFT shipped 8.7 million consoles for the year ending June 30, 2008 - do you think a console priced at $249 or even $199 will sell double? triple?
Most likely not. So while you can cut the price, it may not necessarily make your console that much more successful relative to the PS3. All the while, the price cut will let you bleed/lose money like crazy.
