naznatips on 25 July 2007
| kn said: Microsoft has an army of lawyers already on staff. They are paying them one way or another. That's not the big issue. The big issue is that I believe they missed their opportunity window as I posted before. They could have dropped the price and sony's price drop of $100 would have been "forced" and would have been comic relief since it would have only matched the current delta. Instead, MS chose to wait and now momentum is clearly shifting. IMHO they should have announced BOTH an immediate price cut AND the extended warranty at the same time and BEFORE Sony did. The could have stolen Sony's ability to pick up any momentum. The window is closing FAST for MS to respond. Clearly they have to put the hardware failures behind them QUICKLY and get a price cut in place ASAP. They should never have allowed Sony a chance to pick up any momentum but they have done so in yet another strange MS behavior that seems to defy logic. |
People are continuing to make huge assumptions about the effects of Sony's price cut. If you didn't expect sales to be up 100% plus for the first couple weeks you obviously have never seen a price cut in gaming before. We don't know what PS3 numbers will settle at and we don't even know if they will cut the 80GB to $499. Microsoft is playing the waiting game. Considering even at this pace it will take Sony a solid 5 years to pass the 360 in America I don't think Microsoft is too concerned about 2 weeks of expectedly strong price cut sales.
