The effect of the price cut: Tracking Xbox360 new release game sales.

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Million said:

mrstickball said:
And with Jasper, it's most likely below the $200 price point. People forget how much Nintendo rips off the consumer @ the $250 price point.

You can compare game sales when a price drop occurs - Just track similar games from the year before, and see if current games get a boost.

 

No you can't there's too many factors to consider the effect a 360 price cut would have had on software sales .

 

- The promotion of the similar games might be more or less than previous years.

-There are more titles on the 360 than there was last year.

- The increase in software sales is not guaranteed to be similar to the increasee in hardware.

-The Price drop may very may bring in a poorer demographic who will buy more used games as opposed to new ones.

If one week there are 50,000 consoles sold, the next week there are 150,000 consoles sold its going to have an impact. It'll be interesting to see if say IU or TOV get a boost the week of the price cut - which implies a certain demographic is being drawn to the console. The same goes for Face Breaker or games like Madden etc.