DMeisterJ said:
No, every time a company launches a system at a price, then price drops weeks later it is screwing over customers. It's complete and utter BS that it was planned. And yes, the pro was priced close to the Arcade, but what you have to understand was that was supposed to be a limited time. So those who rushed out to buy a 300 dollar 20 gig pro, thinking they got a deal, are screwed out of forty extra gigs of space by what? Six weeks. And those that bought a 350 60 gig pro are screwed out of fifty bucks for a price drop on an item they bought six weeks ago. Unless M$ planned on screwing it's customers over, it was desperation. |
So how were they supposed to price things in the interim? $279 Arcade/$299 20 GB/$299 60 GB? They could have waited on the launch of the 60 GB, I guess, but when they launched that it could be the same thing all over again. "M$ screwing the customer again! They could have gotten 40 more gigs if they had just waited six weeks!"
I guess when $ony (lulz) drops prices after denying it in the run up, they're screwing the customer. Except they're not, because those people have decided the PS3 was worth the buying price. If the price drops soon thereafter, they might feel unlucky but they shouldn't feel ripped off.
And if you don't think it was planned, I don't know how to convince you. But if you read their statements over the past year, you'll see a lot of stuff about $200 being the magic number. This has practically been telegraphed to anybody who's been paying attention.
