Will a Euro price cut help MS turn the tide?

[vaio]

DOATS1 said:

vaio said:

colonelstubbs said:
Nothing can help it in Europe now....the PS3 has just picked up too much momentum. Microsoft arent doing badly, they should concentrate on the market they have the PS3 beaten in, America

 They don´t have to sell  more then Sony in Europe they just need to stay close to their sales to ensure that Sony ends up last.

doesn't really give high hopes for ms and their next console though, does it?

if sony release their next console and it's the same price as the next xbox, what the hell are microsoft going to do then? the 360 has to be 'significantly cheaper' than the ps3 in order to compete with it. it has to resort to wii level prices to compete with the ps3, and it's still a stretch for them. people here on the forums are saying that it's great that ms are making the 360 so affordable, and i agree. but what they fail to realise (or choose to omit), is that this is down to pressure on their side. when they say that this will put pressure on sony or say sony is in trouble due to the super affordable prices, i just laugh. they said the exact same thing with the april price cut alongside gta 4. before AND after this price cut, sony is in a BETTER position. it's price and it's sales prove that.

the 360 is already affordable. now it's going into clearance prices and it's not a good look when you see a brand new 360 retailing at £129 to the casual eye.

 

If this price cut has longer effect then the last one and if it proves succesfull in christmas sales then Sony is in trouble, they will be forced to drop the price again on the PS3 and take even heavier losses than they allready do and the pressure is on Sony if that happens. The only way the pressure will be on the xbox is if the pricut fails and Sony keeps their sales up.

If they end up 2nd that will ensure a greater following of gamers into the next generation and if they (as I think they will) launch first again next generation then being 2nd this gen is gold worth to get early adopters, the danger with that is that there may be consumers that are unwilling to buy the next xbox right away because of fear of a new RROD.

Sony is not doing fine they lose money on every console sold and that can never be fine or good in anyway.

How is that not good in the casual eye? they can now afford the console and more games with it and remember that xbox has been out 3 years now and it´s time to hit that pricepoint.