I believe the PS3 and 360 didn't receive pricecuts for the same reasons.

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DOATS1 said:

Krill said:

It's Million's logic, not mine.

 

 

well either way these are how i see it:

ps3:

60GB - introduced at £425, reduced to £350

40GB - introduced at £299, no reduction

 

360:

arcade/core - introduced at £208, reduced to £129

premium - introduced at £279, reduced to £169

elite - introduced at £299, reduced to £229

if you want to calulate the reductions as a whole, against the launch ps3 and the current cheapest ps3, the difference is £425 - £299 = £125.

do the same with the 360, the launch 360 against the current cheapest 360 is £279 - £129 = £150. and that's not including the price of the launch elite model.

people want to calulate the ps3 price cuts as a whole but not the 360's, why?

Actually, the correct answer is that neither side wants to properly calculate the price cuts.

The cheapest X360 model, which was the Core/Arcade went from 199 to 129, and the Playstation 3's cheapest model went from 425 to 299 (from my understanding). If that's the baseline - the cheapest model - the X360 has obviously had smaller cuts. Say what you will, but both companies offered reduced functionality devices/modifications after the console(s).

However, the advantage for the PS3, in theory, for Europe is the fact that there was no 20GB model in Europe. It launched with the more expensive 60GB model, but didn't have the EE, so it was a slightly more gimped model than the US/JP 60GB model. And of course, that unit got axed in favor of an even more gimped PS3 in the 40GB model.

So in conclusion, the X360 has had a realilistic price drop of 80 GBP for the baseline model, versus 125 GBP for the PS3 baseline model - The major issue, however, is that the PS3 version took away a lot of functionality, whereas the X360 added some.

So if you were to compare, Sony was the definate one that looked 'desperate' - They cut their prices and functionality much deeper and quicker than MS, whereas MS hasn't dropped prices as quickly across their models. But on the financial side, both are equal due to the functionality changes: Sony most likely wasn't impacted as much as the 125 GBP drop "seems" versus the X360's 80 GBP drop, since the Arcade/60GB added, and the 60GB/40GB PS3 subtracted.