At what point do price drops become desperation and a joke?

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jjseth said:

llewdebkram said:

PS3 and Xbox 360 both have had or are about to have price drops of some sort.

If Microsoft lowered the price of an XBox360 to $10 and therefore took a huge lead in the console wars numbers would it be a victory?

At what point does it become a desprate measure and a joke?

With most products I'm sure 'when it loses money' would be the answer.

OMG! The mercedes dealer here in town had a price drop... Oh wait, they are trying to clear inventory?

Every product has a price drop eventually and only a rare exception would it not. Name one console that was successful that never had a price drop? When the Wii cuts their price can I call that a desperation move or a joke?

Then again, the joke is on Wii owners who are paying $250 for a souped up $50 gamecube with a motion controller that costs maybe $50.

We are talking about jokes? Right? Anyone?

Me so sorry, but I couldn't help it.

erm... your point is? maybe you should stop being a smartarse and actually read the post.

He never said all price drops were jokes. In fact, he quite clearly implied that they weren't all acts of desperation. The question was "when does it become an act of desperation". For example, if Sony dropped the price of the PS3 to $100 right now, that is an act of desperation. You could have attempted to answer this question rather than derailing this thread by being a smartarse.