| bigjon said: another thing I just thought of... If the 360 was selling SOOO well why are all the retailers basically giving it away? Like, i mean.... I will use the Wii again. Do you EVER see a sweet deal for a Wii? heck no... You always see the Wii + WiiPlay + Carnival Games For 349.99 bs... If something sell like made on its own you dont put it on a major sale. |
If you ever work in retail you will know that these are loss leader. ie popular items that get people into the door to buy other thing.
360 is popular item this year due to its price point so retailers are bundle them with extra to get people to come to their stores instead (which then generate sales on other items, like said extra games).
I can bet you that your analysis is wrong because this week 360 will benefit greatly from the sale even if it was just for one day.
btw, best buy special is 2 extra games (basketball game and I think tony hawk...pretty weak offering but even then it was selling well at the Best Buy I went to). The pile was next to the PS3 at $399 with nothing extra ... so you can imagine people walk by and see 360 at $299 with 4 games ....
