Kantor said:
RayRay102 said:
What time frame should Microsoft counter with their own price drop and by how much?
I am thinking the right and smart decision is to wait about one month and see how much of an impact the immenant PS3 price deduction will have. I think the perfect price cut in either early summer or late summer should be as follows if Microsoft were to make such a cut:
elite: $299.99 with increased HD space of 200-250 GB. That way it matches the premium price of the PS3 while having the HD space to justify its premium price.
pro: $229.99 with same specs.
arcade: $169.00 with same specs.
I think if Microsoft stick with my suggested price-cut, along with a couple of huge unanounced new AAA games along with a semi-megaton announement (they seems to have one at every E3 from GTA4 to FFVIII), then I don't see no reason why they shouldn't be able to maintain or increase their lead next year over Sony.
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I think that will drive Microsoft bankrupt, especially the 300 buck Elite. This will certainly get them a loss on each console sold.
I think their best bet would be to cut the pro and elite by around 30 bucks each, and keep the Arcade the same. It's reached the magic price.
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You probably haven't seen any of Microsoft's recent quarterly earnings reports, but suffice it to say, if MS sold the 360 Elite at $100 a unit, they wouldn't go bankrupt. Infact, if they sold 50 million of them, at $100 a pop over the next year, they wouldn't go bankrupt.
I would say if the PS3 was dropped to $300 though, Microsoft would have to drop the Elite to 300 to counter.
