Zizzla_Rachet said:
CGI-Quality said:
Zizzla_Rachet said:
CGI-Quality said:
Zizzla_Rachet said:
CGI-Quality said:
FKNetwork said:
At the end of the day a price cut IS a price cut! some stores are always doing deals but these are not RRP prices,
We can get a PS3 in the UK for £249.99 now (tesco), does this mean that an official £249.99 PS3 price drop will not be a REAL price drop then as we can already get it at that price?
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What's the major difference though in a $299.99 Elite and a $299.99 Pro? The average customer doesn't go in and ask if one has a 100GB more HDD space, all they see is the price tag. A $299.99 PS3 is different because we don't currently see that price. The average customer will know the difference between a $399.99 PS3 and a $299.99 PS3 obviously, but a $299.99 Eilte and a $299.99 Pro, not likely.
So no, it isn't the same scenario, not matter how we slice it. It's more of a price revision, similar to when the 40GB PS3 was phased out and the 80GB PS3 dropped to the 40GB price. In all practical terms, yes it was a price drop. However, the PS3 was STILL seen as $399.99, not $399.99 with 40 more gigs. And let's remember, there is an Xbox 360 that is already cheaper than $299.99, so it's not a major deal. Just a revision.
Make sense?
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The Elite comes with HDMI cables...Don't pretend those are cheap...
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And like I said, the average Joe doesn't know that. Beyond that, nobody's "pretending" anything.
@ FK: Agreed.
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Who are these Avarage Joe's you keep talking about...It says it on the box....
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And what will it do to change the current rate of 360 sales? Again, there is a 360 that is cheaper than $299.99 and one that IS $299.99. It won't make that big of a difference.
Nothing left to say here.
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So your whole platform is that an Elite at 299 won't make a difference in xbox 360 sales...gotcha
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He's probably saying that a $299 "Elite" does not hold the same significance as a $299 PS3, slim or otherwise.
Realize that an Elite is nothing more than a regular 360 with a black casing and a 120GB HDD rather than a white casing and a 60GB HDD. The only other difference was a free HDMI cable (that some are still trying to pump as a "premium" feature) which, according to the new boxes is no longer included.
Now a $149 Arcade would make a much bigger difference in sales, but it would be sold at a greater loss and MS would have to hedge their bets by counting on selling 120GB HDD accessories at the same $149 price to many of those customers down the line. But while most consumers aren't savvy enough (or maybe don't care) to dig into all the value details, most should still be savvy enough to wonder why a simple hard drive would cost as much as the console itself.
