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Seihyouken on 27 August 2009
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Seece said:
Seihyouken said:
Seece said:
It's not meant to boost sales, just keep them sustained. If they can do what they did last holiday season then they're doing great.

What Microsoft this last year that led to their dominance was cut prices on every one of their models during time when all their biggest competition could afford to counter with was to increase the hard drive of their most popular SKU when demand for the system at its current price had all but dried up.

If any of this sounds familiar it's probably because it's exactly what's happening this year except with the roles of Sony and Microsoft reversed. Without a new price point for either of their SKUs, Microsoft has a very real chance of getting decimated this holiday season if they can't release some kind of hardware moving software that can compete with Gran Turismo 5, Final Fantasy XIII, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Wii Fit Plus. Currently the best Microsoft has to offer is Forza Motorsport 3, but it's still pretty far away from the previous titles in that regard.

The roles have not reveresed. Microsoft still have a mass market price console, Sony do not.

It would appear the EEDAR disagrees.

Also Microsoft given that they've gone on record to state that the Arcade unit isn't the best selling SKU.

History too for that matter. When the PS3 dropped it's price in November 2007 to $399.99, the 360 didn't manage to outsell the system even once in weekly worldwide sales until PS3 had begun the saturate the market at it's new price and the 360 in turn had a firesale perpetuating the price drop on all of its SKUs in August. This was a period of time when the price difference between the two consoles was at least $120 worldwide and even more in Europe and Japan following price drops in those respective regions. It would appear clear from this that the gaming consumers around the world value the PS3 at least that much over the 360. Now we fast-forward to early 2009 when the price difference between the two consoles is at least $200 worldwide. Despite the noteworthy gap in prices that amounted to the 360 being half the price of the PS3, the PS3 still was able to beat the 360 in weekly worldwide sales for a handful of weeks. Now we come to the current pricing situation with the PS3 at $100 more than the cheapest 360, the lowest it's ever been. It's going to take a lot more than a partially market saturated, slightly more mass market price to keep the 360 anywhere near the PS3 this holiday in worldwide sales.