Amazon price cuts Xbox 360 Elite $30 below PS3

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nightsurge said:

Attoyou said:

nightsurge said:

Attoyou said:
Lol 360 just cant Sell As well At the Same price, MS is just lucky PS3 has been so expensive these last few year

Sony is just lucky MS doesn't cut the price of the 360 to where it actually should be.  The PS3 costs twice as much as the 360 to produce.. so if they are selling for $300 and losing about $30-50 per console, the 360 could easily be sold for $160-175 (the Elite model) and break even or make a small loss per console sold.

Yes I am speculating, but the 360 has always been about 50% cheaper to produce and that percentage won't really change until after the chipsets in the 360 are updated to 45nm/45nm or Valhalla combined.  After that last round of cost reduction the PS3 may come within 33% of production costs towards the last year or 2 of the generation.

So the way I see it, Valhalla will be ready by end of 2009, early 2010, Natal will be out in Fall 2010, and MS will be ready to bundle Natal, cut prices and still break even or lose very little on hardware.  Imagine a $200-250 Elite with Natal bundle end of 2010 and a $99-129 Standard Arcade.  That's my wild prediction for tonight :)  Anyone wanna sig quote me?!

Yep , Like i Said , 360 Just Cant Sell As Well At the Same Price as the PS3 , Even With The $100 less Arcade , And MS Could and Should Cut the price and stay more Competitive .

You missed the point...  the 360 can't sell at the same price because it SHOULDN'T BE the same price.  Right now every Elite sold is bringing in a high profit margin while the PS3 is still losing money for every console sold.  The 360 by design is much cheaper than a PS3 to produce (no blu-ray drive, no bluetooth, no wireless starts to add some big savings since these are not always essentials or cheaper alternatives exist).  Whenever the PS3 and 360 are the same price, the PS3 should always outsell the 360 because it does represent leaps and bounds more value for the same price.

As I said, the only reason MS didn't cut the price and steal the thunder right from Sony's wings is because they are preparing a draw dropping, knock out punch of a year next year with heavy advertising of all their blockbuster games, reduced production costs from Valhalla or die shrinks and MAYBE a redesign of some sort, and of course Natal which as stated many times by many MS reps will be treated as a new console launch.  Things will be very big for MS next Fall.

i didn't Miss your point at all, and i knew Your point befor You made it! , I know Why PS3 is outselling 360 , and i Said THEY should Cut the Price

Each year Sony Has brought Down The Manufacturing cost of the PS3 and by next year Sony Might Cut the price again they have already showed this gen they are willing to Lose money . And im sure MS Does have a plan for next year , never said they didnt , i Agree with you  somewhat, But you think Nintendo And Sony Dont Have plans of their own and wont Counter ? The Wii will Be Natals biggest Competition , and Nintendo Can just as easily Drop the Wii's Price . or who knows maybe nintendo Drops their Own Camera or something that destroys Natal same goes For Sony , Lets not Assume things Too quick , we Still got a long ways to go. only time will tell .