nightsurge said:
I think they'll do that plus a $50 cut. Lord knows that after skipping a year and with the Slim they should definitely be able to afford it to still break even or only take a small loss. |
It's not a matter of "can they afford it?" so much as "do they need it?" Bundling something as costly as Natal with every SKU is effectively a price cut. Plus, they could probably ride the launch of Natal just as well as they could ride a price cut through the holidays. Might as well save the price cut to be used in 2011, and make an extra $50 on every system sold this year. They'll probably have a better 2010 holiday than 2009 due to Natal alone. Cutting the price would probably only lose them money this year.
It'd be like saying Nintendo should've launched at $199 from day one, because we all know they could've easily afforded it.
