nightsurge said:
See 2008. Yeah that's what I thought. 360 price cut this year and PS3 no price cut this year. That is what I see the most likely and will result in another massive sales surge for the 360 just like 2008 after everyone was claiming the exact line you just said. So yeah, they will gain momentum and surmount the PS3 by quite a bit for about a year until Sony can afford to combat such moves. Also, who said anything about insults? I was merely commenting on his post, not the poster. His post completely ignored simple logic and basically only took into account a single possible outcome that would favor his said console. Oh and to any who were wondering, the 360 didn't have a price cut last year, so get over it would you? When the PS3 80gb replaced the PS3 40gb no one called that a price drop (except for the raging fanboys perhaps, but the majority saw it for what it actually was). The Elite replacing the Pro was no different. SKU changes, not price cuts. Lets all not forget just how much cheaper the 360 is to produce. The 360 doesn't have all the added value of a Blu-Ray drive, Wifi, bluetooth, and yet they are selling for the same price? Obviously the PS3 when selling for the same price is going to represent a much bigger value (not taking games or online into account). The 360 is really raking in profits per console sold right now. Even without a slim revision they could afford to cut ~$50-75 off the price tag and still break even on hardware. With the slim looking ever more likely given some pretty believable evidence from both MS and other sources, that cost reduction should make it so MS can cut the price by a full $100 again if they want. Then bundle in Natal so its a 250GB Elite Slim with Natal for $250 and a Arcade Slim with Natal for $199. Could be even less. |
No price cut? LOL! What's $400 to $300, then? It's a price cut for their top of the line model. So the Elite got a price cut, but the Arcade didn't. But, it's still a pricecut. And yes, the 80 GB did count as a price cut for that model. However, it doesn't have as much impact, as the price for the low-end and top-end models stayed the same. With the Slim launch, both prices were lowered. Both price cuts, for the PS3 and 360 Elite, during the Slim launch make the most impact, as it lowered either the low-end or top-end price, or both. Either way you cut it, it was a price cut. I mean by your logic, when the Elite ever becomes the only model at $199.99, it's still not a pricecut, cause it just replaced the Arcade. So, in other words, for the rest of the gen 360 will never have a price cut, only the PS3 will. That's just a ridiculous, as well as biased, way of thinking.
And all those extras you listed for the PS3 is the exact reason it's outselling the 360 on a weekly basis, usually ~100K. That's why what kowhoho said is true. With a major bump for the MS, it would only just catch the PS3 with weekly sales, or just barely pass it. If PS3 also does a pricecut this year (most likely only ~ $25), then they will again outperform the 360. You seem to not remember when the 360 dropped its price in '08, PS3 was still $400. But now, it's in the sweet spot of $300, so sales for it aren't just going to go away because the 360 Elite is now $250.
