Is there any reason for the massive hardware drop this week?

[TWRoO]

RVDondaPC said:

coolbeans said:

RVDondaPC said:

TWRoO said:

coolbeans said:
Well in NA it's tax time. Fairly normal for April not to be a high selling month for consoles for that reason alone in NA.

Same in the UK, and I imagine the rest of Europe too.

people are saving money.

That's strange. Most people I know get a refund check and thus have a lot of free cash to spend in April. I would think video game sales would increase. 

In U.S. (I'm sure other places but I personally can't confirm this) lower-income families can file for tax refunds but those are it.  I wouldn't doubt most of them have other expendatures in mind besides consoles.

Uhm.. I'm pretty sure you are wrong. Anyone that pays more taxes during the year than they owe gets a refund check regardless of how much money they make. Maybe you are getting it confused with the one time stimulus refund checks that were given out last year. As for lower income families, they generally buy material things with that money because it's the only time they can afford to, especially if they are a younger family. There's a reason why they are low income..

And how many people pay too high taxes during the year?

My parents have only had 1 tax rebate as far as I can remember. (a few years back) I would think the taxation system should be good enough that there isn't a big discrepancy at the end of the year very often.