Reasonable said:
- I jarrod said:
Reasonable said:
I'm not convinced a slim model will make any difference. I don't see Xbox associated with slim in a way that would make it more desirable. I could be wrong but I'm not convinced that having a slim model will automatically generate more demand. I really think it's all about price now for 360 after so many years in the market and with multiple iterations of its main franchises already released.
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One of the biggest advantages slim will bring is a psychological break for consumers from the RROD fiasco. It's a "new" more reliable 360, and I fully expect Microsoft marketing and PR to capitalize on that.
Besides remodels almost always reinvigorate the market (GB Pocket, PSone, GBA SP, PS2 slim, DS Lite, PS3 slim, etc). And I fully expect the slim to be buffered by a real pricedrop (not simply value adding) on one side and Natal on the other. It's more of a platform relaunch, and is much the same sort of thing PS3 went through last fall.
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I fully understand that - I'm just not convinced the Xbox brand is as associated with such remodels and as a result I think the impact will be less than a Sony or Nintendo remodel. I just don't believe the 360 demographic will be as fussed by a slim and I don't think it will be taken as a relaunch in quite the same way.
I could be wrong, but that's my feeling at the moment. The market is in a sense conditioned to eat up Sony/Nintendo revisions but not Xbox ones at this point. I'm actually not sure how much difference the Slim element of the PS3 made vs the lower price either.
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Sorry, but that sounds like a pretty arbitrary distinction. Brands aren't that delineated by consumer base, plenty of people who will buy 360 slims bought PS2 slims last generation...
