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Seece on 19 June 2010
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jarrod said:
Seece said:
jarrod said:
yo_john117 said:
jarrod said:

With all the additional retailers listing $149, I think that's actually going to be the price.  MS better throw in a free game too, maybe Kinectimals or Kinect Sports.

 

Honestly, this thing should be $99 with some demos bundled.  And the 250GB 360 slim should be $199.  Microsoft's totally fumbling it...

No it shouldn't lol.  $199 is a $100 dollar price drop and thats ridiculous since they put in all this extra stuff.  A $50 price cut would be nice and realistic.

If they wanted to regain their foothold against Sony, they needed a slim remodel AND a significant price drop.  This isn't going to cut it, if MS doesn't wise up soon they really will be in 3rd... man, I miss Allard. :/

They are already planning a slim arcade, probably for $149.99

They should've had that at E3 then.  I think they're really brunting the impact they could be making with the 360 slim.

Ideally, I'd have said they should do maybe a 120GB at $199.  That'd allow them to intro the 250GB for higher either simultaneously or later in the summer/fall... though honestly I think a single SKU might be a good move for a change.  I kinda hope they don't do an Arcade again though, they really do need to ensure there's HDDs with all those units out there...

Nope, they're planning this to military precision IMO

Now - Release Slim Elite for $199. Clear out old phat stock.

August - GamesCom, show off the hardcore, hybrid Kinect games they have, Milo is confirmed to make an appearence NEXT month. Also they will release price information here.

September - Release Halo Reach alongside a gigantic advertising campaign, and start advertising Kinect to offset move buyers.

October - really ramp up Kinect, get a massive public buzz going, a countdown on adverts, cinemas, sports events, daytime tv, kids tv EVERYWHERE.

November - Release a $149 slim arcade and Kinect bundles. (the reasonS it's best to release a slim arcade here are)

1. releasing a arcade slim now for $199 will offset people buying $249 phat elites.
2. It's new ammo against move for the xmas season and kicks off kinect in a massive way.
3. Price cuts, a great time to drop the slim elite to $249 and slim arcade to $149, insted of a $199 everyone's expecting.

With all that in place, can you imagin the sales in November/December?