MicroSoft Becoming to Confident ?

[Mr Puggsly]

zgamer5 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

zgamer5 said:

yes they have, and it started in 2005.

Hmmm... I think it started in 2006. I remember the launch of a $600 console.

Hence, MS would have more competitive pricing if Sony were bigger competition this gen.

so the xbox wasnt being too confident? 479 euro launch in europe? i dont know but was online a paid service with the original xbox? and in this gen their is rrod.

i acknowledge that sony are too confident, im not blind, i dont worship sony.

The only source I could find was from Wikia.

Europe (prices include tax)

• 479€ (Launch Price (Ireland) (March 14 2002]]),
• 299€ (Launch Price (Rest of Europe) and Ireland April 2 2002)
• 249€ (August 30 2002)
• 199€ (April 10 2003)
• 149€ (August 27 2004)
• 99€ (Ireland; Christmas 2005 promotional price)
• 99€ (Spain, January 2006 promotional price)
• 99€ (Italy, 2006)
• 79€ (The Netherlands, March 2006)

According to this, only Ireland had the console for 479€. Ultimately, the Xbox was reasonably priced in the US. I'm not sure what was going on in Europe.

Charging for Xbox Live has paid off greatly. They got the ball rolling on the original Xbox and it has become a huge on the 360.

Anyhow, I'm basically just saying Sony's bad decisions allowed MS to not worry about competitive pricing. Which is why their pricing right now seems arrogant.