The OFFICIAL Apr 2007 NPD Thread

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Pk9394 said:

This data support my old arugemnt, Xbox 360 pretty much satisfy demand at the $400 dollar level. if these system selling ratio continues, I can be sure MS will announce a price cut to counter the Wii before it reach the 10mil mark. if ms drop $50 to $100 this will put the preminium at wii price range. when that happens, it'll put a serious threat to nintendo.

On a side notes; I predict this from sony tomorrow anouncement:

april is a slow month for videogame

The PS3 having supply constraint, The one mail man isnt moving the 1.9 million of PS3 out of the warehouse fast enought(LoL)

PS2 continues to beat our competitor.

NPD only account 60% stores in NA

 

Actually, I don't think you'll hear anything from them. Maybe something about the games they had at gameday.

They can't use the supply contraint line - their financial report (release 1 day earlier) basically refuted this.

This might mention that the PS2 is outselling the 360, and that 4/10 (5/10?) titles in the top 10 were Sony titles.

There isn't much joy for MS at the moment.

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And re: price cuts, I think it will go like this:

 - MS release Halo, then GTA comes out

 - MS cut price by $100 in November (just before Thanksgiving)

 - Sony follow suit matching $100 cut (they will not go first)

 - Nintendo leaves price alone (still selling out, supply constrained)

Then Nintendo have an option of dropping the price next year ($50)... if they like. Or they may just add "value" to the package - was thinking a "1000 Wii Points" card with the pack would be a great move (force more people to get online).