What price cut can we expect from Microsoft this Fall?

[Seece]

BHR-3 said:

Seece said:

I was looking at Sony's price cuts for the PS2 (was quite surprised!) and wondered what the VGChartz community could gauge from them when it comes to how Microsoft is going to price cut the X360, given its model is going to follow closer to PS2 than Xbox or Gamecube.

PS2
Oct 2000 -$299.99
May 2002 - $199.99
May 2003 - $179.99
May 2004 - $149.99
April 2006 - $129.99
April 2009 - $99.99

X360 (Baseline price)
Nov 2005 - $299.99
August 2008 - $279.99
August 2009 - $199.99

Microsoft obviously likes its price cuts few and far between, if they followed the same model/timeframe as Sony with the PS2, they'd be at $99.99 by now, but it's a safe bet they're going to cut this year. I thought a $129 cut would be on the cards to take them to 2013 720 launch, then a cut to $99 to last till 2015. But given it took Sony 4 cuts to get to $99, I'm not sure MS will do it in two.  $149 > $129 > $99 doesn't seem like a good idea to me though ...

your surprised?

Yeah, I've had no reason to look into PS2 price cuts before, so when I saw that many it shocked me.

and wondered what the VGC community thinks when it comes to just MS is that all you care about?

MS is all I care about, I'm not obligated to make articles on Sony and Nintendo, or forum threads for that matter.

what about what the other two consoles are going to do why does it just have to be about MS only in here?

I don't care?

 

i would like to see the 4gb axed and replaced with the 250gb at $199 i think that would have the biggest impact b/c to me its the most desired console for the majority of the people who purchase that console and SW for it, and its the best money for the value.  It also would be the only way to do a  big jump down in price its currently at 299 and a HDD enabled sku has been for 299 and up for a while, and i dont see them droping the arcade down by $100 this yr to give off that wow factor of a 100 price drop.  I can see everything just gettin a $50 cut and then another 50 in 2 yrs to bring it down to the $99 mark 

i would of liked to talk about the PS3s and Wiis strategy and how each 3 could affect each other aswell but can't in here

oh and the core was changed to arcade and offered @ 280 in 07 and it was 08 when it went down to 200

You are right about this, thanks for pointing it out