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misterd on 18 January 2008
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thekitchensink said:
starcraft said:
I will purchase at least two, maybe three of the games you just listed kitchensink, but you cannot tell me that they have the history of enormous sales and brand awareness of FF, GT, MGS4 and GTAIV.

@misterd.
I agree that a $100 dollar cut is a better PR move, and now I think about it, more likely to garner high sales. It's just I dont know if MS will want to go back in the red on the console.

P.S. I know the Max Payne link:)

True, but you stated that Halo Wars and GTA IV were their only established IPs this year.  Come to think of it, if you're including multiplats, then why leave out DMC4, Silent Hill, Alone in the Dark, Soul Caliber (with Yoda!),?

 

Personally (and this might just be me) with regard to the price drop removing profitability, I've got two thoughts:

1. MS really isn't in this for profitability--they want to stick it to Sony, which they are doing pretty well right now.  A $100 drop would put the Arcade at mass-market sub-$200 range, and I don't think there'd be any looking back  (Although it would be nice if they at least reduced the price of a 20-gig hdd and included a bigger memory card).

2. If they reduced prices that much, I really think people would buy enough consoles that software sales would make up for any deficits.

 

That's the main thing. Again, MS sees this as a multi-generational war for the future of home entertainment, and their only real opponent is Sony. They simply cannot allow Sony to dominate as they did last gen, and really need to make the XBox a viable brand 2, 3 generations down the road. That'll be easier if they can stomp the shit out of Sony now, which they have so far failed to do.