Numbers That MS Needs To Pull To Tie The PS3 For 2011. And Why I Think It Is Now Impossible.

[The_God_of_War]

thismeintiel said:

The_God_of_War said:
A price cut to $99 wouldn't even do it IMO. The discussion is moot because Microsoft don't and won't use VGchartz's potentially innaccurate numbers, they'll use shipped numbers or whatever makes them look better.

While I'm sure they'll be using the pro tracking firms, to be fair VGC does adjust its numbers when NPD and shipment data are released to become more accurate.  So, in the end, VGC will have pretty accurate numbers for most regions sometime early-mid Jan.  They also stated sales, not shipped numbers.

Your first sentence really got me thinking.  I think a cut of the 250GB model to $99, coupled with a Kinect price of $50, probably would do it.  Of course, that would cut greatly into MS's profits and would be nuts, so MS won't do that.

I can see them backtracking that remark if they do outship Sony for '11 because outselling isn't gonna happen.

Either way I agree with just about everything in your OP.