Xbox 360 Vs. Playstation 3 2012 - *February* Update

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thismeintiel said:

Seece said:

thismeintiel said:

Kynes said:

A 50 US$ price cut, in a console that sells ~15 million units in a year, means 750 million US$ less income. I'm sure MS is happy with spending >500 million US$ in advertisement and selling the same than the competition, all this with the last price cut three years ago.

PS: We all know Sony doesn't spend a dime in advertisement.

To be fair, I highly doubt that ALL of those stores are taking a hit themselves to continually give out $100 gift cards with every 360 sold.  And I'm sure MS had something to do with those discounts for Black Friday.

Why? because it suits you, of course.

Funny how Wal Mart take a loss on Wii's, even after a price cut earlier in the year, on a product that probably isn't making them nearly as much as X360, yet MS had to pay for these deals as if the retailers couldn't manage them themselves.

What did they discount the Wii?  $50 additional dollars for one week?  And this is a system that for most of the year hasn't been selling too well, so they probably were trying to get rid of extra stock, as well.  We're talking about stores just throwing $100 at customers every week for the holidays.  If it were for a week or two, than yea, I  could see it being from the store itself.  But, since its had deals going for it for about 2 months now, then I highly doubt the stores are willing to take that kind of a hit for MS. 

1. It was a special edition Blue Wii that was only made for Black Friday weekend and only sold by Walmart and SAMS Club

2. It was a straight out discounted price. Not a gift card deal which forces people to spend more money at the same store or even forget to use. I saw this week on the news the $41 billion in gift cards have never been redeemed.