| Kai Master said: No need to hurry, the 360 once again peaked in sales, why would they cut the price ? If sales still peak again in 2012 thanks to a price cut maybe they will postpone it in 2014. |
Going off of what happened last year, sales of the 360 will likely stagnate and continue to drop YoY until the '12 holiday season.
'11 sales would seem to indicate that the 360/Kinect has replaced the Wii as the holiday family console.
If any price drops were to be made in '12, it seems most likely that they would coincide with the start of the holiday season. Same could have been said for the '11 holiday season, but instead there were the expected Black Friday sales and then $50-100 gift card offers running from post Black Friday well into January '12.
It's also possible MS ends up doing the same thing in '12, which would make retailers happy, assuming MS is providing some sort of cash or discount reimbursement for the gift cards being issued.
The only other permanent discount scenario I could potentially see would be at E3 '12 in conjunction with their biggest announcement.
