| Allfreedom99 said: I see some people using current console sales showing that MS is losing steam. Its surprising that many people are forgetting that the X360 has had the longest stretch of not having a price cut when comparing the other consoles. Both Wii and PS3 had a price cut last year.
In June of 2010 they introduced the S model 250GB at $299. That esentially replaced the Elite model. Then in August they released the S 4GB model which essentially replaced the Arcade model at $199. Folks, the prices on the models have not changed since they were released in 2010. We are seeing the X360 slipping in sales considerably and is falling behind PS3 worldwide by roughtly 30,000 units per week. X360 is well due for a price cut or some type of new pricing. There are believe it or not consumers that are aware of this and are anticipating the price drop before they buy. MS could go a couple different routes with this and apparently are just waiting for the right moment to do it. They could potentially scrap all bundles that don't include a Kinect and drop those models as so: 4GB console w/ Kinect from $299 to $199. 250GB console w/ Kinect from $399 to $299. This would make it standard that for everyone buying a Xbox 360 they are also getting a Kinect device with it, thus improving the Kinect install base. However this may anger some of the gaming community so I could see them doing something like this: 4GB console from $199 to $149. 250GB console from $299 to $249. 4GB console w/ Kinect from $299 to $199. 250GB w/ Kinect from $399 to $299.
The point of my post is to tell you guys that even though you may think MS is losing steam they are still in an extremely good position to have a sizeable price cut. Whereas Wii and PS3 had a price cut last year and are not in a position to have a sizeable price cut this year. If they do it will likely put them in a worse financial situation than they are in now. But if everything is true about a new slim PS3 to enter the market it could be a model that Sony was able to reduce their costs with and will allow them a roughly $50 price cut. If that happens before MS...be sure a whole new price cut will hit for the X360 models. |
As you can see Technically the last Official price change on a Xbox 360 model was in August of 2009 when the dropped the price on the Elite model from $399 to $299. That was almost 3 years ago people!But it's not just about how many price cuts, it's about overall price. PS3 was outselling X360 even when it was more expensive. Now that they have similar prices it still is. I'd say the PS brand has the edge WW.
Even if they were about equal it would still not be in MS's interest to launch last.
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