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yo_john117 on 13 July 2013
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thismeintiel said:
yo_john117 said:
thismeintiel said:

Speaking of average prices is really just ridiculous.  What matters is the entry price when people are really focusing on price.  Which is going to be a bigger factor when the gap is larger than $50, or the paltry $35 that article suggests.

No, you don't understand what I was getting at. He says that price is the deciding factor. That article that I referenced shows us that his assumption is certainly not always true. Average price point in the 360's case simply means that on average, the more expenive models were bought. Whereas if his assumption was correct the average price point would be below the PS3 since a far greater number of the cheapest versions would be selling.

Want more proof? Look at the iPad or any of the really nice, expensive, popular phones.

That article is completely skewed, though.  That was the same month that the $399 GeOW 3 bundle launched, so of course the average price would go up.  And most PS3's were probably going for the new $249 entry price that Sony announced the month before.  Given all that, it's amazing it was a mere $35 difference.  I would bet in a normal month, the PS3 has the higher average price, or at least on par.

Actually I remember the average price point being higher than the PS3 for different months before that too. But again, that's not the point. Please understand that I'm simply pointing out that price is not the single deciding factor. If it was, the average selling price of the 360 would have been closer to $200, not $300.

Oh, and make sure to watch your quote trees (although I don't know why I bother anymore >_> ).