Xbox One price-cuts incoming - To match PS4's

[thismeintiel]

gergroy said:

thismeintiel said:

gergroy said:

how is that a difference?  unless you have traveled into the future and witnessed that the xbox one price cuts didn't have an affect... if that were the case I could see how you could make that argument.  

Lol, you honestly think that a Bluray-less One is going to make much of a difference?  If so, you don't know the market very well.  Remember the DRM fiasco? People upset that they wouldn't be able to trade/purchase used games?  And the low preorders that made MS have to pull a 180?  That's how much impact on sales a driveless One will have.

no, all I'm talking about is strictly price cuts.  I don't for a second actually believe Microsoft would release a blu-ray  less xbox one.  I do however believe that they would cut the price by a hundred bucks.  It is much more likely Microsoft would remove kinect than the blu ray player.  

Well, that's why I said they were different.  If the rumor is true, and I wouldn't put it past MS to do so (since they think it would mean more money in their pocket to take the middle man out game sales), then the price cut would do nothing.  Now, if they drop the price and just ditch Kinect, then it will have an impact on sales, though mainly in the US.  It still isn't going to be enough to close the gap WW, however.