| NightDragon83 said: That $499 price tag is a killer. Every store had a ton of PS3's in stock shortly after the holidays when it launched because of its price and the fact that there were hardly any games for it in the early days. For M$ to repeat the exact same mistakes Sony made at the beginning of the last generation is mind boggling. |
I believe the difference is that MS is not taking a huge loss like Sony. If anything MS is probably breaking even or with game sells, XBL and gamepads and other hardware probably is making a profit. I believe the difference between what MS is doing and what gamers expect is 2 different things. MS is looking to capture as much money at 500 before they lower the price. They might not even lower it this year but instead either add more bundled first party games or do just a Holiday drop.
It seems that MS is more than willing to give Sony marketshare this early in the game as long as they are still selling well and not taking a loss. Its not like MS cannot add value, drop the price of the X1 and still sell a ton of consoles. It appear that they are willing to go at their own pace and sustains profits. Its really the opposite of what Sony did with the PS3 since they were always selling at a loss and was not gaining enough marketshare in the beginning to negate that loss. Sony had to aggressively drop the price on the PS3 thus taking a loss for years where they should have been making a profit.
