I expected this all along. Didnt the PS3 experience provide evidence that consumers really dont get pissed about this sort of thing. The PS3 dropped $100 per year the 1st 3 years of its existence. Did you see some sort of huge backlash? Nope.
I said MS knows they will sell every console at launch. So they launched at $500. Now they need to adjust for 2014, and I dont see this as the only adjustment. Six months from now when Titanfall has been out for awhile. MS will modify the pricing/software given away for the end of the year.
We have all known for a long time that purchasing a new console at launch really isnt the brightest thing to do money wise. Game are usually not that great and you will have a lull of software shortly after launch. Every generation the same and many of us still do it. I bought 2 Xbox Ones. One for the house and one for my son away at school. Do I regret it. Nope. I knew price cuts would happen. I knew software update would happen. Finally if it has been the PS4 instead I would say the same thing. $400 per console for what the PS4 gave people at launch wasnt worth it either. Still isnt.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
