Microsoft Store slashes the price of Xbox One to $449.99 USD

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sundin13 said:

thx1139 said:

sundin13 said:
It wasn't a good decision to try to sell each console for a profit...that just doesn't work when you are the most expensive console on the market.

Even still, they should wait a little while longer and then announce a price drop, not just quietly let it happen

Wrong they sold 3 million plus units at $500 and banked that $100 premium over the PS4.  That makes it a whole hell of a lot easier to drop the price.  I said this all along the X1 at launch was a premium price, because it would basically still sell out in 2013 at that price.  So business says thats what you do.  Every single piece of electronic equipment you buy now sells at a premium at launch. Then prices change. Why not a console.

Well it likely slowed their launch momentum and sacrificed some of their total userbase which could cost them in the long run. Additionally they run the risk of angering early adopters when they lower the price so soon. 

Short term, sure, its a good business decision. Long term, questionable and we will see where XBO is in a few years. 

The very bottom line is that MS' decisions surrounding the XBO were very anti-consumer which has hurt their image and their momentum. Who knows where they would be if they released the console at a loss instead of a profit. I would expect that there would be a larger number on the homepage of VGC...