JoeTheBro said:
Desperate can come across much harsher than it needs to be, but I agree with his point. Less then a month ago the system was $500 with no bundled content. Upon Titanfall's release it became $500 with a game. About a week after that it became $450 with a game. Now this time it's $450 with a game and a year of GOLD. Cutting out the cost of bundled items, in the US the XBONE has gone $500, $440, $390, and now $330. That averages to about a $40 drop every week. It's also a 34% drop, which is bigger and sooner than the 3DS's first year reduction. This move is great for gamers and probably the correct thing for Microsoft to do, but it's a desperate move. |
Ignoring the semantics, this just is not accurate.
All last generation we heard about 'adding value' instead of simply cutting price. The console sold 4 million in short order at $500. Then MS cut the price $50 to better compete with Sony, having collected the gravy for as long as tenable at a higher price point.
Desperation is defined as feeling a sense of despair and helplessness. It leads to decisions that could be 'inappropriate to those in a rational frame of mind (Wiki reference).' Nothing about these actions even vaguely fit that definition. Unless it is your argument that cutting $50 off the price was irrational from either a business or public relations standpoint, it is time to put this argument to bed.
I might add that in the vast majority of territory's where the X1 has been released, there has been no price cut at all. Hardly the actions of a company in the midst of 'despair and helplessness.'
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