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wary-wallaroo on 10 April 2014
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starcraft said:
wary-wallaroo said:
starcraft said:
wary-wallaroo said:

Microsoft has made one price cut in one country.  That was a 25 pound cut in the UK.

Sony has also been bundling games, in almost all countries.  Is it your sense that that is desperate?

In this instance, a retailer has made a discount off their own bat, and clearly feels that with software purchased alongside the console they will still make money.

Opinion is fine, and you're welcome too it.  But much of your post was just factually inaccurate.

No, Sony has bundled games but, if you check, you'll realize that Sony bundles games but the bundle ends up costing the same as the PS4 + Game. This is in stark comparison to MS who are throwing in Titanfall/Forza completely for free (as in, the bundle will cost the same as just the console). 

So, unless I'm missing something, they're not nearly the same thing.

Actually, you will find that in a great many countries Sony have included Infamous: Second Son or Knack in their bundle - same goes with Killzone - for the equivelant price.

I will assume given you did not raise it again that you acknowledge that Microsoft hasn't actually cut prices anywhere but the UK.


Any source on that? Every bundle I've seen for PS4 is just the game thrown  in and the price raised so you end up paying maybe a few bucks less.

 

And I edited my post, sorry. I said that it's not just UK, there were $50 price cuts in March in the US in pretty much every retailer. You really think MS wasn't behind that? Of course they were. Heck, you could find an X1 Titanfall bundle for $400 a few times (though those were pricing mistakes).  

My point is, MS is loosing money by throwing in a game, loosing money by issuing price cuts, no doubt pouring millions and millions in advertisement, and they're still behind in every single region and getting destroyed WW. I very much doubt they're happy about that. 

 

And yes, breakdowns showed they were making a profit (at their original base price), but come on dude, I can't be any clearer. Throwing in TF for free and taking these price cuts no doubt means they're no long profitable.