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Machiavellian on 18 April 2014
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Turkish said:
fallen said:

That's it. Xbox One could drop to 399 or even 349 provided they're willing to drop Kinect, which I'm betting MS suits are getting ready to do right now (probably at E3 orf course) in view of weak sales.

 

So lets say a $349, no Kinect, Xbox One existed. The question is, could it outsell PS4? Just in North America/UK or worldwide? Or is the most powerful hardware impossible to overcome? Would people still prefer the $399 PS4 for more 1080P games?

 

I think that's the question MS has to be scared of, if the answer is no. Then, like Wii U, they truly are trapped.

The Xbone was at 399 for most of March due to unofficial pricecuts and promotions. The avg Xbone price last month was between 399-449 depending on the time and retailer you went, and with the crazy advertisement Titanfall got: PS4 still won  by 60k.

 

349k might help but I'm not sure MS already wants to cut the price by 150 bucks only a few months after launch.

I really have to call BS on the 399 price because I never saw it but once and it was over in seconds on MS store.  Is there any way you can prove that the X1 on average was being sold at that price.  I know I was constantly checking and never seen the price go lower than 450.  

On the topic of price cut, I believe that MS will be happy if they continue to sell at a nice pace then trying to outsell the PS4.  When it comes to sells just selling is good expecially if a product will be on the market for years.  I believe MS will protect their margins and pretty much do what Sony did during the PS3 launch but try not to lose any money.