Diomedes1976 said:
Microsoft cut the 360 price 50 euros last summer in Europe.As 50 euros are about 75 dollars its had in fact cut the price more than in US.Now they have cut the price 80 euros (120 dollars) and with little improvement in its sales .I think they have profited these two weeks from some thousand of people who wanted the console and perceived the price cut as the right moment to jump in ,but sales will fall again in next weeks to slighty above the previous levels . I told it before the 360 not succeding in Europe isnt too much related with price but with brandname and perception of the machine .Mass market wont go after a machine with a subscription model online ,mass market wont support a machine with bad reliability fame ,mass market wont support a Microsoft machine after the bad image Microsoft has here ,mass market wont support a machine that for all intends is a PC and nearly all its games are on the PC . Price helps but not so much ,in fact this will be looked as an desperation act .In fact it isnt even a price cut ,we have been able for months to buy the Premium with Viva Piñata ,Forza 2 and 2 pads for 299 euros .....this "official " price of 270 alone isnt a good deal . PS3 next week will have a monster success ,its unbeliable the amount of people that is buying the machine with the GT5p bundle .Only in the forums there are dozens of posters saying so and asking things about the machine in advance to properly configure it when they buy it .If and when Sony drops the price Microsoft will start to know what is being severly outsold . |
Exactly.
