| thismeintiel said: You honestly think MS is going to drop the price more than the $100 (albiet without Kinect) they are now? Highly doubt it. MS may have a lot of money, but they are hardly in the position to start throwing even more at the Xbox division when they have a few big investors breathing down their neck to drop the brand all together. Even Gates recently said that if the new CEO decides to spin off the Xbox brand into its own company (where it would either die off without MS's money or be sold to someone else), he wouldn't oppose it. @ OP Not sure if they will drop a full $50. But, I do see them taking a similar kind of loss they were at launch, so maybe a $25 cut to $374.99. Not only would this not create a huge loss, but it would also negate the One price cut almost completely. |
I see why not. At $399 without kinect, they would be making a profit. Their profit margin might even be larger than Sony's, since the PS4 is more powerful and is sold at the same price. So just like Sony, if they want to stay competitive and gain marketshare, then they too can drop it as low as Sony's price or more. And the same argument that you use for Sony can be used for MS, which is that if the hardware is sold at a loss, then they can still recover the losses with software and Live memberships.
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