X1 available for $350 in the US this holiday season & $50 slashed off every bundle (starts Nov 2nd)

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prayformojo said:

3sexty said:

prayformojo said:

3sexty said:

prayformojo said:

Kerotan said:

 Rather than a case of people wanting y and not wanting x it is more like people prefer y over x because of what you get for your money. 

I couldn't agree less. People in the US don't choose a console because of it's price or "value." We choose for two reasons. Which one is considered the "it" console and which one PERSONALLY want. The price of the console is not the issue imo.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see but that's prediction. If dropping $99.99 didn't change things that much, I don't see how $49.99 will. 

I think that removing Kinect and dropping the price changed things a lot.  If you look back at the sales trends leading up to the dropping of Kinect (thus dropping $99), you will see that they changed a lot after that. It didn't bring parity in sales, but it stopped what was an increasing sales chasm.  THe PS4 was outselling it over 3-1 before that.  

M$ is battling a perception issue.  If the XB1 is perceived to be a little less powerful than the PS4, the price will probably need to be a little less at all times to reach a Perceived parity in value.

Anyone thinking that $50 won't matter during the holiday season, is just crazy.  If the PS4 had a 20+ million lead, it would have no meaning, but reight now it will have a decent impact until Sony matches in the coming weeks.