Will Sony Respond to XB1 Pricecut?

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Seece said:

iTechHeads said:

Seece said:
Bargin bin ... dear lord. $400 to $350 a year after launch is not bargin bin, and I hardly see this hurting MS/XB1 ...

They're devaluing their product by doing constant price cuts and free game giveaways.

A product that is popular and selling well doesn't have price cuts and free game promotions every month. It doesn't need them.

BTW, the Xbox One launched at $500, not $400.

New sku minus kinect, not price cut. Big difference. If I was in the market for an XB1 today I would have to pay $450, that's only $50 less than what I got it at launch. (Because I would want Kinect model).

They're not devaluing, they're becoming competitive. And they're doing it to beat PS4, not because it's selling badly (not that I think it's selling fantastically either).

Some incredible reaching going on in this thread.

Doesn't matter to most people that it is a new SKU.  Most didn't want Kinect, so the fact that the new SKU doesn't offer it doesn't decrease the value proposition.  So for most they are getting the same value now at $350 as they were before at $500.