Yh its kinda funny. "officially" the cheapest XB1 is $350 with a game. Which puts it at a real price of $290 if you were going to buy that game anyways. "unofficially" you can get the XB1 for as low as $329 with two games. Or as low as $250 with a game if yo trade in your 360 and get this, or PS3.
MS needed to do this. Cause history has shown that even bundling a good game isn't enough to make it offset the sales advantage the PS4 has had all year. As MS said themselves, they are just gonna go in and compete. This is exactly what they need to do to compete. So they at least be given some credit for having the balls to do it.
Besides, if the standalone console cost them just under $380 to make, then biting ~$100 isn't that bad. They can make that back inside a year if those gamers buy at least 4 games and or an XBL subscription. Even easier to make back if they are buying extra accessories.
And contrary to what some may think, sony could just as easily match them in price, but they don't need to. Sony/retailers will offer some deals for the PS4, but sony will probably take a wait and see approach. They will want to see just how much of an impact this price drop has for the XB1 and if its worth them responding or not.
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