$299 for XB1 and Halo: Master Chief Collection at Walmart this Black Friday*

[BMaker11]

kowenicki said:

BMaker11 said:

kowenicki said:

daredevil.shark said:
Almost $200 price drop. Good deal. MS really wants to win NPD.

Walmart sell the xbox one with kinect for $449.  $50 cut.

The standalone ONE for $349, also representing a $50 cut if we price Kinect at $100.

So this is an extra $50 on top of the $50 for Black Friday

Do we have to keep getting this nonsesne in every thread on the subject of sales?

 

Entry price of XBone Nov 2013: $500

Entry price of XBone Nov 2014: $300

It's that simple. You can go into excessive detail regarding Kinect bundling and so forth, but the bottom line is that a year ago, in order to get an XBone, you had to spend $200 more than what it takes to get your hands on one now, and that's the only thing consumers care about.

Otherwise, PS3 didn't drop price for like 2 years because of "different SKUs" (as opposed to the universally accepted "it dropped $200 in 1 year" even though the 40GB was a "new SKU")

so are you saying price IS now a massive factor?

 

I didn't say anything about any factors. I just said it's $200 less to get your hands on one now than it was a year ago (which is true), as a counterpoint to you making it seem like the console only dropped $50.