So far we're two years into the 8th gen, and already Nintendo and M$ have had to do some serious price cutting / bundling due to lagging sales and strong competition.
This is the most aggressive wave of price drops / deals I've seen for the first year all systems in a single gen were on the market since May 2002, when Sony and M$ slashed the prices of the PS2 and Xbox by $100 to $199, and Nintendo subsequently dropped the price of the GC $50 to $149.
A similar price war occurred in May of '96 (see a pattern here... E3 strikes again!) when SEGA slashed the Saturn's price tag in half from $399 to $199, and Sony slashed the PS1's price tag from $299 to $199 to match the announced launch price of the N64 which was released in September.
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Price_cuts
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
