The Xbox 1 is purposely oversized

[theprof00]

Mr Puggsly said:

theprof00 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I don't understand what you're saying, elaborate.

Well, you're countering my point by saying that slim consoles draw more sales due to coinciding price cuts. I'm countering that the 100$ price "alleviation" didn't help x1....which if you look back, is true.
So, I'm saying, maybe price cuts don't actually affect sales all the time, and in turn, I'm saying that maybe you're not as correct as you think you are. Does that make sense, or no?

Conversely there was also that time when ms announced the 360 slim and cut the price of the console above to match the new slim price, yet sales didn't increase until the slim.

Okay...

Actually there was a sales boost after the X1 "alleviation," sales were worse prior to the "alleviation." The problem is a $399 X1 is still too expensive.

The X1 has seen a massive boost since becoming cheaper than PS4 and having games bundled. This shows the X1 is appealing to many consumers, MS just dropped the ball on price.

You're wrong about pricing of the 360 S model. The 360 did not get a price cut for the launch of the S model, a non-HDD console was $199 well before the S model was announced.

http://news.microsoft.com/2008/09/03/the-moment-is-now-at-199-xbox-360-invites-everyone-to-play/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/21/199-xbox-360-slim-confirmed

spike not boost. sales went back to normal.

It's holiday season in the us. Obviously sales are going to pick up.

the arcade was 199$

However, when the slim was released it replaced some model and all those models were dropped some percentage for 2 weeks prior to clear stock.