kowenicki said:
CosmicSex said:
kowenicki said:
No. In response to their own OFFICIAL sales being low.
Can you also please define "high"
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Someone had made the observation that Microsoft may have keep the price up until now because they didn't really have any competition. You could almost say that they were the top console in China by default. Now enter competition. Regardless of how the Xbox One is selling now, China is a huge untapped market for them and they acknowledged the importance of being their first. With Sony poised to enter the market next month and with the realtively low sales you cited, isn't it possible that current preorder levels may be on track to eclipse their sell through in China, and as a result, took measure to make the price of their own console more competitive. So in this instance, 'high' simply means outpacing what Xbox One is currently selling.
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So not actually "high" then
Thanks.
And no it isn't a huge untapped market, they are capped on how many they are allowed to sell for one thing.
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Yeah its hard to say exactly what a high number would be. I really don' t have any reference to point to. Anyway, I think its a mistake to assume that the PS4 will sell at the same levels as Xbox One. Think about it this way: PS4 sales in Japan aren't high. But they are higher by a factor of about 20 than the Xbox One. I get the impression that Microsoft felt that it had no choice but to lower the price especially when the competition is cheaper and has a better track record over all. I think they were right to do so. I feel that they should have don it sooner and I believe that their deal with SMG is hrmful to their asperations in China.
