Xbox One back at $349 from tomorrow!

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Conegamer said:

Carl2291 said:

Conegamer said:

I don't see why they'd drop the price otherwise.

They were getting facerolled in the most important market to them.

They had no choice. If they were losing $30-$50 per system at a pricepoint of $350, keeping up with the PS4 in America and keeping an air of postivity round the platform would be more than worth the losses. Losses which are to be padded out by massive 360 and Live Gold profits.

Well I mean more they couldn't have been losing money with the reduced pricepoint, be that through software sales or what have you. They may be making a small loss on the HW, but I really doubt they'd cut the price if it meant them making a loss overall just to keep in touch.

I'm sure they had to lay out some cash to include two 3rd party games at no additional cost as well. No way those AssCreed bundles only lost money on the HW level, AssCreed Unity was a brand new $60 title when that bundle dropped. They could have been losing an initial $80-$100 per console before people purchased Live and/or more games.

This new $350 SKU, does it include games? If not then yes, it will have a small loss now and after a Live and/or game purchase that loss is negligable. It's a good move overall in my opinion. A move they HAD to make.

 

Edit - Considering the amount retailers pay per title, the loss likely wasn't $100 max, but more like $70.