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super6646 on 08 April 2015
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Hiku said:
super6646 said:
Hiku said:
super6646 said:

The game will sell itself, but not the console. Sure we may see a tiny boost, but Microsoft should really take the dry Sony and Nintendo holiday season and exploit it for their favor. They said they want to win, well then they must do the same thing Sony did with the PS3, fork out the money....

Difference is that PS3 was a financial disaster, and they had to do that just to even sell well at all. XBO is not even close to that situation.

The xbox is going to be 2 years old this November. At launch, it cost 397$ W/O kinect. You can't tell me its the same 2 years later. Its almost break even. In fact, buying 1 or 2 games could probably make it a profit. So I think they should do it.

They've already dropped the price prematurely due to pressure to keep up with PS4. And they've no doubt seen losses in the investments they've made with Kinect. These things also factor into future decisions. Now even if they could bring down the price of the console to $299 this holiday, which they very well may be able to, it's giving away their biggest cash cow Halo 5 and a custom XBO on top of that that's the problem. I can see one or the other working out, but I think all of it combined is too much. If they can't even stay calm for one moment with Halo 5 and simply enjoy profits, then when will they ever get the chance? That is the absolute best time for them to recoup some of their losses, instead of piling on even more.
I think a regular Halo 5 bundle will work just fine for them, and if people want a custom Halo XBO, they could pay $50 extra for it.


And what happens if the PS4 gets a price cut to 299? Microsoft should just keep the price at 349 and hope for the best?