Will MS drop the price of the X1 next week?

[NightDragon83]

SWORDF1SH said:

NightDragon83 said:
How did the price cut catch M$ off guard when they've been expecting Sony to pull the trigger on a price cut for awhile now?

I don't think M$ needs to drop the price of the X1 just yet, both the 500GB and 1TB models are now the same price as the corresponding PS4 models, and with the holiday bundles / Black Friday deals incoming consumers will be getting more bang for their buck. I think M$ sticks with the current price format through the holidays, and then sometime next year gives the X1 another permanent $50 price drop, most likely when the "slim" models are set for release.

I think the timing caught them off guard, not the actually price cut.

Well M$ had to have known Sony was going to do it sometime before Halo 5 dropped in order to steal some of their thunder.  It's possible that Sony may have originally planned to drop the price later in the month, but M$ forced their hand with the comments they made last month about expecting a price drop from Sony.