Abun said:
Aeolus451 said:
Porcupine_I said:
Ruler said:
Funny that you think its a good thing (i assume), it means MS is losing even more money if true
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Actually no, Costco already bought them from Microsoft. If they are selling their stock cheap it will affect only the retailer.
It will affect the numbers of Xbox Ones Costco will order in the future though.
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It might start a domino effect with retailers matching that sale and trying to get rid of any overstock that's collecting dust. It certainly hurts the xbox one's percieved value and image.
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That value and image is already tarnished and not very high so selling it at a lower price will not increase demand.I don't know why people don't understand the fact that the public does not want the X1 on a large scale.Price is not the reason for the sales struggle and price cuts have never increased sales long term for any product.See the Zune and Windows phone for reference.
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As any product ages, the price drops as it loses the early adopter buyers. The lower the price, the more mass market appeal it has. I agree that price drops generally don't make sales go up drastically long term, but the effect will be long term. As the price drops for any console, the bigger the market there is to buy it. Sure, the XB1 has had a few ugly moments, but the brand isn't broken to the general public and the general public is the mass market. Not saying the XB1 will catch up to the PS4 in sales, but the blow out really only exists outside of the US.
