Amazon U.S. July bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

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GribbleGrunger said:

SWORDF1SH said:

You're right but if they didn't majorly undercut the PS4 they would get crushed. This must work for them one way or the other, it's just that the PS4 makes more.

We saw a 9% drop for their Xbox division and since then they've brought the launch of the 2tb Slim forward from 29th August to the 2nd of August and are now adding games before they've even tested the water. Next year, as the Scorpio gets closer and closer, people will be more inclined to wait. I'm expecting MS to announce that the Scorpio could be a ridiculously high price in order to try and minimise the affect on the Slim. Their strategy is a train wreck.

The 2TB SKU was never late August, that was a placeholder date. MCVUK had the August 2nd date a week after the S was announced.

Game consoles are now sold with games along with them. Going from having games bundled to then having no games would make more people inclined to wait for holiday deals.

Also Scorpio won't be marketed as a "next gen" console, but as an upgraded Xbox One, so it'll have a high price compared to the XB1. Scorpio is the high end XB1, S is the budget XB1.