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Forums - Microsoft - $400 X360+Halo bundle revealed. No X360 price cut despite PS3 Slim and WiiU launches?

usrevenge on 16 July 2012

anyone notice the lack of kinect? maybe MS finally see's that kinect isn't selling and will stop trying to force it on everyone?



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Mr Puggsly on 16 July 2012
usrevenge said:
anyone notice the lack of Move? maybe Sony finally see's that Move isn't selling and will stop trying to force it on everyone?

fixed

 

But seriously, Kinect does best during the holidays. And people can get it in the $99* bundle.



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sales2099 on 16 July 2012

MS.......this is coming from a long time fan.

Its gonna be 4 years since your last price cut. Next gen is around the corner. Cut the price this year.



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Fusioncode on 16 July 2012

Right now MS is taking a wait and see approach with the WiiU. IF it doesn't sell well then there's no reason to cut the price and lose profit.



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

TadpoleJackson on 16 July 2012
withdreday said:

I just can't see any other reason they won't cut the price. They were are in position to put their foot on Sony's throat on several occasions with a price cut this gen, and they didn't, which leads me to believe they still want to turn a profit on the console.


In oligopolistic competition you don't pay attention to what the competition is doing. Sure, they could cut the price, or they could continue selling really well at the current price earning a larger profit. 



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Jay520 on 16 July 2012
Mr Puggsly said:
usrevenge said:
anyone notice the lack of Move? maybe Sony finally see's that Move isn't selling and will stop trying to force it on everyone?

fixed

 

But seriously, Kinect does best during the holidays. And people can get it in the $99* bundle.



That 'fix' wouldn't even make sense in the context if this thread.

Squilliam on 16 July 2012
withdreday said:
Squilliam said:

Someone who buys a console nearly 7 years after release isn't going to buy as many games as a person who bought his console 3 years after release simply because the system is nearing obsolesence. They obviously aren't big gamers otherwise they would have bought the console already, wouldn't they? So another strike. If your console is making $100 on a $200 console, cutting the price $50 would require you to double hardware sales in order to increase profits but no $50 cut has ever doubled sales.

More people buying the console means more people paying for Xbox live, etc. And most of the new buyers could also be people who only owned the playstation and Wii and want to experience exclusives titles like Gears of War and Alan Wake. With big time exclusives coming, a price cut couldn't hurt.

Theres more to price than simply sales. They have to consider overall profit, brand perception and logistics. Why should they kill their margins for the sake of marketshare in an effectively dead generation? Why not expand their subsidised Xbox 360 offering and make even more money instead?



Tease.

Dampfi on 16 July 2012

$400 for an X360 in 2012? No Kinect included? Really?



SOLIDSNAKE08 on 16 July 2012

if this $149 ps3 actually is true, then microsoft will definately drop the price of x360. they wont just do nothing as the ps3 hammers the 360 and gets even closer to passing it.



Mr Puggsly on 16 July 2012
Jay520 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
usrevenge said:
anyone notice the lack of Move? maybe Sony finally see's that Move isn't selling and will stop trying to force it on everyone?

fixed

 

But seriously, Kinect does best during the holidays. And people can get it in the $99* bundle.


That 'fix' wouldn't even make sense in the context if this thread.

Well I think that fix makes a lot more sense. Since its now talking about a device people really don't care about yet Sony keeps pushing.

Anyhow, his comment didn't fit with the context of this thread either. This is a Halo 4 bundle and for some reason that's a good excuse to shit on the Kinect? I don't see how that makes any sense.



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