I was just thinking about this.  It seems like its been forever since the 360 had an official world wide price cut.  Is it the longest stretch ever for a console?  

If so why have they waited so long? MS makes a hefty profit on every Xbox sold so there's plenty of room for a large scale price cut.

Microsoft are jerks. I mean they still charge for online even though its relatively easy to get elsewhere (steam, psn, wii or wiiu). They have proprietary memory. They cover up flaws with a bunch of marketing. They act like timed exclusive dlc is the same as exclusive games. I hate them plain and simple. What were we talking about? Oh yeah they haven't cut price because people are still buying 360s in the us enough and they like the profits.

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Because it's printing fucking money.

Why cut the price when you're making $$ off it?

Same with PS3 and 3DS. We won't see a price cut for a while.

If ps4 has a $400 model I bet they'll want to get the lowest ps3 sku to be at least half of that to keep sales good.  I expect a drop at e3 to try to keep people from forgetting about it while showing gt6 or beyond or something.  3ds I completely agree its dominating the market and will only get better with Pokemon this year.  I don't get why people think its getting a drop anytime soon

What does that even have to do with the 360 getting a price drop?

MS recognizes that most of the sales throughout the year are deliberated decisions. These people are buying the system because they want the system, not because there is a good deal at the time. They are much more flexible on the price.

Holiday shoppers are spontaneous and can easily be swayed by a lower price point. By capitalizing on holiday deals and maintaining a high official price MS has managed to get sales from both types of consumers while maintaining a hefty profit.

I don't know how well this approach will work for them in the next generation though as I foresee the PS4 and 720 being much more comparable in costs to manufacture. MS just kind of lucked out this gen because it took so long for Sony to drop to a decent price that MS appeared as the cheap option long after that was not even the case anymore.

I cant think of a console going this long without a drop and I think its because of kinect giving it a second wind. In 2009 360 sales had dropped slightly from 2008 and if kinect hadnt released I believe sales would have continued to drop and a price cut would have happened in 2010 or 11. It will likely get a price cut this year to either $169 for 4gb and $249 for 250gb or if there generous 4gb-$149, 250gb-$199

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360 had a price cut during the holidys, and it did nothing