shikamaru317 said: So, I was just looking at pricing histories for various consoles. Here are the first two price drops for each 6th and 7th gen console: Xbox -$100 (7 months after release) -$20 (19 months after release) PS2 -$100 (18 months after release) -$20 (30 months after release) Gamecube -$50 (7 months after release) -$50 (23 months after release) Xbox 360 -$20 (21 months after release) -$80 (34 months after release) PS3 -$100 + bigger hard drive (12 months after release) -$100 + bigger hard drive (33 months after release) Wii -$50 (34 months after release) The trend is that the more expensive a console is to start with, the faster you see price drops. The Xbox One is the most expensive console this generation. Like I said above, I expect we'll see $450 or 400 in time for Holiday 2014, $400 or $350 by Summer 2015, and $350 or $300 by Spring 2016. |
Good data. I think it also shows that whichever console is losing in sales gets cut quicker.
PS2 taking 18 months for any change, while Xbox & Wii cut in 7 months.
Wii & X360 taking 34 months for a serious cut, while PS4 took a big cut in 12.
So I think XB1 will get cut quick and deep, because it's expensive and will be killed by the PS4 :P.