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FlamingWeazel on 31 January 2014
fallen said:
DerNebel said:
Wait, so the normal X1 for $400 and then an even cheaper SKU?

I kinda doubt that, but if true then MS can't be too happy with the current X1 performance.


This always seemed a no brainer to me. I always expected 399 in late 2014.

In a way it's a pretty smart move, you soak the early adopters for the big bucks. They're willing to pay it. Otherwise those profits just go to ebayers (as Sony has probably lost a lot of money to ebayers!)

Also, Microsoft cant afford too fall too far behind PS4.

 

The Xbox One will be very cheap to make once Kinect falls in price. DDR3 is way cheaper than GDDR5. The only real surprise was that they didn't launch at 399.

DDR3 is not cheaper if anything it will be more expensive going forward, just like ddr2 memory in PC's is more expensive then ddr3. Also kinect and esram make it even harder to get the price ox x1 down.

 

This is not going to stop them from falling behind.



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Uabit on 31 January 2014

They are retarded. The problem is not the blu-ray drive. The problem is Kinect



FlamingWeazel on 31 January 2014
Uabit said:
They are retarded. The problem is not the blu-ray drive. The problem is Kinect


Yep ms really don't know what theya re doing, and sony will drop the price in 2015, they will still be in the same boat. If they are already thinking of a price drop and new model in the first year they did something wrong.

 

Why will anyone buy x1 now knowing a cheaper model is coming?



DerNebel on 31 January 2014
fallen said:
DerNebel said:
Wait, so the normal X1 for $400 and then an even cheaper SKU?

I kinda doubt that, but if true then MS can't be too happy with the current X1 performance.


This always seemed a no brainer to me. I always expected 399 in late 2014.

In a way it's a pretty smart move, you soak the early adopters for the big bucks. They're willing to pay it. Otherwise those profits just go to ebayers (as Sony has probably lost a lot of money to ebayers!)

Also, Microsoft cant afford too fall too far behind PS4.

 

The Xbox One will be very cheap to make once Kinect falls in price. DDR3 is way cheaper than GDDR5. The only real surprise was that they didn't launch at 399.

I don't think it is smart to launch at $500 if they could have launched at $400, it's costing them a ton of marketshare, especially in Europe and while I think they might recapture that masketshare in the US with an X1 that is equally priced to the PS4, they don't have the slightest chance of doing that in Europe.

The X1 had already lost the main advantage the 360 had over the PS3, namely being alone on the market for a year, to then deliberately sell the X1 for more than they'd need to would not only be stupid it would also be quite arrogant.



Machiavellian on 31 January 2014
FatedReality said:
Seems way to early for a price cut even if there competition is selling at a lower price. There sales numbers most be much lower then what they were projecting for them to take a price cut (A hefty price cut at that-$100) in less then a year of the one being in the market.

Ether this rumor is false or MS is really worried.


If the price cut comes later this year then probably not.  The planning stages for things like this start way before you actually see the results.  Also since MS probably is getting vendors to agressively cut components cost and a host of other areas, they probably should be planning that cut now so its ready probably in November.

MS should be worried but not really in the States.  Its the EU where they are getting hammered.



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Machiavellian on 31 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:
Uabit said:
They are retarded. The problem is not the blu-ray drive. The problem is Kinect


Yep ms really don't know what theya re doing, and sony will drop the price in 2015, they will still be in the same boat. If they are already thinking of a price drop and new model in the first year they did something wrong.

 

Why will anyone buy x1 now knowing a cheaper model is coming?


Do you know what a long stragety is.  In other words without understanding MS long range plans for Kinect its silly to state Kinect is a problem.  MS can easily get vendors parts cheaper and they can absorb the cost with a new revision of the unit just like Sony did with the PS3.



ethomaz on 31 January 2014

They are losing in the strongest market... so they need to do something about... now in my opinion I prefer a Kinect less SKU than a disc-less SKU.



Buckwheat on 31 January 2014
Seece said:
Good luck selling Xbox Ones over the next 9 months then Microsoft lol

I have a feeling they may need to cut at E3.


This!  It has to be bogus.  If not, it will be one of the biggest blunders in gaming history.



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Xenostar on 31 January 2014
Machiavellian said:
FlamingWeazel said:
Uabit said:
They are retarded. The problem is not the blu-ray drive. The problem is Kinect


Yep ms really don't know what theya re doing, and sony will drop the price in 2015, they will still be in the same boat. If they are already thinking of a price drop and new model in the first year they did something wrong.

 

Why will anyone buy x1 now knowing a cheaper model is coming?


Do you know what a long stragety is.  In other words without understanding MS long range plans for Kinect its silly to state Kinect is a problem.  MS can easily get vendors parts cheaper and they can absorb the cost with a new revision of the unit just like Sony did with the PS3.

No Sony removed component after component on the PS3 to get price down initially,  Bye Bye emotion engine, cya later usb ports, whos needs a memory card reader, metal front screw that make it plastic. 

If MS want to get a cheaper product within year 1, id take a kinectless one over a driveless one any day.



Kynes on 31 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:
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DDR3 is not cheaper if anything it will be more expensive going forward, just like ddr2 memory in PC's is more expensive then ddr3. Also kinect and esram make it even harder to get the price ox x1 down.

 

This is not going to stop them from falling behind.

DDR3 is much cheaper than GDDR5.