That makes a lot of sense. I think you may be right

No, that means everything would be on sale everyweek. It also isnt advertised so they can take advantage of ignorant consumers.

Yup that's exactly what happened. When I came in to work yesterday (Best Buy) I was told to make new price tags at $449.99 for both the regular Xbox Ones and the Titanfall ones due to Walmart marking theirs down. The Microsoft Rep. told me that Gamestop (at the time) was the only place that didn't change their prices.

Read my post above, and yes it was company wide.

Maybe a permanent price drop is coming soon?

If this is true than I believe it will only I.prove short term sales and may be detrimental to the long-term sales of the system and here is why; these stores will not want to get burnt with excess stock again and like the WiiU will order limited supply as a result. We may see threads in the near future how Xbones are becoming scarce

That Tesco deal isn't just exclusive to Xbox One. Its a one off code for over £50 spend on at Tesco Direct. First 5000 uses get it. That includes PS4 and Wii U - though Wii U prices have gone up considerably over the last month in the UK. So not much money to be saved there (maybe a few quid vs Amazon).

The US deals are great, however.

Does microsoft usually announce sales numbers for games they dont publish?  Sounds more like EA's job, but i dont know.  Do you know how console makers usually approach this?

Miscrosoft trying to get the most out of the Titanfall hype. Good move.
We all know if the Xbox don't catch up on sale now, it only will get worst over time ~

It's $450 at Target now too (along with the regular Xbox One). Titanfall bundle isn't selling out as fast as they were expecting I think. Now, the Titanfall bundle has been great for the Xbox One sales here. Our first Titanfall bundle sold was our first Xbox One sold in like 9 days. But we got 16 bundles (some full boxes and some sleeved?) and we have 5 left.