If we go back to 2013, they had never done a X1 game too, so...

as long you don't show me any interesting exclusive worth buying, you can drop your price to 0$ and i still wouldn't be interested. just saying microsoft.

So if the division is healthy and there isnt any problems then why do we have articles like this going around?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2014/02/18/microsoft-should-give-xbox-one-to-nintendo/

Fact is the divisions isnt as strong as the rest of their divisions. Its not showing the growth that are keeping investors happy. Now its not losing money but its absolutely below the profits of other divisions soan arguement can absolutely be made that its dragging things down. Which is why there is people talking about xbox getting sold off. You get talk like that about healthy companies if the division isnt having some problems. 

Nice deal. but at this point I will just wait. This deal will last for 2 months, so if sales do not jump to the point where it beats out a PS4 that does not adjust pricing then just expect another price drop to come next year.

Entry price has dropped by 30% already, and within just a year, plus they are adding games to that price as well. I expect more drops and/or game packages within the following year if this doesn't enable the XBox One to beat out PS4 in November and December, which I don't believe it will. PS4 just has crazy momentum and i'm not sure being $50 cheaper is going to make it suddenly vanish overnight.

Ooo, you went and used a Forbes "contributor" as your source. Expect quite the response.

The same except the ps4 is $400 in US. PS4 started at CAD 400 and got raised to CAD 450.
The Canadian dollar is 1.124 to the US dollar atm, so we've been getting a discount on the XBox One and WiiU in comparison to the US. The game prices are now 65 to 70 here. (Except PC: Civ Beyond Earth was still 50 for the physical release)

i still think the ps4 schould be 199, so i can buy one

Um.. Forbes?  Really?   Pay attention to 90% of Forbes articles and you will learn why referenencing them in this conversation is futile.. 

Microsoft has been "selling" off Xbox since Xbox existed..    It's always being "rumored" because Microsoft was NEVER a hardware company. Same reason we get weekly reports they are getting rid of their Surface tablets..    Yet their earnings just showed that by the end of 2014, their Surface tablets will be their next BILLION dollar child.
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I have plenty of links. ;) 

http://www.eteknix.com/microsoft-investor-wants-to-fire-ballmer-and-sell-xbox-division/

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/6/5686380/bill-gates-comments-on-potential-microsoft-xbox-sale

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/08/25/should-microsoft-sell-xbox-entertainment-studios.aspx

last link is a pretty good read. 

"Xbox Entertainment Studios doesn't fit into the One Windows philosophy either -- it's simply an extension of the Xbox business that makes the struggling segment even more top heavy. The Xbox division generated $8.6 billion in revenue in fiscal 2014, a 22% increase from 2013, but it's unclear how much money the business actually loses. Nomura Securities analyst Rick Sherlund suggested last November that Microsoft actually loses around $2 billion annually on the Xbox, but the losses are hidden behind patent royalties from Android devices.

An IHS iSuppli teardown revealed that the Xbox One, minus the Kinect, costs about $396 to manufacture. This means Microsoft takes big losses with new bundles, like the $400 Sunset Overdrive bundle which will arrive on October 28. Microsoft needs to sell more consoles to recoup those losses with its cut of software revenue."

As always, MS only seems to care about the US (and the UK sometimes). Why not do a worldwide promotion?

Anyway, this is a good move and will ensure great sales in Nov+Dec in the US. Whether it can outsell PS4 at that price is anyone's guess but I think they'll be close. If Sony responds with a temporary price cut too nothing will change