kowenicki said: What a load of nonsense. |
I've seen a lot of ads for the FIFA 15 + Minecraft bundle for £349.99
My prediction threads:
Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)
PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)
Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right
Sony is the leader by a large margin. I don't think they feel they have to win every region every month.
But yea the lack of GTA/Far Cry bundles in the US at this stage is bizarre. I think they're gonna temporarily lower the price of the regular PS4 to $350 and release Far Cry/GTA bundles for $400 to counter M$ once they see the effect of M$'s price cut
My prediction threads:
Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)
PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)
Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right
I think that's a reasonable theory. I've been saying for a while now (on another forum) that there's little point in Sony crippling other markets in order to boost demand in America. All they'll want to do is sell what they can make. It's as simple as that.
The PS5 Exists.
Don't really think Sony have a strategy, don't think they need one, they will just sell what they make and it'll be great numbers. They can't really compete with MS in terms of price cuts, Sony is losing far too much money atm and if the company is to break up (or downsize, either one is coming) the PS division needs to look desireable not a money sink.
MS can get away with it because they make billions upon billions.
kowenicki said:
which major corps? and for which products? |
Johnny walker Chivas Hennessy.
man-bear-pig said: But yea the lack of GTA/Far Cry bundles in the US at this stage is bizarre. I think they're gonna temporarily lower the price of the regular PS4 to $350 and release Far Cry/GTA bundles for $400 to counter M$ once they see the effect of M$'s price cut |
Forget price cut, where are the bundles.
Europe has/is getting DC bundle LBP Farcry GTAV, while US is still on Destiny.
kowenicki said: What a load of nonsense. |
Talk about an overreaction. Caught on the hop, by outselling the competition 3 to 1 all year.. . Ms is only doing this because they are losing badly. Sony has a holiday plan, Ms just jumped early. All ms is doing is moving sales forward. X1 sales will drop hard.
Ms plan is short term, they won't work longterm.
Sony will have black Fri bundles and they will sell a tonne. They will be #1 in every territory Come jan2015.
Sony is in the drivers seat here. Not ms.
Seece said: Don't really think Sony have a strategy, don't think they need one, they will just sell what they make and it'll be great numbers. They can't really compete with MS in terms of price cuts, Sony is losing far too much money atm and if the company is to break up (or downsize, either one is coming) the PS division needs to look desireable not a money sink. MS can get away with it because they make billions upon billions. |
I agree with this.
I think Sony (unlike us here on forums) has no intentions on reacting to competition's moves. They have a set strategy independent of other players, mostly because they don't have much flexibility in the money department :)
I do, however, find it strange that as of today, November 3, they still have no bundle announcements in the US for their marketing exclusive games such as GTA or Far Cry. Even though the US market is less important to Sony than to MS (as a percentage of their total sales), US consumers still deserve to get the deals Europeans are getting...
Sony will most likely depend on retailer specific deals (like Gamestop's trade-in deal) than go all out into a price matching war with XOne.
It certainly looks like Sony doesn't emphasize winning a monthly NPD comoetition as much as we here think and act...