Mr Puggsly said:
DialgaMarine said: Why would Sony do a price cut, when the PS4 is still selling just fine without it? MS is only dropping the price so low because it's more out of desperation than anything. I can't see them NOT losing immense amounts of money from the advertising and selling each system at a loss. |
Again, I think this is the first generation where people are surprised a console manufacturer is losing money early on.
Money is one of MS's strength and they are taking advantage of it. In past generations money was a strength of Sony as well and that gave them an edge.
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Selling at a loss in the begining has only really ever been common with Sony. Microsoft never once sold the 360 at loss, nor did they ever sell the original Xbox at a loss. Yes, Microsoft has money, but they've never been a company known for losing money on a product for too long before they just give up and end it (Zune, anyone?). It's kindof why they have all that money to begin with. I guarentee that they're not going to accept losing all this money for long if it continues to yield only decent results at best. Let's not forget that the PS4 STILL outsold XBone WW this past week despite XBone having so much favor. Right now, they're more or less capturing the impulse buyers who taking advantage of the temporary price drop. One the price goes back up after the holidays and CoD dust settles, they'll be right back to being far behind PS4.
Sony doesn't have to worry about money right now because the PS4 is still beasting as it has stood all year long, so they're still making money.