I'm a PS fan and I claim that Xbox One never got a $150 price cut. If I did say Xbox One got a $150 price cut I would be using improper terminology. Its not an excuse or mental gymnastics lol, its called using proper terminology. If you want to take the time to understand this (apparently difficult) concept then go ahead but ignorance shouldn't have a voice...or a keyboard. Its kind of funny to tell people something over and over again and have them still not get it.

Unless you guys are being sarcastic and I just look like a fool haha...but this is the internet and some people DO have a hard time understanding certain things so if you guys are being serious then...that's pretty unfortunate, good luck in life.

does that new $399.00 sku offer the same value? does it have kinect? no? then no. not a price cut.

if it also had kinect then yes, price cut. but it didn't, then no. not a price cut.

prove that the $399.00 model/sku or now $349.00 model/sku provides the exact same experience that the $499.00/$449.00 model/sku offers right out of the box... you can't because the cheaper one has no kinect, while the more expensive one has kinect thus providing different values and a slightly different experience..because no kinect means no "xbox on" lololll!

Not true.  Less USB ports and the card readers were eventually removed entirely.  I'll post a link to wikipedia that shows the difference skus and exactly what was cut from each version to lower the price: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_PlayStation_3_SKUs

I had an 80gb PS3 that broke.  I replaced it with a 500gb super slim.  The amount of features cut makes the latter feel like a cheap knockoff.  It only cost $200 with two games back in 2013 so I guess I can't complain too much....

At least there's someone else around here who gets it.

I also don't know why this bugs me too. Must be due to me having over half a decade experience in retail and the another over half a decade in procurement, where i'm currently in. Its not a fun job mind you...

the correct slogan would be "you can now game on the xbox one for $150.00 cheaper than on launch" i think.

notice I  said game and didnt use the phrase "xbox one experience" since at launch, MS was aiming for this with the sku with kinect. now that its unbudnled, its not the "same" thing. you can game on a base model, but you dont get the "xbox on" voice command thingy lol wich is part of "the experience"... so they said back at launch. 

funny that it was a selling point back then and now...its all but forgotten trolololll! serves them right for their stupid DRM crap that they  tried to pull.

Nope. Those are mental gymnastics.  If you could only buy a product for $499, then it's changed to $399, that's a price cut.  You can play games and talk about unbundling, or replacing SKUs, but the fact remains, the stinking price was cut.  Unless we want to claim the new PS4 cut isn't a cut since Sony is "unbundling" it from unnecessary internal HW and more expensive components, which allowed them to CUT the price.  Sorry, I don't like to play those type of games.

You don't understand.  They don't care about terminology.  They are saying thazt the Kinectless Xbox One is an entirely different class of product altogether and that it has always been avalible for 399... because the 499 version isn't the same product.  So basically they are saying that the Xbox One launched in June of 2014.  They totally deny that it was ever reduced in price because Kinect and Xbox One is a different product.  It doesn't matter that the standalone Xbox One didn't exist at launch and you HAD TO PAY 500.   They don't acknowledged that it is now cheaper to get a Xbox One.   They don't like the word price cut because it shows that price and demand were not balanced.    

If they don't like the world price cut then why not just say a price reduction.  Nope.   The Xbox One launched at $399 and was always $399 even if you had to pay $500 to get one.  Thats the logic we run into here. 

Yeah, its not that hard to understand the proper terminology. These guys though, they have now been told (MANY times) the proper terminology but still use the wrong terminology and then call us Xbox fans...I don't know about you but I right now only own a PS4 and PS3 so I must be one confused Xbox fan. Its weird the logical fallacies people use, "your defending this so you must be a blind fan" blah blahblah. Ignorance should never have a voice, speak up when you know what you are talking about, simple concept, but apparently not simple.

Its odd how fast devices can go from popular/must have to forgotten in a matter of a couple years.