If they cut the price they cant afford to raise it anymore just like last year and you are basically telling people just wait for November December to buy Xbox One.

With all the 'best holiday line up ever' they have been pushing, it will not look too good to cut the price to push console with "the best holiday line up ever".

"Response to the Black Friday bundle price reduction has been so positive that we're extending it past the holidays for limited time*"

*Forever

That wouldn't work anywhere near as well though. The only reason the XB1 sold more last year was because people rushed out and bought thinking they wouldn't get another opportunity to buy it so cheap. Of course the ruse was exposed immediately when MS put the price straight back down again after it had gone back up, but of course they had to have a period of time when the console went back up because it would then have been even more obvious what they'd pulled.

There are things that Phil Spencer said back before Halo 5 came out that may not hold up now, like, wanting the Xbox division to remain profitable. Once H5 failed to boost the box significantly over their competitior in October, I'm entirely sure all bets were off. Just saying, wouldn't surprise me if MS responded to any sort of spike in sales and impulsively would try to maintain that using any means. Even if it is a horrible idea. 

I think it's more likely that Halo 5 comes to the PC earlier than expected than for MS to forget about their profits mantra and throw money away.

I think they just need to make a standard halo bundle or cut the LE bundle.

Hmm...that seems at least more believable than the list I found, but that lost still doesn't seem right. I mean there are almost more consoles being sold than games in the top 40. No other site or store has had that many consoles selling over games. 

3 hours after last update:

#11 PS4 Star Wars Standard Bundle (same)
#12 PS4 Star Wars LE Bundle (up 1)
#18 PS4 Black Ops Bundle (down 1)
#20 PS4 Nathan Drake Bundle (same)
#34 XB1 Fallout Bundle (same)
#47 XB1 Gears Bundle (up 2)
#73 XB1 Madden Bundle (down 4)

PS4 - 4 bundles, 4 in the top 100
XB1 - 13 bundles, 3 in the top 100

XB1 Deals:

Gears Bundle + Black Ops 3
Madden Bundle + Free Game Of Choice
Halo Bundle + Free Game Of Choice
FIFA Bundle + Fallout 4
Three Game Bundle + Halo 5
LEGO Bundle + Minecraft Story Mode
Kinect Bundle + Free Game Of Choice
Fallout Bundle + Free Game Of Choice

PS4 Deals:

Nathan Drake Bundle + ACS + FF Type O
Nathan Drake Bundle + Black Ops 3

I've changed the PS4 bundles to what  they actually are. There have been only 4 bundles for a while now but because Sony have had 2 other deals related to the Nathan Drake Bundle, I've just added them as 2 extra bundles. I feel that now I also add the deals in you can see more clearly what is going on. I might change that later though because it's a pain in the ass trying to keep up with these ever changing deals.

So far those XB1 deals have had no effect whatsoever which means more consoles left over for Black Friday. Unless Sony have stepped up production dramatically then I can see MS winning Black Friday based on availablity alone. We could make a case that the PS4 will likely have consoles left over from the rather weak October results but I feel as if the PS4 bundles are selling so well, they're likely to exhaust that surplus before Black Friday. Will those possible extra XB1 consoles be enough to regain the lead Sony are clearly building during the month though? That is the question! Personally, I don't think so.

Sorry, saw this the other day and meant to thank you but got distracted by real life stuff. 

Looks like battlefront could be a little shaky for reviews. You think it will have a negative effect on sales or preorder cancellations?!