slimeattack said:
The Arcade is a ridiculously gimped model, even at $199. |
It can play games, go online... What more do you want? I use an Arcade and its great.
Tease.
| mrstickball said: The price cut will be big. There is some anecdotal information in the MS forums about it. Give it a few days for retail outlet musings to pop up. IMO, I think that this price cut, getting the X360 below $200, will be a slow, but impressive burn when it comes to sales. Oh, here's a few quotes for you: When I first heard about this price drop, I figured it would only affect sales for a little while and then die off. Most console buyers, or maybe I should say "potential" console buyers, don't troll tech news websites like this one, and probably know nothing about this price drop, right? Well, then I saw it on CNN and on the local Chicago news. Then yesterday on my way out of work, I heard something really mind blowing. The customer service department at my office, which consists of 5 people, 4 of which are over the age of 50, was talking about how the Xbox 360 was now going to be $199. Are these people all gamers? Nope. Not one of them is. But they all have kids and grandkids who want consoles this Christmas. And the Arcade will be the cheapest one out there this year. Too late, tons already sold at Futureshop in here in Canada. In fact in their online store there is only 47 left, and the sale just started this morning! http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN Y'know you make a dumbass comment and then it comes biting you in the ass like that...it's things like this that make life so beautiful. So just got back from work. We sold 4 Arcades today (sold out now) and one Pro. We haven't sold an Xbox 360 Arcade in months. That's all I've seen thus far. |
Good job you did the talking for me.
mrstickball said:
How is it gimped again?
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Because it can't play Gears 2, Fable 2, and Fallout 3...oh wait, yes it does.
Wait...there's a price cut?
| colonelstubbs said: Wait...there's a price cut? |
Your kidding right?
| mrstickball said: The price cut will be big. There is some anecdotal information in the MS forums about it. Give it a few days for retail outlet musings to pop up. IMO, I think that this price cut, getting the X360 below $200, will be a slow, but impressive burn when it comes to sales. Oh, here's a few quotes for you: When I first heard about this price drop, I figured it would only affect sales for a little while and then die off. Most console buyers, or maybe I should say "potential" console buyers, don't troll tech news websites like this one, and probably know nothing about this price drop, right? Well, then I saw it on CNN and on the local Chicago news. Then yesterday on my way out of work, I heard something really mind blowing. The customer service department at my office, which consists of 5 people, 4 of which are over the age of 50, was talking about how the Xbox 360 was now going to be $199. Are these people all gamers? Nope. Not one of them is. But they all have kids and grandkids who want consoles this Christmas. And the Arcade will be the cheapest one out there this year. Too late, tons already sold at Futureshop in here in Canada. In fact in their online store there is only 47 left, and the sale just started this morning! http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN Y'know you make a dumbass comment and then it comes biting you in the ass like that...it's things like this that make life so beautiful. So just got back from work. We sold 4 Arcades today (sold out now) and one Pro. We haven't sold an Xbox 360 Arcade in months. That's all I've seen thus far. |
Can you give me a source? That link doesn't work.
I'll hang on a bit till they give 'em away for free, or perhaps even pay me to take one. Despite cutting prices every couple of months 360 sales are mediocre and increasingly being outsold by all other consoles. As they say, a rushed (flawed?) product always eventually gets its cumuppance.
I agree with slimeattack, PS3 will overtake 360 next year.
It'll be huge till the holidays.
it'll be interesting what happens in jan.
PS3 will now have to wait until late 2010 to overtake 360 ww sales, maybe never.
Squilliam said:
It can play games, go online... What more do you want? I use an Arcade and its great.
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What more can I want? Being able to download stuff from Live and being able to install games to reduce loading times.
slimeattack said:
What more can I want? Being able to download stuff from Live and being able to install games to reduce loading times. |
many casual gamers will buy the Arcade.
then when they realize what's available, they will need to buy other accessories.
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