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Forums - Microsoft - Microsoft 9/19 Euro Price Drop: Desperation or Confidence? Also, effects?

Krill on 16 September 2008
Mendicate Bias said:
I seriously don't understand. All I hear from Europeans is how much their pissed off at the gaming companies for giving them the shaft when it comes to pricing and when one of those companies finally does the fair thing and equalizes the price of its console in all world regions Sony fans start screaming about desperation.
Shouldn't you finally be happy your not being screwed over in the pricing department?!

I know how bad it is over there, I went to Ireland over the summer. The amount you pay for a Wii there is more than I pay for a 360 Elite over here in the States! You should be demanding that Sony and Nintendo adjust their prices to account for different currencies!

 

QFT.  However, you rarely see anyone acknowledge that it's Microsoft, rather than Sony or Nintendo, that prices their consoles in Europe at a comparable level to the US.



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Everstar on 16 September 2008

Why dose this have to be desperation or confidence? why can't it be strategy.....



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DMeisterJ on 16 September 2008

@ everstar

That would fall into confidence.



Kane on 16 September 2008

The dramaqueens around here....

Just wait and see what happens.



Skeeuk on 16 September 2008

this almost confirms that a new system will be out in next few years.



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starcraft on 16 September 2008
Skeeuk said:
this almost confirms that a new system will be out in next few years.

OF course it will.  Right alongside the PS4.

But I dont see what this news has to do with it.

 



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FreeTalkLive on 16 September 2008
masterb8tr said:
hmm i dont think it will do much. The ps3 already cost much more, and yet in my country it ousells both the wii and 360 by alot.

What country do you live in?  The Wii and Xbox 360 outsell the PS3 in UK.

 



 

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Diomedes1976 on 16 September 2008

I doubt a massive 20 euros price drop on the cheaper machine means too much sales wise.

I think the PS3 should lower its price somewhat ,but if Sony did cut the price and kept third and cut the price again in 6 months (probably to remain third) I would smell some kind of desperation.

A succesful console never reaches so low prices so fast ...even the PS2 is still 129 after 9 years.When the consoles start approaching these price points so fast its a bad sign.I mean ,when they are at 99 they are already considered on the way out ,the stores dont make any money from them and dont command more than a couple units here and there.



masterb8tr on 16 September 2008

^norway, in fact 360 sells more than wii as well.....



crumas2 on 16 September 2008
libellule said:
I think they need it.
They are as desesperate.

As someone as pointed out in N4G comment :

PS3 is expensive : it makes sense to drop

Xbox360 is already the cheapiest : it makes no sense to drop the price

... except if u re desesperate !

Desparate or determined.  I'm betting on the latter.