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selnor on 22 September 2008

I'm not sure the exact date that the pricecut started. But I walked into one of the local GAME shops im my city and wondered why there were loads of people buying 360's? I saw 5 bought in 20 mins. Arcade £129.99, 60gb model £169.99 and Elite £229.99. The ones I saw bought were 60gb models. I doubt very very much it will beat the PS3 in others on any week, but do you think it will help to jump it up to around 65,000 average? Or do you believe it will fair better? Your thoughts guys. It seems M$ have done well with the pricecuts WW. I think the 3 areas put together will probably find M$ an extra 40 - 50,000 average a week WW than what they have been doing. Think we will see 150,000 - 170,000 average sales WW for 360 up to christmas. Your thoughts?



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starcraft on 22 September 2008

I'm just waiting for the next Australian cut.



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smbu2000 on 22 September 2008

The 360 is DEAD, MS should just let it die and leave the console business!






;-p Seriously, I'm also curious to see how the price cut will affect sales in the EU. The price cut in NA seems to be having a nice positive effect and the JP had a good first and possibly second week. The EU #'s should be interesting to watch for awhile. :)




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libellule on 22 September 2008

hum, I dont know about France (is it not the 19/09/08 ?)

To my eyes the big change is about the Elite that will only cost 300 euros (100 euros less than a PS3).

I m not sure what will happen.

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or PS3 80gb+ movie = 400 euros



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crumas2 on 22 September 2008

I'm in the US, so I'm really not familiar with EU purchasing patterns and trends, but I would assume they're similar to the US concerning the cost/holiday/gift factors. Then, again, I was surprised last year to find that Europeans were so willing to spend as much as they did on the PS3, so I'm really in the dark on this one.

Can someone give me a short, relatively "objective" summary of why the PS3 does so well in EU/Others?



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ahcheng on 22 September 2008

360 will definitely beat the PS3 after the price in EU.
probably selling around 70 000 average in EU.



papflesje on 22 September 2008

Well, since you posted a anecdotal "I walked into a shop"... I'll gladly retort with experiences from Belgium:

I walked into the 5 biggest shops / game shops over here, and Xbox / PS3 and WII were all there in plenty of numbers. Didn't seem like any of the game systems sold at all. Stacked mile high...

Wii at 235
PS3 at 399
Xbox at its new price point + additional 40 euro's off the price after visiting a certain website.

It would seem no game systems sold at all over here...

 

I'm in the US, so I'm really not familiar with EU purchasing patterns and trends, but I would assume they're similar to the US concerning the cost/holiday/gift factors. Then, again, I was surprised last year to find that Europeans were so willing to spend as much as they did on the PS3, so I'm really in the dark on this one.

Can someone give me a short, relatively "objective" summary of why the PS3 does so well in EU/Others?


Well, I can only speak for Belgium:

Most people here only talk about PS3 and only think about purchasing a PS3 in the upcoming months / years.

Playstation name + Xbox RroD (which DOES have its impact) + "we pay for quality" (a elusive concept, but combine it with the RROD and you have a bigger clue) are probably not to be underestimated as factors



Neos on 22 September 2008
papflesje said:
Well, since you posted a anecdotal "I walked into a shop"... I'll gladly retort with experiences from Belgium:

I walked into the 5 biggest shops / game shops over here, and Xbox / PS3 and WII were all there in plenty of numbers. Didn't seem like any of the game systems sold at all. Stacked mile high...

Wii at 235
PS3 at 399
Xbox at its new price point + additional 40 euro's off the price after visiting a certain website.

It would seem no game systems sold at all over here...

In belgium, console buys you!

 



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papflesje on 22 September 2008
Neos said:
papflesje said:
Well, since you posted a anecdotal "I walked into a shop"... I'll gladly retort with experiences from Belgium:

I walked into the 5 biggest shops / game shops over here, and Xbox / PS3 and WII were all there in plenty of numbers. Didn't seem like any of the game systems sold at all. Stacked mile high...

Wii at 235
PS3 at 399
Xbox at its new price point + additional 40 euro's off the price after visiting a certain website.

It would seem no game systems sold at all over here...

In belgium, console buys you!

 

At least we don't miss penalties!  (because we don't make it to the tournament at all >_>)

 



xman on 22 September 2008

I would guess 75,000



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