I was down at my local retailers over the weekend and found that there was a huge price variation on the 360 between retailers which was quite surprising to me.
It seams a few retailers (major retailers) have not dropped their price yet, and maybe(just maybe) these could be the reasons.
- The Price drop has not flown through to all chains
- The retailers are waiting until closer to Christmas to drop their price
- The retailers are making more profit while they can
- The retailers may have brought a large inventory before the price drop and haven't received their rebate (YET)
- The retailers may have received their rebates in the form of games.
- They may be waiting for a promotion cycle to begin
Either way the effects of the price drop have not made it through all sales channels yet. I would think that Christmas will be the real decider to if this price drop has had much long term effect.
I also believe that in the coming months, MS will supply a lot of bundles to the market, making the Xbox look to have better value.
[[[[Edit:: My comments refer to "others" and the desert island I live on is "Australia"]]]]
Predictions JAN 08
2008 PS3-19.5M(actual 19.5) XBOX360-23M(actual 27.5) Wii - 37M(actual 45.8M)
End of 2009 PS3-27 25M XBOX360-30 35M Wii - 48 63M (revised DEC 08)
Price Point
Mid 2008 Wii $250 Xbox360$249 Xbox360(HDD)$299 PS3 $399
Mid 2009 Wii $189 Xbox360$199 Xbox360(HDD)$249 PS3 $339
Mid 2010 Wii $ 149 Xbox360$159 Xbox360(HDD)$199 PS3 $289
