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Forums - Microsoft - No significant sales boost despite 360 price cuts, says EEDAR

kjj4t9rdad on 27 August 2009
Slimebeast said:
hardyhar said:
Fair comment, but there will also be people who think of the Elite as having its price as slashed by $100, just as there will be those who think "the price of getting a 360 with a hard drive is the same, you just get a bigger hard drive".


Yes, and there will also be people who think of the PS3 as having it's price as slashed by $300!


I could be wronge but I think the PS3 slim has 2 price points.  $299 for 120gb and $399 for the 250gb. I'm not 100% sure.



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TheTruthHurts! on 27 August 2009

I think the holidays will remain steady for 360. I think the PS3 will sell equal to or (+/-) than the 360.

Remember, the 360 still has a $199 console this holiday.

Oh, and I still think the Wii is going to drop to $199.....changing everything.



Slimebeast on 27 August 2009
kjj4t9rdad said:
Slimebeast said:
hardyhar said:
Fair comment, but there will also be people who think of the Elite as having its price as slashed by $100, just as there will be those who think "the price of getting a 360 with a hard drive is the same, you just get a bigger hard drive".


Yes, and there will also be people who think of the PS3 as having it's price as slashed by $300!


I could be wronge but I think the PS3 slim has 2 price points.  $299 for 120gb and $399 for the 250gb . I'm not 100% sure.


I think it was a rumor about bundel 250GB + GT5 for $399



Cueil on 27 August 2009

People seem to forget... EEDAR doesn't think the price drop with give them a significant increase from last year... if they can match last years Christmas numbers they'll still crush Sony this Christmas. It was the Arcade that won Microsoft the crushing victory over Sony last year. Remember 200



 
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Slimebeast on 27 August 2009
Cueil said:
People seem to forget... EEDAR doesn't think the price drop with give them a significant increase from last year... if they can match last years Christmas numbers they'll still crush Sony this Christmas. It was the Arcade that won Microsoft the crushing victory over Sony last year. Remember 200 < 300 and for a hundred you can get four pretty good game from Walmart and that's not including their Christmas Pack-In. Sony will do much better this year (how could they not?), but I don't think a 300 dollar console can compete with a 200 dollar console durring the holiday months... we are still in a recession and every dollar counts especially if you have multipul children or a house payment or anything that is keeping your wallet in sharp check


You are insane. In last gen Nintendo tried to sell the Gamecube for $99 but it just couldnt compete with $199 PS2.

For some families the limit is $200, but for some families it's $300 or $400. U cant generalize so many people as poor and scared of a Crysis.

And this $300 console will give you a 120GB HDD + Blu-ray player + Free Online + Slim design + more reliable hardware+ arguably better/broader gaming lineup + stronger brand power + WiFi - all of which the $200 console doesn't have. (at least this is what the fans will argue)

It's almost like you're saying that people only buy cheap stuff and that the most successful business model in electronics is to just be lowest price. It's simplyfying things 2 much.



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ROBOTECHHEAVEN on 27 August 2009

i think the 360 will do about the same as last year, but the ps3 will do about 30% better than last year i think.



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thx1139 on 27 August 2009
Slimebeast said:
Cueil said:
People seem to forget... EEDAR doesn't think the price drop with give them a significant increase from last year... if they can match last years Christmas numbers they'll still crush Sony this Christmas. It was the Arcade that won Microsoft the crushing victory over Sony last year. Remember 200 < 300 and for a hundred you can get four pretty good game from Walmart and that's not including their Christmas Pack-In. Sony will do much better this year (how could they not?), but I don't think a 300 dollar console can compete with a 200 dollar console durring the holiday months... we are still in a recession and every dollar counts especially if you have multipul children or a house payment or anything that is keeping your wallet in sharp check


You are insane. In last gen Nintendo tried to sell the Gamecube for $99 but it just couldnt compete with $199 PS2.

For some families the limit is $200, but for some families it's $300 or $400. U cant generalize so many people as poor and scared of a Crysis.

And this $300 console will give you a 120GB HDD + Blu-ray player + Free Online + Slim design + more reliable hardware+ arguably better/broader gaming lineup + stronger brand power + WiFi - all of which the $200 console doesn't have. (at least this is what the fans will argue)

It's almost like you're saying that people only buy cheap stuff and that the most successful business model in electronics is to just be lowest price. It's simplyfying things 2 much.


The Gamecube was last gen fighting the juggernaut that was the PS2. The 360 and the PS3 arent the same. The more expensive and less successful console on the store shelves will be the PS3 when someone goes Christmas shopping.  Also by the way we dont know if the PS3 slimm will be more or less reliable than the Xbox 360's being sold this year.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

toastboy44562 on 27 August 2009
Seece said:
It's not meant to boost sales, just keep them sustained. If they can do what they did last holiday season then they're doing great.


couldnt have said it better!



GameAnalyser on 27 August 2009
AkibaFan said:
it will result in huge sales & destroy ps3 momentum


yeah let's c...no point in speculating harshly.



Bagaren85 on 27 August 2009

Its a lot of people always bullcrapping and think they are gods. But not. lol.

360 will do great at the end of this gen, as second place.