Xbox 360 50 Euro price cut March 14
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RancidLunchmeat
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Can somebody project an equivalent price drop for us ethno-centric and mathematically challenged Americans?
Also, is the launch date for GTA different in the UK than it is in the US? (Ie: why would there be a timing difference in the price drops)
This would be great news, I'd love to buy myself a 360 for my birthday.
(I just really want to play Cyberball, damn it)
I didn't get the Elite MkII nonsense. Is that just speculation because the motherboards are changing again? Or has there been any reason to suspect that things such as built in wifi are going to be a reality?
Also, is the launch date for GTA different in the UK than it is in the US? (Ie: why would there be a timing difference in the price drops)
This would be great news, I'd love to buy myself a 360 for my birthday.
(I just really want to play Cyberball, damn it)
I didn't get the Elite MkII nonsense. Is that just speculation because the motherboards are changing again? Or has there been any reason to suspect that things such as built in wifi are going to be a reality?
iceberg187
Regular
$76 is the equivalent
The lack of a regional rumour might suggest no US price drop. XB360 is selling 'okay' in the US but not in the EU, so to motivate EU consumers a price-drop in line with the US price (remember we're still paying over the odds here) makes sense. MS can rely on GTA and advertising to promote US sales without adjusting prices per unit. I wouldn't count on an NA drop to coincide with an EU one if it does happen.
I cannot see a €50 euro drop making much difference, PS3 is already much more expensive and people prefer it.
I guess they are talking about a €50 price cut doesn't confirm that it's actually going to apply to the UK either. It wouldn't surprise me to find that they will still charge Brits the current price because it's doing fairly well here and we are a rich enough nation to subsidise everyone else getting it cheaper.
I guess they are talking about a €50 price cut doesn't confirm that it's actually going to apply to the UK either. It wouldn't surprise me to find that they will still charge Brits the current price because it's doing fairly well here and we are a rich enough nation to subsidise everyone else getting it cheaper.
Every drop counts. Having said that, I'm not sure Sony won't respond in some way.
We'll see what happens when the GTA kids wake up...
DuckThor Evil
Legend
Well 399€ vs 349€ for the 20GB model is not that big of a difference, 299€ vs 399€ is a clear difference and is in my opinion a good move and probably will give a boost for Xbox 360, probably not enough to beat PS3, but that's not the only goal here.
Everybody could afford to lower their Euro prices though as the € is really strong against the dollar right now.
Mintmaster
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For the most part I agree, which is why we haven't seen more aggressive pricing from MS. Sometimes you just have to accept reality that there's nothing you can do to heavily increase demand for your product.
I think MS just wants to make it clear which platform gives you the best value in GTA. We'll see if it works as well as MS hopes.
Sony are releasing two £300 bundles at the end of this month, the BRD movie pack and the GT5P bundle. No price drop was announced. At best maybe £20 would be knocked off the 40GB non-bundled pack. Interestingly shortly after the bundle announcement Amazon's price went up from £270 to £280. Perhaps a coincidence where they found a lower price didn't net them any benefit? Or maybe they have upped the price now to nearer online market average to drop it again when the bundles come out and create a new 'price drop' to clear the old and unloved inventory? "Now only £270!!!!!!" where of course it was £270 before...
RancidLunchmeat
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I must have missed something.
When did it become established that 'people preferred' the PS3?
When did it become established that 'people preferred' the PS3?
In the EU it's outselling XB360 despite costing more. Maybe you think they prefer XB360 but are being forced against their will to buy PS3's instead 
RancidLunchmeat
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Bah.
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention.
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention.
However, with the dollar in free fall, it's unlikely that the 360 will drop in the US, IMO.
The increased €/$ ratio makes this a "cheap" move by MS.
Cheers
just 'okay'? it's not great but a bit better than just 'okay'
In the EU it's outselling XB360 despite costing more. Maybe you think they prefer XB360 but are being forced against their will to buy PS3's instead
do we have concrete numbers to show this? such as NPD for EU?
Either that or the US price cut rumors just haven't hit yet. Definitly needed more in Europe though.
Anyways MS is so far behind the ball on price it's ridiculous. People have been lulled into thinking PS3 and 360 are roughly same price machines when in reality 360 should/does cost far, far less, being farther down the manufactoring curve and oh btw, it doesn't have Blu Ray.
MS can get away with it and make $ apparantly, but they need to be a lot more aggressive. I think a $100 price cut is more what we need to be talking about (though of course we wont get that).
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Old news to me. I predicted this Two weeks ago.
Also set the date of freebies, including Halo 3's Heroic Map Pack to combat Sony in April and June.
With the PS3 selling better than Xbox360 in Christmas, Janurary, and Feburary. Microsoft had to do something befoe Sony claims having outsold them for a whole quarter.
I expect Xbox360 prices like Arcade $199, Pro $299, Elite $399 in US Dollars.
Playstation 3 is too good of a deal for the Xbox360 to continue to over charge consumers.
The Xbox360 Pro costs Microsoft less than $200 to put on a retail shelf.
The high prices are in place to pay for the high defect rate.
And get you that second console when the first busts.
If you really want to be brutal divide a consoles price by the estimated years of gaming it has remaining.
That will tell you how much you are paying for the time before they replace your system.
There's no value in that metric. People don't buy consoles aligned with console launches. For example, there are still tons of Xbox 1's and Gamecubes in service, and there were still new games to buy for both systems last holiday season.
What you need to track is the average length of service of a console, and divide that by the average price paid per console. Most are bought in year n, not in year 1. Most continue to be used long past n=5. Obviously you will get nowhere determining this metric without a major scientific survey.
I find the notion of dividing by time suspect. Most people don't use their consoles constantly, they use them with some relation to the availability of games. You'll get a better measure of a console's value by dividing its cost by the number of games that will be available for purchase during its length of service.
Finally, your thesis that MS consoles will come out 1 per 4 years has no basis. The XBox 1 was a well-documented special case. It is absurd to think that MS will release a new console in 2009.
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