Early adopters should really get some kind of ambassador program now though...
The problem of the Xbox One is not the Price...
If it was like, $100 a lot of people would get it just for exclusives (sunset overdrive is the only one I can think of other than indies that will also hit pc). At this point the price minus the value of current exclusives is the primary value of the console.
That would be.. £300? Didn't it just drop recently though?
That won't help, at least in germany. 50 euro less for the console nobody wants?
Didn't they buy more Ps3 than 360's?In Germany an Xbox One bundle with Kinect and Titanfall was for sale for the same price as the PS4 (which was sold out for months), and still Germans wouldn't buy it. If Germans would rather wait months for a PS4 than buy the console that's cheaper, has more value for money and readily available, than there's a big problem with the product. Price is only a small bit of that equation.
Yeah and more people in the US an UK bought 360s. What's your point?Didn't they buy more Ps3 than 360's?
Didn't they buy more Ps3 than 360's?
Well, they say it's a confusion with pounds, how much is the Xbox one in England right now?
Microsoft has already reveled there cards and it seems like the price cut is the only remaining option for them to turn this around. I don't believe this would help since most people seems to share the opinion that PS4 is better than the One.
Welp
IMHO, Sony is already prepared for a MS pricedrop on X1.
ASA MS move, they will instantly match the price so...
Unfortunately this would do nothing. MS needs 299 and a killer app.
No they shouldn't, buying consoles day 1 and paying more is the price you pay
Wouldn't surprise me much given that it's currently already dead in Spain (and most parts of Europe) anyway.
Welp
IMHO, Sony is already prepared for a MS pricedrop on X1.
ASA MS move, they will instantly match the price so...
Sony don't need to drop the price in Europe just because MS do.
another price cut, so soon? I doubt it.
No they shouldn't, buying consoles day 1 and paying more is the price you pay
How dare you forgot "SONY Bend Studio"!?!?!?!? -_-I don't believe a small pricecut will help them in Europe. The Xbox hasn't officially launched in many countries but most stores have already had the Xbox standing on the shelfs few weeks after NA launch.
There were almost a 6 month period when you could not find a PS4 here in Sweden. The regular price increased several times and at the same time the Kinect bundle dropped on several sales to a lower price than the PS4.
I believe the "console war" (irony) was over before it began. Most people I know had a X360 but it wasn't there primary platform in the end of the life cycle. There were a time back 2008 when we thought Bungie, Epic games, Valve and BioShock would remain exlusiv. But one after a other went multiplatform. The last two years the Xbox didn't have any appeling enough content to get people back if you were not interested in Kinect, Halo, Gears or Forza. One by one of the people i played with stopped paying for Gold and the active friendlist decreased. At the same time PS3 got new a compeling content year after year like Journey, Last of us and PlayStation+ which kept people intrested in the brand.
Until today we don't know what Sony's mayor studios are working on.
Guerilla Games new IP RPG
Japan studio (LastGuardian) + new IP
Media Molecule new IP 3D creation
SantaMonica Studio Order 1886 + new IP
Microsoft has already reveled there cards and it seems like the price cut is the only remaining option for them to turn this around. I don't believe this would help since most people seems to share the opinion that PS4 is better than the One.
Right now, it's consoles which sell consoles, not the games. Both PS4 and Xbox are still scarce of them, yet are leading the market well above the Wii U, which has by far and away the best exclusive library so far. Microsoft could revive as many Banjos, Conkers, and Gears as they want, but if the console itself isn't a compelling purchase, then no consumer will want to buy it. So course they'll go for a price-cut first if they can. Doesn't mean this has any bearing on remaining content or new studios they still have cooking, though.
Sony don't need to drop the price in Europe just because MS do.
Trying to flog a dead horse.
Let it go Microsoft, Europe is gone.
Yeah, sometimes looks like total control over a market is the only thing that matters. What about a significant market share guys? I'm pretty sure that's exactly what MS is after here, not winning Europe.Yeah just give up and do nothing eh? Hopefully you don't run a business because you would suck at it. Obviously they won't win Europe, they know that, but that isn't the goal here.
I hope this pushes Sony to come up with some better bundles, but it's probably to late for me since I'll get my Ps4 in September.
Yes, maybe response to the total lack of interest in the console on mainland europe.