ParticleReality said:Good news if true. My newer 360 just died so I may pick another one up as back-up. Oh and if its true theres more reason for the 80GB PS3 to be $500 before fiscal years end.
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ParticleReality said:Good news if true. My newer 360 just died so I may pick another one up as back-up. Oh and if its true theres more reason for the 80GB PS3 to be $500 before fiscal years end.
Depends on what you mean by "enough". Enough to outsell the PS3 hand over fist, still? Yup. Enough to do better this holiday than last? Yup. (Watch those ban bets this year.) Enough to catch up to the Wii's monthly sales? Probably not. I would say it will have a minimal impact, but the PSP $30 cut did have a big one.Odysseus said:$50 just isn't enough, not even with halo 3 in september. if this sticks, there are going to be a lot of disappointed analysts in january, neogaf and otherwise.
Mrbob said:Ok in both plans, MS fails.
A 249 core will not steal any press from the Wii, and a 400ISH elite looks overpriced compared to a 499 PS3.
Speevy said:Stupid, stupid move.
Halo 3 is going to send 360s flying off the shelves regardless.
All they did here is weakened the impact for the inevitable drop to $299.
$50 price drops don't work when they bring the machine to the midpoint between two hundred dollar amounts.
Speevy said:I'll make a prediction right now.
This won't give the 360 more than 20K in sales in the August NPD.
Speevy said:Except that the PS3 is still overpriced, and isn't selling like a $300-350 console.
I find it hard to believe that people who enjoy Halo wouldn't want to try out Gears, GRAW, and Rainbow 6: Vegas. It's not like the shooter genre has been stagnating and gamers are waiting for Halo 3 to save them from the drought.Shalashaska said:I don't really understand this, why wouldn't they drop the price after Halo 3 comes out? Seems to me they're leaving a lot of money on the table by doing this.
Speevy said:Except that the PS3 is still overpriced, and isn't selling like a $300-350 console.
dangrib said:surely this will boost sales to a decent enough level to counter the ps3 "price drop" for the next few NPDs? will the $250 core be a viable option rather than stay a tard pack or will the premium still be the main SKU sales wise? i think maybe the next $50 price drop will bring the tard pack to life at $199
Funny you should mention that.Odysseus said:one thing this will certainly do is send a message to the market to stop waiting for a price drop, so that will help matters. it's doubtless that pockets of consumers were getting antsy about buying a 360, figuring it was way past time for the price to drop and they didn't want to get stuck holding the bag, so to speak. so even at $50, it relieves the "will they or won't they" and "buy it now or wait" questions.
It will have an impact. I really have no clue how much, though.Demand is high for a price drop - in the past four weeks, the top search term with the words price drop was xbox 360 price drop. There were 70% more US searches for xbox 360 price drop than for ps3 price drop.
So what is driving the increase in searches for Xbox 360? It appears to be a combination of hype for new games, rumours of a price drop and no doubt some queries about the recent problems.
Mrbob said:PS3 isn't overpriced. It is expensive compared to the 299 mentality mindset. There is a difference.
Mrbob said:PS3 isn't overpriced. It is expensive compared to the 299 mentality mindset. There is a difference.
Odysseus said:one thing this will certainly do is send a message to the market to stop waiting for a price drop, so that will help matters. it's doubtless that pockets of consumers were getting antsy about buying a 360, figuring it was way past time for the price to drop and they didn't want to get stuck holding the bag, so to speak. so even at $50, it relieves the "will they or won't they" and "buy it now or wait" questions.
did the thread starter ever give the date of this circular?
Speevy said:Laugh as PS3 sales increase to about 150K in July while 360 sales are barely over 200K in August?
Watch.
rs7k said:I can see the 360's sales go to 400,000 in September when Halo 3 hits.
yes they do carry the Elite. I saw the Elite and pro systems tonight at Wal-Mart but they had no core systems.GhaleonEB said:It may be that Wal-Mart only allocated space to advertise the cut on that SKU, not all three. (Do they even carry the Elite?)
Still, it doesn't make sense to drop the price on only one SKU. They've got to shuffle up more than just that.
crazyscreenwriter said:And we don't understand discipline. Blah blah blah.
Sony Fanboys just need to give it up. THe PS3 is overpriced for the console market. Plain and simple.
(And in all fairness the 360 is slightly overpriced for the console market too.)
Odysseus said:one thing this will certainly do is send a message to the market to stop waiting for a price drop, so that will help matters. it's doubtless that pockets of consumers were getting antsy about buying a 360, figuring it was way past time for the price to drop and they didn't want to get stuck holding the bag, so to speak. so even at $50, it relieves the "will they or won't they" and "buy it now or wait" questions.
did the thread starter ever give the date of this circular?
reilo said:A little TOO optimistic, aren't we?
Mrbob said:Riiighhht.
You got me pegged on the wrong defense force.
Thanks. My local just has the Core and Pro.sonic4ever said:yes they do carry the Elite. I saw the Elite and pro systems tonight at Wal-Mart but they had no core systems.
Mrbob said:Riiighhht.
You got me pegged on the wrong defense force.
sypher said:I dont think this a good idea, because it makes the PS3 look more expensive and the Wii look more like a 360, which in turn means people wont buy wiis because they will think they will break.
sypher said:I dont think this a good idea, because it makes the PS3 look more expensive and the Wii look more like a 360, which in turn means people wont buy wiis because they will think they will break.
sypher said:I dont think this a good idea, because it makes the PS3 look more expensive and the Wii look more like a 360, which in turn means people wont buy wiis because they will think they will break.
sypher said:I dont think this a good idea, because it makes the PS3 look more expensive and the Wii look more like a 360, which in turn means people wont buy wiis because they will think they will break.
sypher said:I dont think this a good idea, because it makes the PS3 look more expensive and the Wii look more like a 360, which in turn means people wont buy wiis because they will think they will break.
reilo said:A little TOO optimistic, aren't we?
This is true. I know a lot of people at my college that are waiting to buy a 360 until the next Halo comes out, it's like no other game exists to this people when I talk to them.RiskyChris said:Don't underestimate Halo. There are a lot of casual Halo fans who still own Xbox 1s as their primary system.
Odysseus said:allow me to channel jeff bell by saying
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PhoenixDark said:The difference between $50 and $100 is not that much. $50 may get you a bbbj, but $100 gets you greek pleasure and meh both are as good to me
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PhoenixDark said:The difference between $50 and $100 is not that much. $50 may get you a bbbj, but $100 gets you greek pleasure and meh both are as good to me
OK shut up everyone, TEH WINNER is here.sypher said:I dont think this a good idea, because it makes the PS3 look more expensive and the Wii look more like a 360, which in turn means people wont buy wiis because they will think they will break.
They would. But -after- they buy their system for Halo.SapientWolf said:I find it hard to believe that people who enjoy Halo wouldn't want to try out Gears, GRAW, and Rainbow 6: Vegas. It's not like the shooter genre has been stagnating and gamers are waiting for Halo 3 to save them from the drought.
Speevy said:Except that the PS3 is still overpriced, and isn't selling like a $300-350 console.
Emiru said:Only 50 bucks? Its official, MS is run by morons.
crazyscreenwriter said:Dare I ask then who is running Sony?