Also I don't believe that "things can change" last minute. Unless they were purposefully "rehearsing" a price to stop leakers, the price is determined after like years of number crunching and planning. You don't go, "Shit, price sounds bad," and change it last minute.
Also I don't believe that "things can change" last minute. Unless they were purposefully "rehearsing" a price to stop leakers, the price is determined after like years of number crunching and planning. You don't go, "Shit, price sounds bad," and change it last minute.
Especially after you have to pay for exclusive comarketing with Cigna from Bioware.
Ok then Fall 2018 with Aetna from Bioware.
Average consumers will ask for the cheapest system. Especially during the holidays when most consumers are shopping for more than one person (for gifts and stuff.)
Guys, the price is $499 and that is what has been rehearsed.
It's not a mistake.
If you think it's a mistake then this product is simply not for you. It's for the hardcore fans who want their games including third party games to be running well. For those fans who want the best third party versions.
I'm glad MS haven't gone the cheap route.
Guys, the price is $499 and that is what has been rehearsed.
Guys, the price is $499 and that is what has been rehearsed.
this smells of a setup for the net so they get a positive reaction to the price
How about they ban you instead?
Can't stand people asking for valuable members of the gaming community to be banned. Geoff is just telling us what he's been told. He has insiders in the media. What has he got to gain by telling false stories?
I honestly don't understand the outrage over 499. This is a premium product. 499 is pretty cheap for what you're getting.
Maybe they rehearsed at $499 because of leaks like this?
Yeah my comment ended too early. I can see why you made the assumption you did. My fault. I'm just making the statement that people care more about power than being "first" or "second" place like the person I replied to was alluding to. Now will the Scorpio sell a lot units? Probably not, maybe in a couple years after a price drop.There's virtually no other interpretation for your comment that I can see. Unless you meant the average consumer asks for the most powerful console, sees it costs 499, and then doesn't buy it? What's the point of that comment?
1) This "leak" by a well-known person has already created a bit of buzz around the new console. This thread alone has got 1500 replies in a relatively short period of time.
2) Now people want to check the news and watch the show to see if the price leak is true.
3) People watching the show are then "surprised" that the console price is actually lower than expcted.
4) Give the initial rumoured premium price of $499, people now see the actual price of 399 as a bargain compared to the expensive 499.
It's a win-win-win-win. So marketing wise, there are plenty of reasons.
It's a good breakdown of MS strategy and thinking behind the product. I've pretty much always thought it was a $499 device.
That doesn't however have any bearing on if the system will actually be successful even within the niche MS are designing it for
Guys, the price is $499 and that is what has been rehearsed.
No shit...but why rehearse that part which is probably the biggest news to come out will be the price. Why would you need to rehearse saying "$499.99"? I get rehearsing all the other parts of the show, but for this particular portion, they really don't.
I'm actually surprised they would rehearse that part.
You don't release a premium product at that price while dragging behind in market share. If sony didnt, when they had every reason to, why should MS?
It seems plausible to use a fake price during rehearsal. No ?
Didn't Sony decide to go for 399 after MS announced the Xbone for 499 or am I misremembering?
This thing is DEAD in Canada.
Phil's been pretty awesome for the Xbox community...
LOLOLOLI guess the question is if you can wait until like March to get one when it is inevitably not $499. Buying an Xbone at launch was a huge mistake for me. Price dropped super fast and the launch software sucked. Why not wait until March to play UnitedHealth from Bioware?
1) This "leak" by a well-known person has already created a bit of buzz around the new console. This thread alone has got 1500 replies in a relatively short period of time.
2) Now people want to check the news and watch the show to see if the price leak is true.
3) People watching the show are then "surprised" that the console price is actually lower than expcted.
4) Give the initial rumoured premium price of $499, people now see the actual price of 399 as a bargain compared to the expensive 499.
It's a win-win-win-win. So marketing wise, there are plenty of reasons.
Also I don't believe that "things can change" last minute. Unless they were purposefully "rehearsing" a price to stop leakers, the price is determined after like years of number crunching and planning. You don't go, "Shit, price sounds bad," and change it last minute.
Especially after you have to pay for exclusive comarketing with Cigna from Bioware.
Ok then Fall 2018 with Aetna from Bioware.
That's $672 CDN.
DOA.
The more I think about it, the more it is clear to me that with MS trying to control the message like crazy and their marketing dept working overtime on it, the most likely is that they purposefully leaked this as a fake price to try and have a "Megaton" $399 reveal at the show, which it normally wouldn't be.
$399 is what we've seen's worth, 1 year aftet a PS4 pro. There is no magic "this is worth $499 but we're getting it to you for $399", which is what they seem to be aiming for.
If they indeed reveal a $499 I'll be surprised, but if they reveal a $399 it'll just have been a classic MS Marketing powder cloud (pun intended).
Guys, the price is $499 and that is what has been rehearsed.
1) This "leak" by a well-known person has already created a bit of buzz around the new console. This thread alone has got 1500 replies in a relatively short period of time.
2) Now people want to check the news and watch the show to see if the price leak is true.
3) People watching the show are then "surprised" that the console price is actually lower than expcted.
4) Give the initial rumoured premium price of $499, people now see the actual price of 399 as a bargain compared to the expensive 499.
It's a win-win-win-win. So marketing wise, there are plenty of reasons.