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Microsoft Xbox Console Sales Double After Price Cut

Sho_Nuff82 said:
Aren't we getting August NPD tomorrow? Take the August number, divide by 4, multiply by 2 to get this weeks numbers is how the usual math works.

If the 360 went over 200k in August, which should be a lock with Madden and all, we should expect a monster September with the price drop + Rock Band 2 instrument packs.
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If the price drop was more of a surprise you'd be correct but there's no easy way to determine at what point or to what extent that knowledge of the price drop really began to cull sales. The price drop was rumored/known for what, most of August?
 
soco said:
i think we can all guess they're not basing it off of NPD. IMO, you'll see a rise for september, but it'st not going to say much as we know people have been holding off. when some of the bigger games start and the holiday shopping gets underway, then we can really see the effects of the price cut.

just my guess, though.
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Agreed. Most of the hardcore have already jumped in. This price cut is going to be more for those whose parents/family wouldn't pay for the higher price. Now those people will be able to get one for Christmas.
 
Fanboy A: Sales are going to be down in August NPD due to people waiting on Price cut(sales drop to 50K a week from 100k)

Fanboy B: LOL damage control(basks in 20K victory for the month)

Fanboy A: Just wait until September NPD

MS PR sales increase 100% from last weekend

Fanboy A: Glorious

Fanboy B: but wait if sales were down wouldn't that take them back to pre price drop levels of sales

Fanboy A: Bitter tears

Iwata:laughs somewhere


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The hardcore already bought a 360 for Halo, so these are flat out lies.

Hmph, sales are always frontloaded after a price cut. Talk to me in 10 weeks. I still won't be impressed.

That's it? I was expecting way more.

Moneyhats.

Nintendo.

MGS4.

Uncharted pics.
 
I am somewhat impressed, but of course the bigger positive for me is that this clears the channels for the Jasper 360's. That is when I will jump in and join you guys.

Keep buying them guys :D
 
Threi said:
Unless there is a way to cheat the system and live off free XBLA trials i refuse to pay for it.

*edit* And yeah, like the dude in the post before me said, I am mostly planning on picking up Singleplayer/Local Multiplayer games.
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Isnt it like $12 a month?
I didnt know you could go on Live with just a memory card though. Arcade is sounding really good now. How many max size xbla titles could I fit on the memory card?
 
EagleEyes said:
Well they seem to be making a big deal about the whopping 20k difference between the consoles currently.
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To be fair, I think that's more Sony fans, using it as a point to bolster the argument that the PS3 will eclipse the 360 before the gen is out.

Yeah, 20K.

_dementia said:
DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc, not Digital Video Disc.
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Either is acceptable.
 
Jtwo said:
Gold membership?
It's more like 5 dollars a month.
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Even if your against the principle, its crazy to deny yourself of such a service at that price.
I think paying for cable and still being subjected to commercials is illogical, but Im not going to limit my viewing options and sacrifice signal quality.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Even if your against the principle, its crazy to deny yourself of such a service at that price.
I think paying for cable and still being subjected to commercials is illogical, but Im not going to limit my viewing options and sacrifice signal quality.
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Personally I think that's way overpriced. I don't see myself playing 5 bucks worth of online gaming enough, especially considering I barely do it on my PC or Wii when it's free. YMMV of course.
 
gtj1092 said:
Fanboy A: Sales are going to be down in August NPD due to people waiting on Price cut(sales drop to 50K a week from 100k)

Fanboy B: LOL damage control(basks in 20K victory for the month)

Fanboy A: Just wait until September NPD

MS PR sales increase 100% from last weekend

Fanboy A: Glorious

Fanboy B: but wait if sales were down wouldn't that take them back to pre price drop levels of sales

Fanboy A: Bitter tears

Iwata:laughs somewhere


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I guess it's really time to throw down the virtual gauntlet - is there anyone who believes that the price drop will have no effect, given the precedent we have of the previous, less substantial, higher-price tiered 360 drop in August of 2007 doubling sales for the month?
 
Good for Microsoft. A good price cut deserves good sales.

Just wondering though, this will most likely be the last price cut for a while dont you guys think? Like as in, a really long while?

Cause if the 360 Arcade even drops by 50$ within the next year that would be insaaaaaaaan.e 150$!!! It would be the price of a PS2 bundle.
 
Fady K said:
Good for Microsoft. A good price cut deserves good sales.

Just wondering though, this will most likely be the last price cut for a while dont you guys think? Like as in, a really long while?

Cause if the 360 Arcade even drops by 50$ within the next year that would be insaaaaaaaan.e 150$!!! It would be the price of a PS2 bundle.
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At $150, they'd almost certainly achieve lifetime 50million units sold. Especially if they got there while Sony was still at $350 for it's cheapest model (assuming they cut $50 next year).
 
DeaconKnowledge said:
Personally I think that's way overpriced. I don't see myself playing 5 bucks worth of online gaming enough, especially considering I barely do it on my PC or Wii when it's free. YMMV of course.
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But if you did play online alot then 5 dollars is pretty good. I dont mind the random matchmaking in an online Nintendo game, but the feature set is so poorly lacking and designed that unless youre playing Mariokart its a hassle to find and setup games. Even friendcode sessions are a headache because you have to use communication avenues outside of the service to set up games. I want to have a universal friend code/tag, an invite system that can alert registered peeps that are playing other games, etc. Wiispeak is a nice step, but I think partly why Microsoft is forced to polish the Live experience so well is because it is a subscription service and people will stop paying for it if it doesnt evolve to their needs. The lack of progress in other services may be attributed to them being free. Why improve your service if there is no incentive to the manufacturer that doesnt charge anything for it?
 
Concept17 said:
Y'know whats crazy? The 360 only costs 70$ more than a PS2.
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And it will only be $50 more than Ps2 at christmas and effectively the same price of a PsP since I haven't seen a stand alone model in over a year.
 
gtj1092 said:
And it will only be $50 more than Ps2 at christmas and effectively the same price of a PsP since I haven't seen a stand alone model in over a year.
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What? The PSP core packs can be found all over.
 
Lol Microsoft, amazing what an actual price cut will do, eh?

WrikaWrek said:
So you are telling me that you actually pick up a phone to start a conversation with a Gamestop employee? That by itself is fucked up, and to top it all you even ask about the availability of 360s, not because apparently you are looking to buy one, but simply to get a better sense on how it's doing.


That's just shheesh, goddamn man. You deserve some sort of praise to be so into it.
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I don't know if 'praise' is the word I'd use. :D


thuway said:
No. I was trying to get information for retail musings..
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:lol
wtf.
 
Sho_Nuff82 said:
I guess it's really time to throw down the virtual gauntlet - is there anyone who believes that the price drop will have no effect, given the precedent we have of the previous, less substantial, higher-price tiered 360 drop in August of 2007 doubling sales for the month?
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It'll have an effect, surely, but it won't have the same effect as last year's price drop. Many people were purchasing their 360 in anticipation of Halo 3.
 
Kagari said:
What? The PSP core packs can be found all over.
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I haven't seen them in my area(Natick,MA). You want a PsP you are getting Dexter, Madden or GOW CoO. You know if they are releasing a new bundle at christmas?

Can't wait till NPD tomorrow to see the people that are praising the PR in this thread claiming a decrease in sales in the August NPD thread due to people waiting for the price cut.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Isnt it like $12 a month?
I didnt know you could go on Live with just a memory card though. Arcade is sounding really good now. How many max size xbla titles could I fit on the memory card?
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I believe it is $4 a month.

And i would not pay that much.


I refuse to pay a single penny for online.
 
gtj1092 said:
I haven't seen them in my area(Natick,MA). You want a PsP you are getting Dexter, Madden or GOW CoO. You know if they are releasing a new bundle at christmas?

Can't wait till NPD tomorrow to see the people that are praising the PR in this thread claiming a decrease in sales in the August NPD thread due to people waiting for the price cut.
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Daxter bundle has been discontinued for ages. New Ratchet bundle in October iirc...

But yeah, I imagine there will be a lot of "But people were waiting for price cut" responses tomorrow.
 
Kagari said:
Daxter bundle has been discontinued for ages. New Ratchet bundle in October iirc...

But yeah, I imagine there will be a lot of "But people were waiting for price cut" responses tomorrow.
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Jesus Christ :lol
 
EmCeeGramr said:
But if you did play online alot then 5 dollars is pretty good. I dont mind the random matchmaking in an online Nintendo game, but the feature set is so poorly lacking and designed that unless youre playing Mariokart its a hassle to find and setup games. Even friendcode sessions are a headache because you have to use communication avenues outside of the service to set up games. I want to have a universal friend code/tag, an invite system that can alert registered peeps that are playing other games, etc. Wiispeak is a nice step, but I think partly why Microsoft is forced to polish the Live experience so well is because it is a subscription service and people will stop paying for it if it doesnt evolve to their needs. The lack of progress in other services may be attributed to them being free. Why improve your service if there is no incentive to the manufacturer that doesnt charge anything for it?
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You know Sony's service is free, right?

MS doesn't charge because it is the best service on the market. They charge because people will pay the fee. If you feel that Live is worth the money, I think that's cool. But if we're looking at this from a market standpoint the PS3 has a comparable service that costs nothing; Microsoft would have to upkeep if it was free regardless just to keep competitive with Sony. Microsoft could axe the fees, but they won't, because who in their right mind would when people are paying?


As for Nintendo, they have their problems yeah, but personally I think the problem is way overblown. Then again i'm the type of guy that likes to play games with a set number of friends, and random matches don't bother me.
 
Good for Microsoft!

I plan to buy a ps3 or xbox360 soon to compliment my Wii.

Right now i'm leaning towards the ps3 mainly because of blueray.. any word on MS releasing a new xbox with blueray built in?
 
gtj1092 said:
I haven't seen them in my area(Natick,MA). You want a PsP you are getting Dexter, Madden or GOW CoO. You know if they are releasing a new bundle at christmas?

Can't wait till NPD tomorrow to see the people that are praising the PR in this thread claiming a decrease in sales in the August NPD thread due to people waiting for the price cut.
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I timed it... it took me exactly 17 seconds to find this. In stock and shipping right now (no tax even):

http://www.amazon.com/PSP-2000-Console-Piano-Black-Sony/dp/B000UA0LXQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1221095383&sr=8-3

And Best Buy's web site says it's availalbe at every single Best Buy in your area. One year you haven't seen this for sale? Do you not leave your house and not have the internet?

Framingham MA 1 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA 01701

Dedham MA 700 Providence Hwy, Dedham, MA 02026-6800

Milford MA 208 Fortune Blvd, Milford, MA 01757-1745

Watertown MA 550 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA 02472-2853

Landmark Center MA 401 Park Dr, Boston, MA 02215-3325

Back Bay MA 360 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02115-2707
 
DeaconKnowledge said:
You know Sony's service is free, right?
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And the interesting thing about it is, it's not actually available on the 360. I've tried, and tried, and tried to get my 360 to log into PSN but it just doesn't seem to want to work. Funny how that works....
 
Kagari said:
Daxter bundle has been discontinued for ages. New Ratchet bundle in October iirc...

But yeah, I imagine there will be a lot of "But people were waiting for price cut" responses tomorrow.
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Do you actually work at a store? Are you that one i heard who's retail musings were "Ps3 is selling like it's free, 360 is selling like it's made of 100% rats hair, hit me baby"?

I bet i know why. Do you even let people buy a 360 before you hand them a crash course on why the PS3 is the best?

Jesus.
 
BTW for those wondering, I have empirical evidence... my dad bought an Arcade this past weekend from Best Buy and I checked its power brick -- 175 watts. No Jasper. =( Falcon, though! =)
 
WrikaWrek said:
Do you actually work at a store? Are you that one i heard who's retail musings were "Ps3 is selling like it's free, 360 is selling like it's made of 100% rats hair, hit me baby"?

I bet i know why. Do you even let people buy a 360 before you hand them a crash course on why the PS3 is the best?

Jesus.
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You tell yourself that.
 
Danthrax said:
BTW for those wondering, I have empirical evidence... my dad bought an Arcade this past weekend from Best Buy and I checked its power brick -- 175 watts. No Jasper. =( Falcon, though! =)
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As of right now no Jaspers have been spotted in the wild.

On some blog, a person said it was 150w, but it was later disproven since this person could not even come up with photographic evidence of the power brick which would have solidified their claims of being the first Jasper owners.

It will be a while until the motherboard becomes ubiquitous if there is not even 1 or 2 trickling out of the woodworks.
 
saunderez said:
And the interesting thing about it is, it's not actually available on the 360. I've tried, and tried, and tried to get my 360 to log into PSN but it just doesn't seem to want to work. Funny how that works....
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You're right, nobody in their right mind would buy one console instead of another. I'll tuck my competition theory back under my mattress, it's far too radical.
 
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