shagg_187 said:And your contribution to society is....what?
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shagg_187 said:And your contribution to society is....what?
Speevy said:Not to mention that this actually lessens the gap between PS3 and 360.
It was $600-400
Now it's $500-350
Retarded.
DCharlie said:$150 difference between PS3 and X360 as Halo 3 hits with GTA sitting around the corner?
What now Sony?
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.
RiskyChris said:No it's a smart move. They want profitability, so $100 right now is a bit extreme. I bet $50 will have a HUGE effect on sales at least temporarily, and we'll see the other half of the Benjamin get taken off by the holidays.
crazyscreenwriter said:Everyone said the same thing about the PSP price cut but Thirty dollars seems to have worked for them so I wouldn't write MS off that quickly
Karma Kramer said:The thing is though to casuals $400 isn't affordable... so its not like the PS3 drop is going to sell to anyone but hardcores...
this $50 price drop though is getting closer to that $300 mark... and with GTA and Halo 3... I think we will see a lot of sales this holiday.
Speevy said:There's no way. 2 price drops in just a few months? People will interpret this as a red flag and it will hurt long-term sales.
The Xbox 360 has been on store shelves since November 2005, and the only sensible price drop is $100.
If they were going to drop the price $50, it should have happened in 2006.
MechDX said:Going totally hypothetical here but.....$249 Core with 64MB memory card included?
DCharlie said:$150 difference between PS3 and X360 as Halo 3 hits with GTA sitting around the corner?
What now Sony?
Speevy said:There's no way. 2 price drops in just a few months? People will interpret this as a red flag and it will hurt long-term sales.
MechDX said:Going totally hypothetical here but.....$249 Core with 64MB memory card included?
RiskyChris said:Either way, I'll one up you and say this will affect the August NPD by 100k at least.
Speevy said:Laugh as PS3 sales increase to about 150K in July while 360 sales are barely over 200K in August?
Watch.
BradVanDam said:but it has madden at 60 FPS oh wait thats PS3 too :lol
BradVanDam said:but it has madden at 60 FPS oh wait thats PS3 too :lol
Speevy said:There's no way. 2 price drops in just a few months? People will interpret this as a red flag and it will hurt long-term sales.
The Xbox 360 has been on store shelves since November 2005, and the only sensible price drop is $100.
If they were going to drop the price $50, it should have happened in 2006.
MechDX said:Madden....anyone else notice that the commercials for "Madden Day", the release of Madden '08, shows the 360 controller and the commercial ends with the 360 splash screen and LIVE logo?
NinSoX said:Only a $50 drop after almost 2 years? Don't be so stingy MS...
Speevy said:There's no way. 2 price drops in just a few months? People will interpret this as a red flag and it will hurt long-term sales.
The Xbox 360 has been on store shelves since November 2005, and the only sensible price drop is $100.
If they were going to drop the price $50, it should have happened in 2006.
Speevy said:Laugh as PS3 sales increase to about 150K in July while 360 sales are barely over 200K in August?
Watch.
Jammy said:As somebody that doesn't have an HDTV and probably won't for a few years, what's horrible about the Core?
Y2Kev said:I think you might be jumping the gun in assuming the $50 dollar drop is universal.
KachoMakura said:What exactly are you arguing? If they don't drop $100 they shouldn't drop at all? WTF? :lol
Y2Kev said:I think you might be jumping the gun in assuming the $50 dollar drop is universal.
Tobor said:Well, what about when PS3 drops to 130 in August. Or even lower. $500 is still too high for sustained growth.
$350 with Madden coming out should help. $350 with Halo coming out will absolutely help.
Crisis said:Same.
Joates said:Well it seems it would be tard-errific to leave the Elite at 480. And it would damn near eliminate sales of the core pack... I think its almost safe to say that it is a universal drop throughout the line. Maybe not $50 for every model, but they will drop on each.
well, People jumped the gun when it was the PS3 price drop in the Circuit City ad, and we saw what happened there.Y2Kev said:I think you might be jumping the gun in assuming the $50 dollar drop is universal.
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.
reilo said:Will a $50 price-drop around Halo 3s release even matter? Chances are, people were already going to buy the damn thing for Halo 3 anyway (or have already), so what would the estimated jump in sales be for the month? Realistically? 25K? 50K? 100K? No jump at all? It's not like the X360 is grasping for some good games, it already has them.
BradVanDam said:but it has madden at 60 FPS oh wait thats PS3 too :lol
sonic4ever said:well, People jumped the gun when it was the PS3 price drop in the Circuit City ad, and we saw what happened there.
Karma Kramer said:You just answered you own question.
Speevy said:The Xbox 360 has mountains of downloadable content that you'll never see.
Yeah I guess but I doubt they will bring in more people than what they would've made otherwise. Oh well, not my money anyway.mood said:Eh, instead of hoping a megaton of people will buy 360s for Halo 3 why not try to make sure of it?
RiskyChris said:Wait are you guys saying universal as in stores or by SKU?
Y2Kev said:Oh, I definitely think it will drop on all models. But not $50. You will quote the great Kev in the future, I see it in a vision. Perhaps everyone is laughing at me, but so it goes.
Also there were rumors of a $100 dollar drop a few days ago, which perhaps indicates some lines are crossed along the industry grapevine somewhere. I think I'm mixing my metaphors now.