Bam Bam Baklava
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You make it sound like the 349 thing wasn't an act of desperation. It's all about how comfortable they feel. They won't do 299 unless there's a really good reason for it.
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Xbox One Price To Go Back Up - Last Chance for $350
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You make it sound like the 349 thing wasn't an act of desperation. It's all about how comfortable they feel. They won't do 299 unless there's a really good reason for it.
Chobel
Member
I can't say SO is "selling very poorly" for sure, but the evidence in front of us (Charts, leaks, anecdotes) suggest that SO is not doing that well in UK/US and it's selling "at least poorly" in Japan and rest of Europe.
You could argue that we don't have Digital sales, but the latest data suggests that digital represents now 20%-30% of total sales, (30% is for games with heavy push for digital like Destiny). And with physical sales not looking hot, So I just don't see how digital sales are going to change that.
P.S. We don't know the internal expectations and budget of the game, so the game may be profitable and doing well at least MS/Insomniac.
Pathfinder
Member
I would go as far to say the game was at least marginally profitable for them, even if it didn't break any sales records or exceed expectations.
3rdamention
Member
If you use the Target inventory checker, you will find this bundle is more difficult to find than a Yetti....
That is a clearance item and the ultimate example of YMMV....I wouldn't use that as some examples of Xbox sales getting better.... But if you do find one, it's a great deal for sure...
Chobel
Member
Very possible, Phil Spencer said that (paraphrasing) the initial sales of SO were good.
Pathfinder
Member
We were talking about bundles, I think.
Neuromancer
Member
MS knows when to hold them and knows when to fold them.
GreenTornadoX
Member
So, when will the price go back up (if it does)?
Backlogger
Member
There is a thread on Slickdeals claiming that MS store reps are stating that the pice cut is being extended until March or June. I couldn't find any other source confirming this though
Supposedly today it went back to $399.
edit: a quick check at Amazon and Walmart.com still has it at $350. Maybe tomorrow?
Doesn't change till most retailers reopen in the am
I imagine it won't change until 3:00am Eastern (midnight west coast). Amazon sometimes takes a half day or so to change prices. They removed the extra 50 dollars in store credit from the product description earlier today but are still giving it at checkout.
I can't believe Microsoft is actually going through with this. Price advantage is the biggest reason they won this holiday. It sure wasn't MCC or AC Unity.
They know putting the price back up will see them back to 2nd place. I can't believe they would willingly give up while they're in the lead. Maybe a plain Xbox One with no Kinect or game will stay at $350?
They know putting the price back up will see them back to 2nd place. I can't believe they would willingly give up while they're in the lead. Maybe a plain Xbox One with no Kinect or game will stay at $350?
Due to overwhelming demand.
biglittleps
Member
They can't lose money by selling 350$ and 2 games free which is 100$ loss in value. Also their first half is empty with exclusives where PS4 got strong ones and multi platform superiority. Lets see how its going to turn out for the next 6 months.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Pretty much, I'm not sure why people trash about it as if it's a given.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
$350 in and of itself seems easy to hit at this point with that hardware and no loss. Adding in games gets tricky, but no reason they couldn't throw in a launch 1st party game that probably isn't gonna really be a money negative like Forza 5.
biglittleps
Member
They are using DDR3 and ESRAM with complicated chip design. Soon DDR3 is being replaced by DDR4 so its not going to cheap for them. Also 350$ is retail price but not the price given to Distributors.
Roberto Duran
Member
If that teardown by AllThingsD was correct in 2013, then the Xbox One costs $396 to manufacture (it was $471 with the Kinect), but who knows if they got manufacturing costs down. $350 seems like they'd lose money imo.
No mas
ryutaro's mama
Member
Tom Penny still has it, be it on the Gaming side or back in the day on the Original NBA threads.
No but its a custom piece of silicon and its a larger console than the PS4. Pretty sure we got cost estimates around launch.
Ayato Kanzaki
Member
DDR3 price tend to increase, since production volumes for this now old memory are decreasing, or will soon be.
I don't know if MS selling at 349 is losing money. Probably if they bundle a pair of high-demand games with it. But I'm pretty sure that the PS4 production cost is dropping faster than the Xbox One production cost, bacause of RAM and CPU choices. So if Sony ever decide to be agressive on prices to deny MS market shares, they can force MS to sell at a loss.
I disagree. With proper marketing and ND's current popularity, I believe Uncharted 4 would sell very well, maybe even more than its predecessors.
So why sell it initially at $500?
Kinnect?
I said it in the other thread
They should sell the Kinnect bundle at $400
Stick to your damn vision, your operating system revolves around it, just... Damn...
Again, I'm like the only guy that liked the mattrick digital vision
The APU is actually more expensive than the PS4 one and DDR3 is looking to be a problem going forward, Microsoft are actually looking into DDR4 just to save cost.
I'd say what they are doing currently indicates the exact opposite of that.
Its quite impressive how they managed to cock that up so bad. Surely someone must have hinted that DDR3 could go EOL during the life of the console? All this mess over them thinking TV you can wave and talk to would be the next big thing.
What were they thinking, jesus.