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Xbox price Drop (again!)
XenGamers' own John Gaudiosi reports that Microsoft will counter Sony's PS2 price drop with one of its own early Wednesday morning. While a countermove to Sony's recent PS2 price drop was certainly expected, word on the immediate response was brought to industry analysts today.
"Although they were going to announce the price drop on May 20, Microsoft has countered Sony's pre-emptive strike and will reduce the price of Xbox nationwide to $199 effective May 15," said P.J. McNealy, senior analyst with Gartner G2.
Now the only question is how comfortable is Nintendo with losing their price advantage in the console wars? We'll of course keep you updated going into E3 and afterward.
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ah well, we all knew that sony would drop the PS2's price, but Microsoft dropping the price of the Xbox again!?! hmm I don't think there will be any compansation this time though ;) well one things for sure, the next few weeks are going to be very interesting indeed allthough I still think that GC will outsell them both, anyway, just thought i'd let you know...
slik ~_~
Xbox price Drop (again!)
XenGamers' own John Gaudiosi reports that Microsoft will counter Sony's PS2 price drop with one of its own early Wednesday morning. While a countermove to Sony's recent PS2 price drop was certainly expected, word on the immediate response was brought to industry analysts today.
"Although they were going to announce the price drop on May 20, Microsoft has countered Sony's pre-emptive strike and will reduce the price of Xbox nationwide to $199 effective May 15," said P.J. McNealy, senior analyst with Gartner G2.
Now the only question is how comfortable is Nintendo with losing their price advantage in the console wars? We'll of course keep you updated going into E3 and afterward.
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ah well, we all knew that sony would drop the PS2's price, but Microsoft dropping the price of the Xbox again!?! hmm I don't think there will be any compansation this time though ;) well one things for sure, the next few weeks are going to be very interesting indeed allthough I still think that GC will outsell them both, anyway, just thought i'd let you know...
slik ~_~
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The X-box will have "made in China" printed on it soon...
Heh heh heh heh
Heh heh heh heh
doublezero wrote:
> This is a very good point. I personally thought that the £299 to
> £199 price drop resulted in them losing some credibility.
Bill Gates said prior to the release of the Xbox that at it's £299 price tag (deal with £ cos I don't know the $ or Yen price set) it would take the Xbox 5 years to breakeven if sales were as predicted. But within a month of it's european release it dropped by £100, doesn't this indicate that sale weren't as high as expected. Now this obviously resulted in MS losing credibility but worse still the Xbox won't breakeven and Mr.Gates will lose money, poor little bugga.
> This is a very good point. I personally thought that the £299 to
> £199 price drop resulted in them losing some credibility.
Bill Gates said prior to the release of the Xbox that at it's £299 price tag (deal with £ cos I don't know the $ or Yen price set) it would take the Xbox 5 years to breakeven if sales were as predicted. But within a month of it's european release it dropped by £100, doesn't this indicate that sale weren't as high as expected. Now this obviously resulted in MS losing credibility but worse still the Xbox won't breakeven and Mr.Gates will lose money, poor little bugga.
They've dropped the price in Japan as well...
$lik wrote:
I still think that GC will outsell them both, anyway, just
> thought i'd let you know...
>
> slik ~_~
stop deluding yourself :-D
I still think that GC will outsell them both, anyway, just
> thought i'd let you know...
>
> slik ~_~
stop deluding yourself :-D
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> However, not only do I think it would be difficult for MS to drop the
> Xbox price, but if they did it again, so soon, they would be an
> absolute laughing stock.
This is a very good point. I personally thought that the £299 to £199 price drop resulted in them losing some credibility.
> However, not only do I think it would be difficult for MS to drop the
> Xbox price, but if they did it again, so soon, they would be an
> absolute laughing stock.
This is a very good point. I personally thought that the £299 to £199 price drop resulted in them losing some credibility.
I guess this is why its just easier to go out and buy a Gaycube.
You'll just drop to their level now you've given into the Muuuuh Side Goaty...
MMMUUUHHHHHH
My brain hurts.
My brain hurts.
The
Drop
Is
In
The
USA
As
Has
Already
Happened
Here
they
are
the
same
as
us
now
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Sorry for the two with more than one syllable, my bad.
What is not being grasped here?
Where is the difficulty in understanding?
Drop
Is
In
The
USA
As
Has
Already
Happened
Here
they
are
the
same
as
us
now
---
Sorry for the two with more than one syllable, my bad.
What is not being grasped here?
Where is the difficulty in understanding?
$lik wrote:
> yes, but you can bet that the price drops will most probably follow
> suit and take affect in the UK in the next few weeks
Did it escape your notice that both PS2 and Xbox already cost £199 in the UK? :-)
Sony can probably drop PS2 to around £170, though they have not announced any plans to do so as yet. Maybe at E3... who knows.
However, not only do I think it would be difficult for MS to drop the Xbox price, but if they did it again, so soon, they would be an absolute laughing stock.
> yes, but you can bet that the price drops will most probably follow
> suit and take affect in the UK in the next few weeks
Did it escape your notice that both PS2 and Xbox already cost £199 in the UK? :-)
Sony can probably drop PS2 to around £170, though they have not announced any plans to do so as yet. Maybe at E3... who knows.
However, not only do I think it would be difficult for MS to drop the Xbox price, but if they did it again, so soon, they would be an absolute laughing stock.
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