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[Kayant]

They might in the US and UK, where the Xbox is slowly creeping up on them.

Nah.

US - 700k+ gap
UK - 400k+ gap

That Phil Spencer effect ... This should help them week on week but it isn't large enough to narrow the gap by a big margin. Always good for consumers when companies are trying to not lose ground to their competitors.

 

[oti]

420€ is still a lot of money. Retailers in Germany can't even sell them for 380€.

 

[MrNyarlathotep]

Thread title is missing the BOMBA tag

 

[dead monkey uk]

Same. Sub £300 and a revision model (ala slim) and I'll take it. Got a space in my Entertainment unit waiting. Just not willing to spend £300+ for a Xbone with only 2 exclusives I'm interested in atm.

Totally agree sub £300 slim model Xbox One is what I am waiting for. At that time there should be a new Gears of War and Alan Wake (hopefully) Until then I am happy with just a PS4.

 

[10k]

How low can they go?

Probably as low as the Wii U. What's that selling for in the UK?

 

[Katana_Strikes]

It amazes me just how much it's been slashed in less than a year. Which while it's a good thing for consumers to get better deals, I have to wonder how much lower they plan to go. Buying one at £330 might seem like a good idea now but by Xmas it could be under £300 or next Easter £280 and even with a game or 2. You really don't know how much more desperate MS is going to get with it if the first year is anything to go by and therefore sitting on the fence is actually a better way to go with the XBone. Which won't be what MS wants, but is creating.

Not sure £20 cheaper is going to make any impact but it's coming up to it's most important month to actually perform well so who knows. Be interesting to see if MS is making any money on the system though in their attempt to win back some marketshare.

 

[Carl]

Another price cut!? Holy crap

 

[Hindle]

Pachter mentioned there's an amazing deal coming for the X1 this Christmas period. I wonder if it's a minor pricecut?

 

[dock]

Seems they're keen to get the price equal or lower than the PS4 in the UK.

The last time a console dropped so much so fast was the N64, which had a £100 price drop within 10 months or so, and then further £50 price drop six months later.

edit: I had completely forgotten that the original Xbox launched at £299 in the UK, then dropped to £199 about five weeks later! :O

 

[Impeccable]

Pachter mentioned there's an amazing deal coming for the X1 this Christmas period. I wonder if it's a minor pricecut?

I doubt he was referring to this, my guess is something to do with either Minecraft and Halo and a big "Black Friday" sale.

 

[Xando]

420€ is still a lot of money. Retailers in Germany can't even sell them for 380€.

Yeah i know a lot of people that say 299€ + a game or two would be their sweet spot.
380€ is just too much for most people.

 

[Astro Racer]

Probably as low as the Wii U. What's that selling for in the UK?

£250 with Mario Kart 8.

 

[dolemite]

Pachter mentioned there's an amazing deal coming for the X1 this Christmas period. I wonder if it's a minor pricecut?

A minor price cut =/= amazing deal

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Soon...

Lol if any console was to try that again you bet first it will be Wii u

 

[Kysen]

Sony should go £299. The UK is really price sensitive, better to stay ahead than lose steam and have to claw back marketshare. 3rd party/psn+ is where the money is.

Note they have nothing to worry about mainland Europe.

 

[max-pain]

 

[Slayven]

They just painted the console white and achieved even better results.

And there are billions of other colors that they can go through before dropping the price.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

I was gonna wait for a MCC bundle but that Sunset Overdrive bundle at that price is tempting.

 

[Carl]

Sony should go £299. The UK is really price sensitive, better to stay ahead than lose steam and have to claw back marketshare. 3rd party/psn+ is where the money is.

Note they have nothing to worry about mainland Europe.

They should, but they're selling well right now and they won't cut price until they have to.

 

[wilflare]

Thread title is missing the BOMBA tag

I hope Spencer takes this with a sense of humour
and include in the next update to make the XB1 respond to a new voice command
"Xbox, Bomba!"

 

[iceatcs]

Nice, off to Amsterdam. Bye.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

They should, but they're selling well right now and they won't cut price until they have to.

It might be a good idea of them to consider cutting the price as a precaution, though. Even by just £10 or £15 - it is easier to stay in the lead than to get back up there, if the cheaper XB1s started to sway people.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

So, is the controller free console bundle next?

What about no power brick? 10Gb HDD?

 

[Facism]

Amazon UK kept a black Destiny bundle for 329 for about 1 week.

tesco have that available right now.

Interesting times, really looking forward to christmas to see what sorts of deals the bone has going for it and what reaction sony gives it.

 

[Akiller]

By the time Scalebound comes out , maybe there will be a 250 € X1.

 

[gamerforever]

I'm sure Sony's response will be to do nothing and continue to outsell them.

Yep, they can increase the price and they will outsell the Xbox One.

 

[Lashley]

Who cares better for the consumers

I agree. Wasn't faulting it.,

 

[spwolf]

I mean that it has been selling better than before in the recent weeks (It was the second-biggest selling console last week. Which is a lot better than it has been doing).

Ignoring it would be very PS3-era thing for Sony to do.

well actually no... rate is 1.5x, which is what it was before too, in the UK.

PS4 has bundles with games too.

 

[ramparter]

Your move, Sony.

Sony is busy counting the millions of PS4 sold.

 

[Acquiescence]

Way to ensure that no one in the UK buys a Microsoft console on the day of release ever again. A reduction of £100 in less than a year since its release, damn.

 

[mangochutney]

Still no sign of a Master Chief bundle?

At the same time retailers dropped to £329 many also added a number of bundles, all at the same time.

Amazon, ASDA etc all offering GTA V or Halo MCC or FH2 or FIFA or COD AW for £349. Not official bundles, so no pretty packaging.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Id buy a PS1 grey coloured PS4. Even put a custom start up in there (retro ps1 one)

Not the topic of the thread I know.

 

[Astro Racer]

I wonder if the FIFA bundle will be £329 on Friday.

Would be a big deal here in the UK.

 

[Bony Manifesto]

The problem with this is that the console was already widely available in a bundle with Titanfall and Kinect for £349.99 back in April. When they ditched Kinect without reducing the price, it effectively got a price increase, and this new £329.99 cut still doesn't look like a particularly amazing deal compared to what it was (I'm no fan of Kinect, but I'd pay an extra £20 for it to be bundled).

 

[Finaj]

Yep, they can increase the price and they will outsell the Xbox One.

That is incredibly sad.

 

[mangochutney]

Way to ensure that no one in the UK buys a Microsoft console on the day of release ever again. A reduction of £100 in less than a year since its release, damn.

And constant drops is making people say 'I'm gonna wait until £x'.

 

[SmokyDave]

Way to ensure that no one in the UK buys a Microsoft console on the day of release ever again. A reduction of £100 in less than a year since its release, damn.

Eh, same thing happened with the Xbox 1 and it didn't stop us warming to the 360. I don't think memories are as long as people think.

 

[darkwing]

Shouldn't there be another 'price cut' during thanksgiving?

 

[Kayant]

Desperate? If they can drop the price comfortably then it's a move at expanding the user base by offering value. They're aiming for the price point the market will respond to.

Well that's true then but then there is also the fact their competitor as not had to the same and is ahead by a 1.5:1 ratio. That's forgetting the fact that kinect was said to be an integrated part of the system and would never be unbundled by was, this is the second price cut 7 months. It's more like they are aiming to try minimise/reduce the gap from increasing.

 

[ShogunDarius]

Way to ensure that no one in the UK buys a Microsoft console on the day of release ever again. A reduction of £100 in less than a year since its release, damn.

Pretty much, at least when ninty dropped the price they did something as a gesture of goodwill

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Pretty happy I waited to buy one!

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Shouldn't there be another 'price cut' during thanksgiving?

Not in the UK where thanksgiving doesn't exist and so don't know Chritmas is coming...

 

[mangochutney]

Shouldn't there be another 'price cut' during thanksgiving?

This is the UK. We don't thank people.

 

[wilflare]

I rather Sony not drop the price.
Stick with the old price but add the PlayStation Camera in - over-delivering on that that value

 

[Radec]

I wonder if it'll go to 299 + a game this holiday.

Way to ensure that no one in the UK buys a Microsoft console on the day of release ever again. A reduction of £100 in less than a year since its release, damn.

Hey at least they got Kinect right. The peripheral with a great future ahead.

Oh wait..

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

I wonder if it'll go to 299 + a game this holiday.



Hey at least they got Kinect right. The peripheral with a great future ahead.

Oh wait..

I feel like the main thing kinect always had going for it was the voice stuff for the OS so I don't feel like those people got screwed over there. That will always be there. Who honestly expcted kinect to have a bright future software wise?

 

[GribbleGrunger]

I feel like the main thing kinect always had going for it was the voice stuff for the OS so I don't feel like those people got screwed over there. That will always be there. Who honestly expcted kinect to have a bright future software wise?

So you think a $150 peripheral to do the job that a $15 peripheral could do isn't a rip off?

 

[dose]

I wonder if the FIFA bundle will be £329 on Friday.
Would be a big deal here in the UK.

You mean just like the Fifa 14 launch bundle? Yeh, that was a big deal

 

[Hasney]

Sony have such a lead worldwide that they don't need to make a move in terms of price. Hell, after the last financial results, I doubt they would really want to engage in a price war right now.

 

[Astro Racer]

You mean just like the Fifa 14 launch bundle? Yeh, that helped.

That bundle was almost £100 more expensive than the PS4 at the time...

As someone who has been a gamer in the UK for over 30 years, I can tell you that we LOVE cheaper consoles. In fact, we LOVE cheap anything. We are very tight with our money.