Yes because after nearly 20 years selling playstations in the UK the price-sensitivity of consumers there will come as a shock to them, especially with their access to daily sales reports for the whole UK.
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UK: Xbox One has another official price cut. £299
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Yes because after nearly 20 years selling playstations in the UK the price-sensitivity of consumers there will come as a shock to them, especially with their access to daily sales reports for the whole UK.
Katana_Strikes
Member
It's got all the best exclusive blockbusters like Witcher and Batman.
http://twitter.com/xboxuk/status/587548307993444354/photo/1
"The best exclusives AND biggest blockbusters"
Source ?
tattooed_dwarf
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Katana_Strikes
Member
Azure Phoenix
Member
Agreed, for Summer they only really need to ride it out with a couple of decent value bundles (£329 with Batman and a digital game) that don't make the gap seem particularly large, £299 is needed by August/September though. £249 probably would just trigger Microsoft rushing to match that anyway, and I can see Sony wanting to save that price point for the introduction of a redesigned model.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Yeah the RRP is still the same. Why are we quick to say that its desperation. Isn't the Xbox One doing well in the UK?
By that logic, the PS4 is doing utterly shit according to this bundle:
http://www.gameondaily.com/playstation-4-little-big-planet-bundle-only-288-97/
By that logic, the PS4 is doing utterly shit according to this bundle:
http://www.gameondaily.com/playstation-4-little-big-planet-bundle-only-288-97/
Because it is.
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
not long before its 9.99 lol
Wow, that is a surprisingly good analogy.
Chobel
Member
JoeyJungle
Banned
Well, duh. This is almost always the case for anything game-related in the UK.
Nice thing about the XBONE is iirc you can change the localization to English (US) and start buying games from the US store for $60USD instead of 50-60 GBP.
So the price cut= desperation but the Sony bundle= great deal?
Nice. I want to have a cake and eat it too. Cheesecake preferably.
0ptimusPayne
Member
I really should've waited to get an X1 with all these deals going on! Got caught into the Titanfall hype and bought it then, haven't touched it unless I play halo a every once in awhile.
Chobel
Member
Not saying MS is desperate, but that bundle is from one retailer and not from Sony. It's not the same situation at all.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
This isn't going to have one iota of an effect.
I don't think you understand the difference between a manufacturer price drop compared to a retailer.
Firelord Chargrilled
Banned
You're wasting your time and your breath.
SymbiantXenos
Member
Nice to see it more affordable for some.
Already own two XB1s though.
Already own two XB1s though.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Put the third in the bathroom.
SymbiantXenos
Member
Hmmmm that could work....
He's right. You don't want to take your Surface in the bathroom and stream it, think of the input lag! You need the real thing in there.
What's your reasoning for a console that launched at £429 now showing up at prices in the £250-£299 region in just over a year after release then?
The removal of Kinect
I don't know, with the way AAA games need more and more time, Halo is coming out in the Xbox One's third year, Gears of War in the fourth. If anything, I think this gen will stretch longer than last.
On topic, price drops are always good for the consumers. Also, what is with this desperation talk? It's Microsoft, they could probably be giving the console away for 50$ and still not be bothered by the losses, isn't like 80% of their revenue from corporate Windows and Office licences? (All in my opinion of course)
Monty Mole
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It's more aggression than desperation. They're hardly at Wii U sales levels in the UK, in fact they're not far behind PS4. But MS has no major exclusives for a good while, so their only other tactic is to lower the price to maintain any momentum they have left.
Personally, the price isn't the issue with XBO for me, as a PS4 and Wii U owner it's the lack of exclusives. I need more exclusives to justify having another (large) box under my TV. To be fair, if I was a XBO owner I'd be saying the same thing about PS4. MS tactic is therefore to be the cheapest place to play the third party games for now, until their big hitters arrive later in the year when the focus will move away from pricing and on to marketing.
Black Republican
Member
its not serious
Yup. Based on the UK data JVM supplied us with, I'd say that the XB1 is in a much better position at this point in the generation than the PS3 was. The big difference is that Sony had other markets to back them up slightly whereas MS really only has the US and UK.
Is this a meme post?
It's hard for me to tell on this one...these funny/way too serious posts make me question them.
Xbox One Console with Sunset Overdrive - £279.99
http://www.very.co.uk/xbox-one-cons...ional-3-or-12-months-xbox-live/1406383040.prd
http://www.very.co.uk/xbox-one-cons...ional-3-or-12-months-xbox-live/1406383040.prd
Yeah, and why was that removed? Why have there been subsequent price cuts to all the SKUs following that happening?
These are pretty much rhetorical btw.
Every team makes cuts before the season starts.
Link, please.
EmptySpace
Banned
sounds like desperation. if it were the first time cutting the price down, sure. i can't even keep count how many times we've had a price cut thread ever since the xbone launched. they've been cutting the price down and they're not seeing the results they want/expect. they probably said, "screw it" and drew out a price cut roadmap whenever they can't hit certain targets, or they probably can't find any 3rd party who wants to do bundles with them. ps4 just had bloodborne, it'll get batman, it will definitely get mgs5. xbone has witcher 3 co-marketing but i don't know if it'll get a bundle. last bundle was what, ac unity? they overshipped that bundle and retailers are still trying to sell off all those. then again they can just send the boxes back and have those repackaged.
There really hasn't been much war. Really just one company who offered a fair price since day 1 and stuck with it for 18 months (while adding games along the way). And a second who came out ridiculously high and keeps dropping the price in hopes of getting people to buy it.
Dirtyshubb
Member
It's exaggerated but I do think some of the console wars posts since its become clear Sony was taking the lead from pro Microsoft posters are basically this at their core.
Only for people who are interested in an Xbox One.
The PS4 has yet to get a price cut.
I disagree. This gen has much cheaper internals and launched with limited exposure to the makers. Last gen had exotic and powerful silicon relative to PC gaming, the cell cpu and the 360's gpu with unified shaders were engineering marvels. This gen was designed by accountants, slap some cheap AMD jaguar cores and comparatively weak gpus. It was all about avoiding thermal issues and keeping it cheap.
It's sad but this gen is already looking and feeling limited for many reasons, but the limited gfx power hasnt helped them. This has felt like a half step gen.
pokeystaples
Banned
There have been some good deals though. I really wish they would go down a half bill though. Would push a couple my friends over the edge who are a little tighter with dough.
It is amazing how far Xbox stock has fallen with my group of gamers. There have been deals out the wazzoo for the One and there are still friends of mine who are holding out for a 4. Weird how the tables turn.
Yeah, I'm the same.
I'm still waiting for a price cut in Europe. There have not been any good deals here in the Netherlands. The best so far is PS4 + Bloodborne for €399. But I need something way better than that. Alot of the good deals have been US or UK only.