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UK: Xbox One has another official price cut. £299
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No chance for that dude.
cormack12
Gold Member
It's £280 at gamestop
https://www.gamestop.co.uk/Xbox One/Games/46168/xbox-one
And over Easter it was £239 from simplygames. Good deals for the Xbox to be honest. I almost bit at the £239.99 one
https://www.gamestop.co.uk/Xbox One/Games/46168/xbox-one
And over Easter it was £239 from simplygames. Good deals for the Xbox to be honest. I almost bit at the £239.99 one
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
Member
source?
Sony has to do nothing since this price and and all the others are a response to strong PS4 sales.
Saw tweet on this earlier along with it being another promotion, which I feel is just a way to get around the "yet another price drop comments".
To be fair though the price is better ... I think this is what it should've been all along post kinect. But hey ho. All the best for the competition MS.
To be fair though the price is better ... I think this is what it should've been all along post kinect. But hey ho. All the best for the competition MS.
Sony has no reason to react since they are the leader in the UK market. They'll do the price cut when they're good and ready.(preferably with the launch of a big AAA game this holiday)
Indeed, competition is great for consumers.
You know this will be the second price drop since said removal and it was dropped before with kinect(TF launch) Vs no drops officially with the PS4.
It's the same in the US. Price has been $350 since November 2014. We're going on 6 MONTHS with a "promotional price".
Yet this "promotional price" has done nothing to outsell the PS4 so the price going up again is just not going to happen. If anything the console is in need of another price drop.
MisterR
Member
Not even close.
Hidden One
Member
If Xbone was 299 in the USA and slim model I'd bite.
krypt0nian
Banned
Every price drop again and again sets up the expectation of yet another price drop.
Xbox will be lucky to hit 50 million, ps4 will be 100+ without a DOUBT!
Chemical Rampancy
Banned
With the right software the Xbone could pick up momentum, it certainly had the software edge right up until Bloodborne's release.
Xbone outsold PS4 ( even for a slight margin ).
If it had the software edge why is it being out sold 2 to 1?
BattleMonkey
Member
Price doesn't motivate sales of Xbox hardware in the past, mostly Sony domination. Xbox at least has had traction in the UK in the past, and is bigger market
Because UK sales discussion dominates European sales discussion, and looking okayish in "the most important" country is good enough for Microsoft's purposes.
Wickerbasket
Member
Doesn't the PS4 have a games library that's twice as big?
I mean, game preference is one thing, but having double the choice in games is a huge benefit.
FairXchange
Member
I have both consoles, and I'm not sure what he's referring to, to be perfectly honest.
I've seen that commercial as well. What is the deal with Xbox advertising, was it always so emo? Maybe I just didn't notice it before, idk. First the Rocky quote commercial and now this one. Smh
Oh well, nice price for the UK. Hopefully it moves some unts for them.
$299 USD with a copy of Scalebound is I think the most I'd pay
That certainly is an opinion.
We heard that this entire generation. All the titles we keep seeing in list warz (FH2, SSOD, MCC) are not moving consoles apparently.
When you spend an entire pre-season losing, they have to recuperate that variance in the holiday season while the competition rakes in more sales in the holidays as well.
Unless Microsoft literally obliterates the competition soon i'm almost positive they will be stuck in second place for the remainder of the generation (which isn't bad).
Chemical Rampancy
Banned
They're not the right software.
Because the PS4 is the cheaper, more powerful system which was delivered by a company which didn't alienate its fanbase, and had substantial third party support to make it appealing within the opening years despite exclusive software being a collection of reject titles and remasters.
The Wii U also has superior software but is also trailing behind.
Some people may be interested in the below UK Home console sell through figures-
Data is provided via Gfk Chart-Track, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sega
Generation 5: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
1995- 0.18m
1996- 0.95m
1997- 2.92m
1998- 5.30m
1999- 6.97m
2000- 7.90m
Gen 5 LTD- 9.10m
(PS1- 79%, N64- 16%, Sat- 4%)
Gen 5 includes PS1 (1995), Saturn (1995) and Nintendo 64 (1997)
Generation 6: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
2000- 0.16m
2001- 1.78m
2002- 4.70m
2003- 7.35m
2004- 9.52m
2005- 11.32m
Gen 6 LTD- 13.50m
(PS2- 74%, XBX- 17%, NGC- 9%)
Gen 5 includes PS2 (2000), Xbox (2002) and Nintendo Gamecube (2002)
Generation 7: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
2005- 0.15m
2006- 1.10m
2007- 4.70m
2008- 10.0m
Gen 7 LTD- 23.0m
(360- 38%, Wii- 37%, PS3- 25%)
Gen 7 includes Xbox 360 (2005), Nintendo Wii (2006) and PS3 (2007).
Generation 8: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
2012- 0.10m
2013- 1.12m
2014- 3.70m
Gen 8 LTD- +3.70m
(PS4+XB1- 89%, Wii U 11%)
Gen 8 includes Wii U (2012, PS4 (2013) and Xbox One (2013)
Both PS4 and Xbox One have excceded 1 million units sold through to end users in the UK with PS4 now approaching 2 million.
Data is provided via Gfk Chart-Track, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sega
Generation 5: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
1995- 0.18m
1996- 0.95m
1997- 2.92m
1998- 5.30m
1999- 6.97m
2000- 7.90m
Gen 5 LTD- 9.10m
(PS1- 79%, N64- 16%, Sat- 4%)
Gen 5 includes PS1 (1995), Saturn (1995) and Nintendo 64 (1997)
Generation 6: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
2000- 0.16m
2001- 1.78m
2002- 4.70m
2003- 7.35m
2004- 9.52m
2005- 11.32m
Gen 6 LTD- 13.50m
(PS2- 74%, XBX- 17%, NGC- 9%)
Gen 5 includes PS2 (2000), Xbox (2002) and Nintendo Gamecube (2002)
Generation 7: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
2005- 0.15m
2006- 1.10m
2007- 4.70m
2008- 10.0m
Gen 7 LTD- 23.0m
(360- 38%, Wii- 37%, PS3- 25%)
Gen 7 includes Xbox 360 (2005), Nintendo Wii (2006) and PS3 (2007).
Generation 8: Cumulative home console install base for the UK
2012- 0.10m
2013- 1.12m
2014- 3.70m
Gen 8 LTD- +3.70m
(PS4+XB1- 89%, Wii U 11%)
Gen 8 includes Wii U (2012, PS4 (2013) and Xbox One (2013)
Both PS4 and Xbox One have excceded 1 million units sold through to end users in the UK with PS4 now approaching 2 million.
# short term cash loans
Junior Member
In the ukthey still have a chance to stay within sniffing distance of the PS4. Rest of Europe? MS might as well throw their money into a well.
LOL this gen is done. Sooner people make their peace with that the better off they'll be...
angelic
Banned
got a nice bargain for anyone looking for a sunset bundle
http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/gaming/xbox-one-special-edition-sunset-overdrive-bundle/
at current exchange rate that is a more than fair 1900 dollars for an xbox one with sunset (download code)
http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/gaming/xbox-one-special-edition-sunset-overdrive-bundle/
at current exchange rate that is a more than fair 1900 dollars for an xbox one with sunset (download code)
StrongBlackVine
Banned
No chance in Hell. More like PS4=PS1 and Xbox One=N64 in market share.
Terbinator
Member
As opposed to completely ridiculous deals available for both consoles since, well, about September? Crazy season properly started at Christmas here and it hasn't really changed much since then: I got a White PS4, DC, LBP3, Batman and Mincecraft for £330 in December from Argos.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Its funny. These price cuts are simply taking the price down to what it should have been at launch. They still need more price cuts to get it down to a "discounted" price.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Your rationalization is amusing. There is no software that will change the direction this generation is headed.
Chemical Rampancy
Banned
This gen is done?
Jesus Christ there hasn't even been a new elder scrolls yet. It's been what, two years? I.e less than half of the generation?
WHAT?
Edit - Oh unless you mean PS4 leading in sales, in which case yeah that's obviously very likely.
Jesus Christ there hasn't even been a new elder scrolls yet. It's been what, two years? I.e less than half of the generation?
WHAT?
Edit - Oh unless you mean PS4 leading in sales, in which case yeah that's obviously very likely.
Quadraphonic
Member
You have to remember, the Xbox 360 succeeded not because it did things right, but because Sony did things so poorly.
Sony wasn't that dumb this time around.
Welfare
Member
Generation's are decided within the first year of all main consoles launching, sales wise. Whoever is first stays first.
Chemical Rampancy
Banned
Funnily enough I wouldn't have disagreed with you until this post. The 360/PS3 indicates that mid generation position changes are possible.
CrimsonEclipse
Member
Desperation to move more X1 units? Maybe. Should we really care...sorta I guess?
End of they just means that people can now pick up an X1 cheaper if they are interested in the console, seems like good news to me.
End of they just means that people can now pick up an X1 cheaper if they are interested in the console, seems like good news to me.
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
No.
OT: This will probably be the same song and dance all gen. Sony has what they had during the PS2 era - a commanding market lead that's sure to continue to grow.
Neither console has hit Wii's total in double the time.
Chemical Rampancy
Banned
What was the PS3/360 sales gap before Sony turned things around with the slimline version?
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
I said this all last gen. Had the PS3 launched @ $399.99, the 360 would not have made the kind of dent in market-share that it did. The PS4 is a combo of people that would have bought it anyway, new 360 owners jumping on board, and PS3 fans jumping in sooner (i.e, continued momentum).
The perfect recipe for a completely dominant platform, something PlayStation always was before the triple came along!
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
If memory serves correctly, about 8 million.
Chemical Rampancy
Banned
Which is what the gap is now right? The gap will widen to about 12-15 million by the time the slimlines release, but count microsoft to be aggressive attempting to catch up.
Microsoft may be incompetent, but they will throw money if they have to.