Zeus
10-19-2008, 03:42 PM
Gamasutra has analyzed NPD analysis and found that "the average U.S. Xbox 360 console is selling for $100 less than its lifetime average 3 months ago, making the system ideally positioned to compete this holiday season." They figures also show that the most recent price cuts this September were less effective than modest cuts a year ago, but it should be noted that this is when Halo 3 was released.
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It is worth making two quick historical comparisons. The first Xbox 360 price drop, in August 2007, spurred a 63% increase in sales over the previous month.
Then in September 2007, the month of Halo 3 and the second month of the lower Xbox 360 prices, sales rose over 50% from the already elevated August 2007 levels.
This year, with least expensive Xbox 360 model dropping below the price of the Nintendo Wii and finally hitting half the price of the least expensive PlayStation 3, Microsoft's system managed only a 43% increase in sales.
By these measures, the September 2008 price drop appears to have less of an effect than last year's more modest cuts.
News Source: <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20714" target=_blank">gamasutra</a>
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It is worth making two quick historical comparisons. The first Xbox 360 price drop, in August 2007, spurred a 63% increase in sales over the previous month.
Then in September 2007, the month of Halo 3 and the second month of the lower Xbox 360 prices, sales rose over 50% from the already elevated August 2007 levels.
This year, with least expensive Xbox 360 model dropping below the price of the Nintendo Wii and finally hitting half the price of the least expensive PlayStation 3, Microsoft's system managed only a 43% increase in sales.
By these measures, the September 2008 price drop appears to have less of an effect than last year's more modest cuts.
News Source: <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20714" target=_blank">gamasutra</a>