Activision has filed its quarterly report for the company in which the editor promises big profits for the coming months. The report detailed numerous points and has drawn attention one where the CEO Bobby Kotick predicts a price reduction on new generation consoles PS4 and XboxOne.
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I hope so, because i have no intention in buying a next gen console in the next 3 months... but i don't think it will come down in the next 3 months. It will mostly depend on X1 sales, and if Microsoft detects that they are losing market share, they will be forced to lower the X1's price.
In the USA the X1 has good preorder numbers, but I suspect the X1 sales in Europe is not going to be very good. Microsoft will probably release a cheaper Kinectless X1 in 2014 to compete with the PS4.
god knows how much I saved, but it's a decent amount thats for sure
There's isn't one coming for either console next year.
Demand would have to drop significantly in order to trigger talk about a possible price drop for any of the consoles. I honestly don't see that happening anytime before six months, at least.
X1 will likely be the same, although a Kinectless SKU may make an appearance at E3 if sales are well below expectations.
I'm sure Activision wants a price drop to help along next gen adoption so they can drop this gen completely and save money, but Sony and MS don't have to bow to them in that regard.
Even for the $500 xbox one, that's way too early.
Console won't drop for 2 years when a smaller chipset becomes available to Sony/Microsoft to reduce the cost of the console.
Some independent retailers on the other hand could scale prices up and down as they see fit. I am doubting that console sales will be as slow as Activision believes.
Also, I'd imagine we'll see price drops on COD by the end of November if we go by history.
I think it was PS+ and the games(maybe) Sony would have to sell to break even which isn't bad considering I'm betting who buy it want the free games and to play online.
Independent retailers can scale price however they want to compete with each other, but someone has to make a profit to last.
Now for the X1, they really should consider dropping it to $399 like the PS4 or give what people want, a Kinect-less bundle for $349 or something.
However, I don't think this is gonna happen. Microsoft prefers to add something instead of cutting the price, they started with 1 game, and now 2 games at the same price. They might continue to add something in the package instead of reducing the price.
Which isn't too bad. If they do something like a Forza 5 + Dead Rising 3 bundle. I'll probably actually buy one.
In reality it's probably going to be some Kinect game nobody really wants and Sonic Adventure or something lol
I actually have Kinect and guess what 3 games I have on it. Kinect Adventures, Dance Central 2 and 3. That's it.
This time my wife isn't going to convince me to get the Kinect that is going to collect dust.
So yes, people out there would love to buy a XB1 without Kinect. Heck, give me a $400 Forza 5 Kinect-less bundle and I'll pre-order it right away.
it will be 1.5 to 2 years before a price drop. These companies both need to start making a PROFIT on hardware to get their investors off their backs. So cost may go down quickly but price will stay up.
BUT... if one of the 2 sells less or a lot less, maybe... i'm already imagining all those whining ppl with those stupid sentences like "i paid it xxxx!! Damn XXXX!! I want a discount, or a game, or whatever!!", like if it's MS or Sony fault if they couldn't wait.
That statement flies in the face of basic economics. Sure production costs will start to drop but one would assume that MS and Sony have signed contracts with the companies producing these machines that are longer than a few months so they will have to pay what the contracts state. Even if they do have the option to get the consoles from said companies for a reduced cost why would you lower your price if you are selling them as fast as you can make them. That would just decrease your profit.
I would expect MS to lower their price point first because the Xbox One is at a higher price and also they are selling at a slight profit per unit sold whereas Sony is reportedly selling at a slight loss.
You may see a price drop from MS in the summer of 2014 and maybe one from Sony come 2014 holiday season but not before unless either company sees dismal sales which does not appear to be happening.
Both companies appear to be selling record numbers in pre-orders and if that continues there is no logical reason to lower prices.
3 months? Never gonna happen.
MS and SONY are loosing money on every system sold. But a year from now the tech on both system will eventually cost less to manufacture than its sales price. When it does happen, they'll no longer be taking a lost on every system sold.By then, they'll rep the benefits from their long term investment.
Lots of people are still not sold in Next gen and current gen is good enough! (Just wait until you see the bargain bins!)
Buy a ps3 for under $200 or buy a ps4 for double?
I can see a lot of people who buy the ps3 and a boat load of games!