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Xbox Price To Shadow PS2, Not GameCube

Posted by simoniker on from the the-wonderful-world-of-console-pricing dept.

Thanks to Reuters for their story indicating Microsoft won't necessarily act on Nintendo hardware price reductions. Xbox boss Robbie Bach, in a Tokyo news conference, suggested "...the company's main benchmark when it comes to pricing would remain Sony... and not Nintendo", and added "We've been selling at a price premium to GameCube since the first day and I don't think that's going to change." Elsewhere in the news conference, Bach talked about the long-term growth of consoles, estimating that "...video games have a penetration rate of about 40 percent, but that rate can grow to 80 percent over the next decade if games become more appealing to a wider audience."

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  1. Re:Appealing to a wider audience by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 0, Troll
    1. The Sims is NOT a game. It has mistakenly been labeled as such and you are perpetuating a myth. Please stop it. It's like calling Shakira's singing "music"

    2. Trust me, most people who develop games are passionate about receiving a paycheck. There are true visionaries but they are few and far between.

    I'd rather mentally block the image of GI Joe RTS games from my head, if you don't mind. I do, however, hope you get employed in something as exciting as such a venture, whatever the cost to mankind might be.

    --
    Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
  2. A price drop won't change anything for the XBox by M3wThr33 · · Score: 1, Troll

    A price would change sales significantly for the PS2 or Cube, but the XBox's demographic is FAR TOO SPECIFIC to have any real effect beyond convincing those who were just about ready to get it, should a price drop occur. Given that the main pull of the system is on graphics, fps's, fighters and sports games, you won't get many people caving in for it.

    Some people like a variety of AAA games, I'm one of them. When all your top sellers are first person shooters(Aside from ONE RPG in the last 3 years of it's life) something is awry.

    Just remember, the top selling version of Soul Calibur II is the Cube one.