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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. 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.