Pricing wars...PS2 down to $179.99...XBOX to counter?

by **Jacob Marley** » Tue May 13, 2003 3:15 pm

Looks like a price drop was indeed in the works....Sony's reps were lying all along.

www.gamestop.com

www.ebgames.com

by **Timmah** » Tue May 13, 2003 3:48 pm

i hope theres a load of pricedrops over here, cos i wanna get a cheap xbox! i could get one for £95 second hand, or get one off eBay - the main reason for gettin it wud be Shenmue 3 prospects.

by **pico** » Tue May 13, 2003 3:51 pm

Only $20? :?

Microsoft will probably follow and do the same. Around $150-$170 in a few months. I can't really see GC dropping under $150, though..

by **Jacob Marley** » Tue May 13, 2003 5:23 pm

$20 is a lot of money to these companies...factor that in with the 1-2 million systems they plan on selling in Q4 and you'll see that $20 turns out to be a pretty big chunk of potential revenue that is lost when a price drop goes into effect.

Of course, the offset of this is that they'll sell more systems and thus, game sales will increase which is where the bulk of the profit is made.

by **Jacob Marley** » Wed May 14, 2003 9:28 am

Microsoft counters by matching Sony's $179.99 price.
www.ebgames.com

No word yet from Nintendo.

by **Stevie** » Wed May 14, 2003 2:02 pm

Latest prices
X Box £129.99 with 2 Controller S Pads
PS2 £169.99

by **the_great_chai** » Wed May 14, 2003 3:05 pm

In Australia there pretty much throwing Gamecubes away. A gamecube with a copy of Zelda the wind Waker is only $100.
But so far the Playstation and X-box hav'nt gone down in price yet.

by **Sonikku** » Fri May 16, 2003 5:18 pm

Today is the last day of E3 and I have not heard anything from nintendo other then packaging a GBA player in with every Gamecube so I guess they are just sticking with that...

by **Louis** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:34 pm

most companies achually lose money on the game console and make it on the games, thats why the dreamcast died, you needed to buy 7 £40 games for sega to break even. Most people bought 1 £40 game, 2 £20 games, and about 50 CDR games. i own 13 full games and about 90 cdr games.

sony and MS make a loss on consoles so i dont know how many games they have to sell to break even.

oh and my friend met bill gates to day, he was in brighton

by **Louis** » Fri May 16, 2003 6:34 pm

most companies achually lose money on the game console and make it on the games, thats why the dreamcast died, you needed to buy 7 £40 games for sega to break even. Most people bought 1 £40 game, 2 £20 games, and about 50 CDR games. i own 13 full games and about 90 cdr games.

sony and MS make a loss on consoles so i dont know how many games they have to sell to break even.

oh and my friend met bill gates to day, he was in brighton

Pricing wars...PS2 down to $179.99...XBOX to counter?

Pricing wars...PS2 down to $179.99...XBOX to counter?

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