$50 Xbox One Price Cut Ends on Saturday, January 3 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 December 2014 / 10,333 Views
Microsoft has posted a reminder that the $50 price cut for the Xbox One in the US is ending this Saturday, January 3, 2015. Every bundle for the Xbox One has been on sale for the entire holiday season in the US, with the cheapest on sale for $349.
"The holidays are almost over, but there’s still time to take advantage of the special, limited-time pricing of $50 off the Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Bundle and Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Bundle with Kinect. For one final week, fans can purchase Xbox One starting at $349 in the U.S."
The $50 price cut and heavy bundling at many retailers has helped push Xbox One sales past 10 million worldwide. However, once the deal ends at the end of this week, sales are expected to drop back down to what it was before the price cut.
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I wouldn't be shocked if sales are lower than they were before the price drop.
That would actually make a lot of sense. Whether MS likes it or not they have trained prospective buyers to wait for big sales. Meanwhile Sony has basically given little to no reason for people to wait in comparison.
sales of xbone will drop like a rock. mark my words....
PS4 going back to isolated domination it seems. Boring times ahead.
It never left domination even with XBO price cut
It never left domination even with XBO price cut
It never left domination even with XBO price cut
Bad choice Microsoft, bad choice. Now for 10 more months of loss....
You mean 10 months of profit, but at lower sales numbers.
He means 10 months of loss to PS4.
Selling XBO at 350 is loss already
ouch for microsoft. going to go from loosing money on each console sold to not selling hardly any consoles at all.
and once again WiiU will outsell XB1
if that happens
thatll be
hillariously sad
but hey itll probably happen
Bye bye sales. They are going to drop considerably once the price is raised back up, imo.
Then will probably start again the following Monday
Sony is probably breathing a sigh of relief whether they want to admit it or not. That being said the first half of 201 5 should belong to Sony now hands down.
Sony never lost the lead even with XBO at 50 less
Probabily that Jenuary will be worst XOne NPD, less even than in May (77K). Don't see XOne to close 100K.
But February will be discrete, 120,000 to 150,000 imho.
Well, of course.
Ms already lost A LOT OF MONEY with this, even more with the Xone at 330 + 2 or 3 free games (+50 prepaid card sometime... for black friday).
They need to stop this, or else they will have desastrous financial results for the end of the fiscal year, it will already be bad enough for the Xbox division as it is now.
The Xone will probably drop to 300$ next november, and for good this time.
I initially thought that they put a date on the price drop to encourage people to buy Xbox One's quickly before the price went up, and then announce the price drop continues from Jan 3rd onwards. Now I believe the price drop was a temporary measure. Which makes sense as an increase in sales from the price drop must have cost Microsoft a considerable amount of money. Imagine if Sony dropped the PS4's price on Jan 3rd as well?
It's good that I got my Xbox One today while it was still $349.99.
They really shouldn't do this.
My guess is they will bundle major games throughout the year and $299 around the holiday.
Very cunning PR speak. They are saying the lower price for the AC bundle ends on 3 January, which no doubt is true. But they don't say that the plain Xb one price will go back to $399. Perhaps not $350 but I bet the plain xb one won't be $399 on 4 January.
But then without any games bundled in, people are going to look at this & go, "Meh, I might as well get a PS4."
Maybe. I would expect a good PR person to add, "But you can still get the standalone console for $350!" Unless their goal is to squeeze in more sales before the end of the cut, wouldn't you expect them to use it to hammer home the continued price difference?
I initially thought that they put a date on the price drop to encourage people to buy Xbox One's quickly before the price went up, and then announce the price drop continues from Jan 3rd onwards.
Now I believe the price drop was a temporary measure. Which makes sense as increases sales from the price drop must have cost Microsoft a considerably amount of money.
Imagine if Sony dropped the PS4's price on Jan 3rd as well?
hey you never know, with the release of crackdown, quantum break, and halo 5. With a new forza game and possibly and xbox classic returning next year (Phantom Dust) the xbox might be not as consistent but will still sell well
very rarely... if not ever has a console increased in price during it's life time.
the 360's price went up in the UK with the arcade SKU, it's RRP was £130 but Microsoft made some lame excuse about currency exchange rates and changed the price to £160 (ironically when the pound was almost worth $2)
sales of xbone will drop like a rock. mark my words....
Its a good way to make anyone panic buy for the console. Wouldn't be surprised if they got some good numbers in the last few days it has at this price.
Sony's losing their footing in North America. North America is what Microsoft brags about. It's what feed's their ego. It really doesn't matter if they have solid footing in Japan. They just want to be winning on their own turf. Sony.... If you want to bury Microsoft, you've got to be consistently outselling the Xbox One IN AMERICA. ON THEIR HOME TURF! Nothing humiliates a team worse than losing in their home arena. And they're hurting you here and feeling good about it. Break their spirits.
WiiU will outsell xbone when it goes back up in price.
no just no
unlessthey make a bunch of bundles and pricecut its not outs elling xbone
wii u will outsell xbox one by a lot in france and germany though
