PS3 and 360 Price Cut History(npd)

Months before, during, and after the price cuts according to NPD...I think

-June 2007-

PS3 - 98,500

360 - 198,400

-July 2007-*PS3 drops to $499

PS3 - 159,000

360 - 170,000

-August 2007- *360 drops Elite to $449, Pro to $349, and the Core to $279

PS3 - 130,600

360 - 276,000

-Sept. 2007-*Halo 3 released

PS3 - 119,400

360 - 527,800

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-June 2008- *Metal Gear Solid 4 released
PS3 - 405,000

360 - 219,000

-August 2008-

PS3 - 185,600

360 - 195,200

-September 2008- *PS3 40GB upgraded to 80GB only $399 | *360 120GB Elite drops to $399, Pro to $299, Arcade to $199

PS3 - 232,400

360 - 347,200

-October 2008-

PS3 - 190,000

360 - 371,000

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-July 2009-

PS3 - 121,800

360 - 202,800

-August 2009- *PS3 Slim $299, 160GB $399 | *Microsoft allegedly dropping the Elite to $299

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The big exclusives this year would be Halo ODST vs Uncharted 2, and possibly GT5 vs FM3. Which will prevail? With 3 different consoles so closely priced this is one of the most competitive times in gaming history. It will be interesting to see which console comes out on top.

The Elite is not a separate SKU. I've never seen anything so misleading in my entire life. It's effectively not even the same thing as upgrading the premium with a higher capacity hard drive, it's trading the hard drive upgrade for the component cables, assuming the photographs of the boxes can be trusted. The Elite always was a frickin' red herring.Brownesque

Sony does the same thing. Nintendo should be commended for sticking with only 1 sku.

And the Elite is black, not red.

TC, the PS3 didn't dropped to 399 in oct08, it was in oct07. If you want to make a thread like this at least get your sales data right.

[QUOTE="Brownesque"]The Elite is not a separate SKU. I've never seen anything so misleading in my entire life. It's effectively not even the same thing as upgrading the premium with a higher capacity hard drive, it's trading the hard drive upgrade for the component cables, assuming the photographs of the boxes can be trusted. The Elite always was a frickin' red herring.gamecubepad

Sony does the same thing. Nintendo should be commended for sticking with only 1 sku.

And the Elite is black, not red.

Uncharted 2 doesn't have the selling power of Halo. So Halo ODST will push more consoles than Uncharted 2 will.cametall

[QUOTE="cametall"]Uncharted 2 doesn't have the selling power of Halo. So Halo ODST will push more consoles than Uncharted 2 will.Brownesque

TC, the PS3 didn't dropped to 399 in oct08, it was in oct07. If you want to make a thread like this at least get your sales data right.

DarkyC

Do you have a good link for that? I think you're referring to the initial 40GB which replaced the 20GB and ran alongside the $499 80GB(*sometimes bundled with MGS4).

The drop I listed was the $499 80GB software BC 80GB PS3 unit to the new $399 80GB(basically upgraded 40GB) in sept. 2008.

I'll upgrade the chart to include the smaller sku changes.

Yeah, the CNN link I have shows the 60GB dropping from $599 to $499 in July 2007. That's what my chart shows.

[QUOTE="Brownesque"][QUOTE="cametall"]Uncharted 2 doesn't have the selling power of Halo. So Halo ODST will push more consoles than Uncharted 2 will.ZuneHD

if the ps3 doesnt out sell the 360 in september. they are in real trouble. halo 3 odst dont come out till the end of september. so its pretty much ps3 slim plus the old 80gigs at 299 vs the 360 heads up. i think sony should win september maybe by alot

I'm talking about that the 40G PS3 was introduced in oct07 for 399, becoming the lower priced PS3 sku, the 80G dropped to 499 and the 60G discontinued. After that, in the first few months of 08 the PS3 outsold the 360 in NPD.

[QUOTE="gamecubepad"]

[QUOTE="Brownesque"]The Elite is not a separate SKU. I've never seen anything so misleading in my entire life. It's effectively not even the same thing as upgrading the premium with a higher capacity hard drive, it's trading the hard drive upgrade for the component cables, assuming the photographs of the boxes can be trusted. The Elite always was a frickin' red herring.Brownesque

Sony does the same thing. Nintendo should be commended for sticking with only 1 sku.

And the Elite is black, not red.

You're taking the names too literally. Like it's forcing you to consider it "l33t". It's just a name. It's the top of the line 360. The PS3 does the same thing, they just don't have names for it.

Anyways, I couldn't be bothered to read your whole rant. That line at the end is hilarious. Congratulations on that.

Judging by past history drops by MS, me thinks they are going to have a $149 Arcade and $249 Elite at the end of September.-RocBoys9489-

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]Judging by past history drops by MS, me thinks they are going to have a $149 Arcade and $249 Elite at the end of September.monson21502

They already cut the Elite price to 300, maybe they cut the arcade but I don't think so.

I'm talking about that the 40G PS3 was introduced in oct07 for 399, becoming the lower priced PS3 sku, the 80G dropped to 499 and the 60G discontinued. After that, in the first few months of 08 the PS3 outsold the 360 in NPD.

DarkyC

Hmm. I'll definitely research that and upgrade the chart to include this change.

Here's the sales for that period...

-October 2007-

PS3 - 121,000

360 - 366,000

-November 2007-

PS3 - 466,000

360 - 770,00

-December 2007-

PS3 - 797.600

360 - 1,260,000

if the ps3 doesnt out sell the 360 in september. they are in real trouble. halo 3 odst dont come out till the end of september. so its pretty much ps3 slim plus the old 80gigs at 299 vs the 360 heads up. i think sony should win september maybe by alot

monson21502

Good assessment. Unless MS can kill the hype, I could see that happening in Aug/Sept as well.

[QUOTE="monson21502"][QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]Judging by past history drops by MS, me thinks they are going to have a $149 Arcade and $249 Elite at the end of September.DarkyC

They already cut the Elite price to 300, maybe they cut the arcade but I don't think so.