Analyst: Underwhelming 360 Sales May Force Price Cuts Options

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Analyst: Underwhelming 360 Sales May Force Price Cuts Posted by XanTium | May 16 16:08 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From gamedaily.com: [QUOTE] In the wake of the April video game sales data, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich commented on what was admittedly even a surprise to NPD analyst Anita Frazier - that the hardware sales for both Xbox 360 and PS3 failed to reach 200K units during a month in which GTA IV was supposed to have driven console sales. "This would...be the first time that Xbox 360 sales dipped below 200K since July 2007, which ended up resulting in an Xbox 360 price drop the following month (August 2007). It wouldn't be wrong to assume that Microsoft might follow a similar strategy as last year given that the Xbox 360 has dropped below the 50,000 units a week sold threshold mark," remarked Divnich. [/QUOTE] Full Story: gamedaily.com

[nekrosoft13]

could be the wonderful American economy, people might have better things to spend their money on

[DMAddict]

In looking at the sales figures, all console sales numbers had dropped significantly and my first thought was the economy. I don't know that dropping the price will help any and as much as I would like to buy a second 360, my discretionary spending is going towards the necessities, specifically gas.

[spinr34]

i have a feeling numbers for may will reflect the effect of GTA4.

[Dark Seraph]

m$ is selling the most amount of 360s in america..and americas economy is shit right now.Not only that i live in florida which on average makes the least amoung of money in america...so im double fucked.

[emayers12]

reason why grand theft auto didn't drive this month is because it came out at the end of the month. Only hardcore people who bought gta on the day it came out I'm sure already had a 360. Wait until we get May's figures.

[HotKnife420]

m$ is selling the most amount of 360s in america..and americas economy is shit right now.Not only that i live in florida which on average makes the least amoung of money in america...so im double fucked.

Cost of living in FL is higher than many states.

[g8crapachino]

Most businesses use a fiscal calendar to determine financial information. For most companies, the fiscal month of April ended on the 24th, GTA4 went on sale on the 29th. You would think that an analysis would realize the difference.. ....but then again an analysis doesn't actually have a real job.

[raffiki]

I don't see how Microsoft can cut the price any further as the game sales must be suffering. People having less money means they probably wont want to buy as many games, which is how Microsoft makes most of their money.

[dinzy]

Most businesses use a fiscal calendar to determine financial information. For most companies, the fiscal month of April ended on the 24th, GTA4 went on sale on the 29th. You would think that an analysis would realize the difference.. ....but then again an analysis doesn't actually have a real job.

No. Most analysts would see that the NPD April numbers cover 5 days that had GTA 4 out.

[dokworm]

In looking at the sales figures, all console sales numbers had dropped significantly and my first thought was the economy. I don't know that dropping the price will help any and as much as I would like to buy a second 360, my discretionary spending is going towards the necessities, specifically gas.

Hahaha! You Americans still think *you* pay a lot for gas/petrol... try living anywhere else in the world.

[tummybanana]

it should read more along how $ony is failing to reclaim its crown as opposed to dissing ms all the time imho

[Rustmonkey]

Hahaha! You Americans still think *you* pay a lot for gas/petrol... try living anywhere else in the world.

More proof that oil companies rule the world... where's a superhero when you need one??

Bring on the hydrogen fuel cells or whatever (and integrate a 360 just to stay on topic) and pull the rug out from under the oil companies feet. BAAHHHH!!!!