Xbox One Price Cut
Due to the fact that the PlayStation 4’s cost was lower than the Xbox One’s cost, Microsoft made the decision to make a more bare-bones package for the Xbox One to match Sony’s price point for the PlayStation 4. According to Wingfield (2014) “Microsoft Corp. to introduce the Xbox One video game console without the Kinect motion and voice-controlled sensor for $399 in June 2014 to match the price of PlayStation 4 from Sony Corp.” (para. 1) In turn, this caused sales to increase and catch up with the competition and boost sales. According to Peckham (2014a) “Microsoft says in an Xbox Wire post that Xbox One sales have more than doubled since the company began selling a Kinect-less version of its flagship games console on June 9.” This entirely proves that even though sales were not heavily affected by the previously higher cost of the Xbox One bundle with Kinect. The sales for the cheaper bundle of the Xbox One without Kinect were even greater and allowed Microsoft to catch up with the PS4 in profits even though Microsoft released the Xbox One later than the PS4 and at a higher price point. …show more content…
Sony has more popular games such as the highly popular Uncharted series as well as the Magicka series. According to Newman (2014) “PS4: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End What it is: Another entry in the Indiana Jones-inspired action adventure series. That's about all we know PS4: Magicka 2
What it is: A four-player, cooperative, top-down action-adventure game involving wizards.” (para. 41) This proves that these games build more of a draw for players to want to purchase a PlayStation 4 because they can only play more of the hottest games on the market for a cheaper price with buying a PlayStation
Due to the fact that the PlayStation 4’s cost was lower than the Xbox One’s cost, Microsoft made the decision to make a more bare-bones package for the Xbox One to match Sony’s price point for the PlayStation 4. According to Wingfield (2014) “Microsoft Corp. to introduce the Xbox One video game console without the Kinect motion and voice-controlled sensor for $399 in June 2014 to match the price of PlayStation 4 from Sony Corp.” (para. 1) In turn, this caused sales to increase and catch up with the competition and boost sales. According to Peckham (2014a) “Microsoft says in an Xbox Wire post that Xbox One sales have more than doubled since the company began selling a Kinect-less version of its flagship games console on June 9.” This entirely proves that even though sales were not heavily affected by the previously higher cost of the Xbox One bundle with Kinect. The sales for the cheaper bundle of the Xbox One without Kinect were even greater and allowed Microsoft to catch up with the PS4 in profits even though Microsoft released the Xbox One later than the PS4 and at a higher price point. …show more content…
Sony has more popular games such as the highly popular Uncharted series as well as the Magicka series. According to Newman (2014) “PS4: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End What it is: Another entry in the Indiana Jones-inspired action adventure series. That's about all we know PS4: Magicka 2
What it is: A four-player, cooperative, top-down action-adventure game involving wizards.” (para. 41) This proves that these games build more of a draw for players to want to purchase a PlayStation 4 because they can only play more of the hottest games on the market for a cheaper price with buying a PlayStation