what microsoft has been good for very good for. is not having good games over the spring and summer months. please tell me if im wrong, the only summer spring game CRACKDOWN. what 360 game had you waiting this summer. I'm talkin exclusive. if not then civ rev, madden sux, but everybody will have these games.
kinda happens like this:
living good with my summer job. been hearing bout this new game. ya next payday im getting it. well xbox havent been hitting the commericals as hard as sony, y nothing till tomorrow (Too Human have u seen ad). of course gta didnt sell units the people who wanted gta already own a 360 if thats the system they wanted. and the real move to boost sells might cost like the extended warrent.
but ditch the system i bought coff core coff and spent the money to make it a xbox. xbox has hdd. but anyway. replace it wit the 20gig, and send me a 20gig hdd. then i'll have 2. but tell the developers its a xbox again use the hdd like you know how. new price
acrade wit 20gig no memcard and wire control hidef cables 200 199$ sorry
60gig xbox more then 3 month free live or points
275-300$
elite can be elite$ wit a charge n play
remember spring and summer hits in 09!!!

Isaac:

Compelling analysis.

Just thinking out loud as someone interested in the industry but without knowledge of how it exactly works, seeing the almost flat sales progression during the last 5 months I immediately think in market saturation (quoting Wikipedia, "the actual level of saturation can depend on consumer purchasing power; as well as competition, prices, and technology").

Now, here comes the question: if you had the power, what would you choose? Keeping the current strategy that has allowed the division to make a profit after several billion losses, or cut the price of all consoles? Sony put it bluntly: profitability over quantity according to Nobuyuki Oneda, Sony CFO. I get the impression Microsoft hasn't decided yet.

I'm getting pretty of sick microsoft's marketing scheme to recruit gamers to their console. Almost 20 million people own one already and they keep introducing new SKUs. I'm angry at the fact that I paid more for my 360 in November and the cheaper one now is better. Its always hardware add-ons and extra component fees. Not to mention we pay for online playability. They keep doing all these things to entice new customers but they need to start marketing for the ones who already have a 360.
Also i think console sales figures mean absolutely squat. Its royalties and peripherals that make a company their profit.

Isaac.. please learn proper puncuation you seem to have a good argument. However, its very confusing what your trying to say.

Thanks and sorry. My english has always been a weak point. I spend more time explaining what i ment. Is it hard to follow or just comfusing.
And yes that keeps me mad everytime i see the price in a store. My nephew 360 is HDMI and they dont even have a HDTV. The Elite system when 1st announced cost less then what i spent on making my 360, an xbox 360. Hdd, control etc. $600 like 2 or 3 years ago. Go ahead and laugh, I spent $600 on a core system. lol

Maybe consumers are better educated about the console skus (and brands) than given credit. Maybe most of them understood the price drop was just to clear out an "inferior" model and they didn't want it. Most likely is the economic conditions. Folks drove something like a billion less miles the previous month. The pump price is hurting people. Also, like was pointed out, summer months haven't been strong for M$FT. People are probably waiting for the Xmas push and bundles/sales.