Slashdot | JP 360 Stock Moves Slowly

December 17, 2005 Brad Crump Slashdot News, 0

Slashdot | JP 360 Stock Moves Slowly
According to Kotaku, the Xbox 360′s price has been cut to a mere $150 by several Japanese retailers. Apparently they can’t send unsold inventory back to Microsoft, so they’re desperate to free up space.” Indeed, Next Generation reports that something like 60% of all Japanese stock goes unsold. However, 1up has found that the price cuts aren’t the whole story. The price cuts aren’t because of consumer interest, but a result of specially priced bundles. From that article: “… this is simple another example of Japan’s hardware bundling practices. So, although the 360 isn’t selling as quickly as it did in North America (about 28% of the units shipped have been sold so far, according to a Bloomberg report), the photo doesn’t indicate that prices were slashed after launch day as some sort of desperate measure – it means that Japan has bundled offers that are just as annoying as the ones we have in North America.

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