Halo Price Drop? [Merged]

**Madonion** · 09-03-2003

Will Microsoft drop Halo's(Xbox) price when the PC version of Halo is released? I believe Halo has been 49.95 sence the launch. Would'nt that make sence? It should go Platinum for 19.95.

**lllSmokelll** · 09-03-2003

dunno, its still one of the top sellers for xbox at 49.99

**wbio** · 09-03-2003

they shouldn't, or at least not too much, even though it's coming to the computer, I think it will still sel great on Xbox

**Darkspawn** · 09-03-2003

Halo never go down Halo is Best game

**l Maximus l** · 09-03-2003

My prediction is that Halo will stay at $49.99 until Halo 2 comes out. At that time, it will likely become a platinum hit.

But, hey...another smart move would be to lower the price for Halo a couple months before Halo 2 comes out just to get those few additional people to see what Halo is truly all about

**SnoochyBoochy** · 09-03-2003

Originally posted by Darkspawn
Halo never go down Halo is Best game

at least until H2

**UrukHaiXC** · 09-04-2003

MS already loses too much money on other things for the Xbox, but since Halo is still selling at $50 they will keep selling it at $50.

**l Maximus l** · 09-04-2003

Originally posted by UrukHaiXC
MS already loses too much money on other things for the Xbox, but since Halo is still selling at $50 they will keep selling it at $50.

It's not a big secret that there is a small margin for hardware (and in some case, a negative margin), but, software is huge money. It probably costs companies pennies to stamp out a new game disc.

**UrukHaiXC** · 09-04-2003

But most people don't buy more then one copy of a single game, and MS was losing money when they were selling Xbox's for $300, at nearly half that price now they are losing tons of money per Xbox. So just because they are making tons of money off of games they are still losing tons of money from the console itself.

**l Maximus l** · 09-04-2003

Originally posted by UrukHaiXC
But most people don't buy more then one copy of a single game, and MS was losing money when they were selling Xbox's for $300, at nearly half that price now they are losing tons of money per Xbox. So just because they are making tons of money off of games they are still losing tons of money from the console itself.

They are losing about $200 per console, to my understanding. But, they are making about $49.90 per game at a price of $49.99

**halo_demon** · 09-04-2003

Man i had no idea how much money they were losing.I hope they stay in business for a long time.I love how creative they are with their console and it's options.Halo is still the best FPS out there so if a newbie wants it he still pays top dollar for it.I would if i didnt already have it.I'm hoping they're making a crap load off of Halo though because i hate to see companies go down(Sega).Although Atari will never be missed I still hate seeing a gaming company bite the dust.Yeah what they intended to sell Xbox for was $400 i think and then they'd be getting decent profit.But they thought lowering the price $100 they'd sell more of them and increase profit that way.Man i hope they succeed.

**Shadow20002** · 09-04-2003

How about a GOLD edition of Halo ? Including the first one and the second in one packages for 69.99 $USD.

**Knight** · 09-04-2003

Originally posted by Shadow20002
How about a GOLD edition of Halo ? Including the first one and the second in one packages for 69.99 $USD.

They make more money by selling Halo for $20 & Halo2 for $50, so there not going to do that.

**Chaotic** · 09-04-2003

Originally posted by Maximus-XBA

They are losing about $200 per console, to my understanding. But, they are making about $49.90 per game at a price of $49.99

It's about $100 a console now

maxy get your ass signed up in the GR Tourney

**mattgame** · 09-04-2003

Nintendo makes the most money out there, especially with the Gameboys selling so well. Xbox will be no matter what. They all lose in the beginning. It is called business. Back to the subject. Halo will be priced down as soon as a specific and set date is set for Halo 2.

**Reclaimer** · 09-04-2003

Halo is still in the top ten list of top selling games for Xbox, and after hitting it's one million mark, it's right around number 4 in the list. I don't forsee it dropping in price until sales start waivering.

**Adawg** · 09-04-2003

I dont think the price will drop any time soon.....maybe when halo 2 comes out then they might make it $19.99.guess we wont know till next year.

**X-Fan** · 09-05-2003

Originally posted by Reclaimer-XBA
Halo is still in the top ten list of top selling games for Xbox, and after hitting it's one million mark, it's right around number 4 in the list. I don't forsee it dropping in price until sales start waivering.

it has already hit the 3 million mark.