So, just a little question me and a few friends were discussing I thought would be interesting.
This was all spurred on by the news of Microsoft's price-cut of the Xbox One and the comments which ensued on CVG. So for context, the Xbox One released in November last year, but is receiving a price-cut right now, at least in the UK, of £40. Which is good! The Wii U also received a price-cut, albeit later, and that was good too! And pretty much every console ever created has, at one point, received an official price-cut. It's just kind of what happens, and you'd think people would be happy about things going lower in price.
But, what about people who bought it for full-price. On the CVG thread people were annoyed that they bought it full-price, which I suppose is understandeable, the amount of games I've bought on Steam for it to then go on sale a few days after! But, do you think companies should offer them some kind of store credit or something to make up for it, that they missed the price-cut? Do you think they are obligated to do so? Is there a sort of time-frame of a price-cut where they should do it? Or do you think people should just accept the price they paid and companies shouldn't do anything about it?
Discuss!
This was all spurred on by the news of Microsoft's price-cut of the Xbox One and the comments which ensued on CVG. So for context, the Xbox One released in November last year, but is receiving a price-cut right now, at least in the UK, of £40. Which is good! The Wii U also received a price-cut, albeit later, and that was good too! And pretty much every console ever created has, at one point, received an official price-cut. It's just kind of what happens, and you'd think people would be happy about things going lower in price.
But, what about people who bought it for full-price. On the CVG thread people were annoyed that they bought it full-price, which I suppose is understandeable, the amount of games I've bought on Steam for it to then go on sale a few days after! But, do you think companies should offer them some kind of store credit or something to make up for it, that they missed the price-cut? Do you think they are obligated to do so? Is there a sort of time-frame of a price-cut where they should do it? Or do you think people should just accept the price they paid and companies shouldn't do anything about it?
Discuss!