thismeintiel said:
Of course I can " dismiss" it. The XBO has been $70-$100 cheaper, with a bunch of games, the entire month. Yet, if the 7K-10K thing holds up, it basically tied the PS4.
But sorry, the PS4's success has much more to it than just price. They came out with the better HW. Had the better policies. Had the bigger gaming brand. Had larger 3rd party and indie support. And it didn't take long for XBO to match its price, yet that changed nothing about its situation. Nor did being just $50 cheaper. Price has little to do with it.
You also can't look at the 1st month of the Slim's sales. I can guarantee that once the Slim boost is over, and both the consoles are $299, the PS4 will continue to easily outsell the XBO. In the US, of course. It's already doing that easily WW.
And the slow start excuse didn't stop Xbox fans from aligning the 360 and XBO's launch to brag about it outpacing the 360. Even though it's quite obvious the XBO will maybe pull half the sales of the 360.
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I don't want to have this coversation every time, but: What the hell Microsoft should do? Just quit and go home?
They spent a lot engeeniring the Slim. They already saved Dead Rising 3/4, Titanfall, Ryse, RotTR, Quantum Break, as consoles exclusives or timed exclusives, also some high profile indies got some attention. I don't know of any third party dropping suport.
Microsoft is not giving up and Sony is not idle enjoying the PS4 success. If the Neo gets a extra performance boost you have to thanks Microsoft aggressiveness with Scorpio.
For the final XOne numbers, without Scorpio or others, doing half the 360 numbers in a little more than half its life is quite a achieviment for a console that would destroy Microsoft game division.
