DanneSandin said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
DanneSandin said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
DanneSandin said:
Well, considering the discussion that's been going on here now it's quite clear Xbox720 will be the most powerful next gen. They could easily make a console for $500 and sell it for $400 - something Sony won't be able to do because of the strong Yen. The PS4 would probably cost 35-40k to produce. If it costs 35k Yen to make it would probably get sold at $350 for a $56 loss, or at $400 for $6 loss. If it costs 40k Yen it'll get sold for $400 for a $64 loss, or sold at $450 for a $14 loss. Doesn't this sound plausible?
This clearly tells us only Xbox could have a major leap next gen. And if WiiStation is on par with each other I figure most games will get developed for these and get up scaled for Xbox3. Thoughts? Am I understanding the situation, or am I completely off? |
You're a bit off imo. Xbox 3 will probably not be first in power if Kinect 2 comes with every box, if it doesn't I think the PS4 will almost definitely be a significant jump over the Wii U, but Xbox 3 has a good chance of being a significant jump over PS4.
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I'm basing that conclusion on the discussion you had with Viper1 (one of the best I've seen around here really - I learned a lot!). MS has the cash to push a monster console, SOny simply can't do that imo.
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I agree, but if Microsoft spend say $100 of their "budget" on packing a kinect 2 in with every system, it'll put them on similar grounds to Sony concerning the amount spent on the actual console.
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Aaah yes, but as someone wrote here not long ago kinect 1.0 actually was a stripped down version, so 2.0 shouldn't be too expansive... If this is true that is! But they could sell it separately or have different SKU's... or they'll just lose $200 thinking they'll make it back in the long run (and this will of course see them exiting the HW business ;))
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There's almost no chance that Microsoft will exit the hardware business, even if they fail this generation. Sony, on the other hand, might.
