Rumor: Xbox 720 announce May 21, out November claims tech blogger

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zumnupy10 said:

nightsurge said:
If the 720 is really going to launch for $500 they either ramped up the hardware to compete further with Sony or Sony is going to be taking a major loss if they price the PS4 below $500.

The PS4 currently revealed specs would cost much more than the currently rumoured 720 specs.

Judging by what has been leaked about X720, both consoles have very similar specs.   Only the system memory on PS4 costs signicant more.

Also, MS plans to include Kinect 2 with every console sold. That's probably what is raising the price.

Sony will include their PSEyeKinect with every PS4 console. They also introduced a lot more technology in their controller this time around with the light bar, touchpad, etc. The GPU is also rumoured to be stronger in PS4 compared to 720.

So RAM, GPU, and basic controller will increase costs on PS4 compared to the 720.