Slimebeast on 11 June 2013
| starcraft said: I think it entirely comes down to price and whether you care about DRM. The vast majority of consumers do NOT care about DRM. That, or they are unaware of its implications. As such, the Xbox One will still perform very well due to (currently) better game offerings. HOWEVER, Sony have found a FAR better entry price point than Microsoft, so expect them to outperform Microsoft in the near-term at least. But any suggestion that Sony has this generation in the bag at this point is ridiculous. They had one genuinely hilarious moment in their conference which pro-Sony viewers used to gloss over the fact that they presented surprisingly few quality looking exclusives. Indeed, it ultimately proved that the whole point of the comedic spiel at Microsoft's expense was simply to lay out a cover for the immediate announcement that Sony will charge for online, something they always maintained they wouldn't do. This happens every year, Sony goes last (well, after Microsoft) and gets the last-mover media advantage. Then the months roll by and people realise that Microsoft had a pretty good idea what they were doing. Even more so this year given Microsoft's objectively excellent conference. |
They have it in the bag.
$400 versus $500 and all multiplats looking better on PS4, no DRM etc.
PS4 is going to become the standard console immediately. It's gonna be 2:1.
It will win with a land-slide. Profitability is another topic, and I think MS' strategy is to really milk the relatively few customers they get, so in the end MS might make a lot more money.
