Sony has a chance to achieve something totally new this gen

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RolStoppable said:

Hynad said:

I know.. It's still strange though that even though their console's specs are lower than the PS4's and uses cheaper parts, Kinect still makes the price higher by such a margin.

At 399, Sony is hitting hard because to most people that price is the sweet spot. It will be interesting to see how big a hit it will be on the XBO. I understand there are hardcore MS fans that will buy it no matter what. But I think Sony will start stronger than them in just about every market they launch during their first year at least.

Probably also has to do with Microsoft's overconfidence and their (likely) expectations that Sony would go with $500 as well, so they saw no problem with their price. But Microsoft has already changed their DRM plans, so it's possible that they will be more aggressive with their pricing as well. Nobody who is interested in the Xbox One is going to be mad, if Microsoft suddenly announces that the system is going to retail for $400 when it launches.

Wouldn't that basically be saying "hey we could have charged $100 less from the start, but we thought we could rip you off.  Now buy this thing we've defended on policy and price before reversing both."  I think an early price cut would be much better for PR but to avoid having to give out games ala 3DS they would have to wait 6 months at least or risk some more bad PR which they really can't afford right now.