USA HW Pre-Orders. PS4 600K, Xbox One 350K (VGC data)

[DietSoap]

CGI-Quality said:

DietSoap said:
As much as I'd love to believe, I assuming this is just another case of VGChartz doing a complete fuck up job of tracking. If the One isn't winning NA, it's not winning anywhere, and I can't believe Microsoft would just left them have it like this.

Because MS can't control what's going to happen, especially not right now. What's done is done, and one of these machines is $100 cheaper, with much better market perception. Nearly a complete flip-flop of the PS3 vs 360.

 They can control the price, for one. Drop the shitty Kinect garbage and sell it for $350, undercutting the PS4 by $50 in an attempt to justify the weaker hardware. Even Nintendo ended up dropping the Wii U price today despite all their insistence they wouldn't/it wouldn't be possible.

They have the money to take a serious loss, and if Pachter is to be believed (yeah, I know), they're already selling the $500 sku at a slight profit, so this wouldn't even be a serious loss. They can't afford to not be competitive right now.