CGI-Quality said:
I know what he said/meant, but my opinion is 2:1 in the US, at least for a while (just taking VGC pre-orders, @ 600K vs 350K, PS4 looks poised to be ahead for a while). In EU, I think it'll be higher than that most of the gen. In truth, however, even if it is 1:1 in the US, that's still more of a win for Sony than MS. In the 7th gen, it was nowhere close to that, and for Sony to have turned things around, and being on top right now, is a bigger feat for them. 1:1 in the US means a definite victory over the X1, WW. |
True, if that is the case for the whole gen, PS4 will have it easily. But I think the MS marketing machine, as well as the games, services, etc will win over the NA market and in the end I think we will see similar results to last gen. Europe and Asia will be big challenges, though.
I think if MS starts their $300 subsidized model plan for the Xbox One at sometime in 2014 (or whenever console sales actually start to slow down after the hardcore are done buying the initial releases), that erases the only remaining advantage for Sony being their price. If they do some sort of subsidized plan world wide, it could be a major game changer, especially if it the console is bundled with multimedia packages for free or other types of plans (bundled as your set top box for cable companies or whatnot).
Going by pre-orders, I think the Xbox One will still catch up by quite a bit in time for launch, unless MS limits their pre-orders due to supply being reached. They've already sold out almost everywhere in store and only have some places to get it online, so unless MS has a much smaller supply available at launch, they will start off pretty much the same.
