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theprof00 on 07 November 2013
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irstupid said:
Mensrea said:
Simple economics states that if two products do approximately the same thing, and the price of one is cheaper, the cheaper one will almost always win.

PS4 is going to have all the same multiplats,
They will look the same/marginally better
They will play on a controller that is roughly the same.

A wild card in this case is exclusives. Individual preference will bring over a few diehards to each side, but that is essentially a wash.

Kinect is a differentiating factor, but it probably alienates as many gamers as it brings in families, so I call that a non-factor.

What's left? Two online services that will be roughly the same, both featuring a subscription fee.

I fail to see any reason why Xbox One could win at this point besides lowering price to match PS4.

I would say that Kinect could be the biggest factor.

People on this site tend to forget that we are the minority.

All it takes is one media push talking about how great the Kinect is for say a dancing game or exercise game and you have millions of PARENTS jumping out to buy one.  Just look at Wii Fit, or when Wii first came out.  And these people wont' care about $500 price tag.  They drop $1,000 or more on exercise equipment they use for a week every couple years.

Then the xbox is in the house.  Any kids present in the house would then use that system versus spending $400+ on a PS4.  And as is usually the case with multiplats, Resolution, Bonus, ect mean jack shit.  It's all about what system your friends are playing on.  If all your friends have a Xbox One, you will get one.  Doesn't matter how many more polygons the ps4 has or if it dips less fps or whatever.  You will get a One for playing with your friends.  

Everyone single one of my friends owns a 360.  Maybe half own a PS3, and they didn't own one till later in gen, and most of them bought it for the blu ray, and not for games.  They still buy 360 games, cause their friends all play online for that system.  360 got them all cause their friends had it, not because it was "better" or anything like that.    Same reason everyone hats things like uplay or origin.  Sure you can bitch all you want about what is bad about htem, but the main reason is because they aren't steam.  You have all your friends on steam and games on steam, its annoying as hell to have to have another service.

I agree. Friends will buy what their other friends buy.
Also, I think kinect is a bigger factor than is being recognized. Kinect allows for all kinds of fitness games and people do buy systems to stem other costs (like you mentioned bowflex, etc). There really isn't another console that can deliver the same fitness games as xb1 can.