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Dark_Feanor on 08 November 2013
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Torillian said:
Dark_Feanor said:
Torillian said:
Dark_Feanor said:
Anything less than 20% advantage for the PS4, that is the price difference, will be a statistical tie in the US.

There is many indication that Xbox One might overship the PS4 in key territores.


What?  Since when does the price difference come into affect when talking about statistics of sales?  If that were true wouldn't the PS3 be the highest selling console this gen since it got to 80m while being significantly more expensive than 360 and Wii?  

 

Since Adam Smith founded the basis of modern economics and the  supply/demand relation for prices. To be honest the price/demand ratio not aways is linear.

You could have a product that cost half of its competitor but have trice the demand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith

So you're saying that looking at "demand" alone PS4 would have to sell more than 20% to make up for the increased demand it should have solely from having a better price.  I can agree with that but then I guess you'd say that the demand for PS3 was over both the 360 and Wii when you account for those price differences.

Overall it seems like a silly way to think about it because we don't live in a world where the price is the same, and there's a reason the prices are different.  You aren't talking about the same product for a different price.

In the long run many other factors increased the demand for the PS3 over the 360 (BluRay, exclusives, free online, better penetration in Europe markets...). My point is that for the first few months, the PS4 and the Xbox One will be almost identical in both capabilities and features, the major difference to move demand is the price.

PS: For the USA alone, the lower price of the 360 shown that the relation is correct.