Can Titanfall be THE GAME That Pushes Xbox One Above PS4 in America?

[Jereel Hunter]

Hiku said:

deskpro2k3 said:
The superior version of Titanfall will most likely be on PC.

^This

Kyuu said:
People keep mentioning price cut as a potential Xbox advantage. Why are you assuming Sony can't respond with a price cut of their own?

Unless Microsoft pulls another 180 by ditching Kinect, price cut will never be an advantage for them.

^And this.

If there's one thing Sony obviously learned from their mistakes of the PS3 launch, it was the price of the console.
They now have a technically more powerful console than Microsofts, and at a lower price. Who's to say they are willing to let go of this advantage if Microsoft cut the price of their machine? Sony may very well follow suit.

As for Titanfall, plenty of people will no doubt go for the PC version. Not just because it may be the best version, but also because they already own a PC, etc. When it comes to the long term, I'm not sure if Microsoft will still own the console exclusive rights to it. From the sound of it, it may be a time exclusive deal.

In conclusion, I think Titanfall will certainly boost Xbox One's sales. But whether it'll outsell PS4 or not I can't really say.

It's unlikely that Sony would follow suit on a price cut if they didnt' HAVE to. The reason MS has room to make a price cut is because MS has money. Loads of it. Every division prints money. MS makes more profit, per quarter, than Sony, as an entire company, has made in the last 10 years. If they sell their next 8 million units for $100 less, their profit margin for the year goes from $27 Billion to $26.2 Billion.  To even match half that price cut on an equal number of units, sony stands to risk going from in the black for the year (not something they even do consistently) to in the red.