So I went to Best Buy yesterday....

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bonzobanana said:
We are all losers if Sony dominates this generation. They will have no competition and prices will rise. Microsoft can easily drop the price if they feel the ps4 is getting too far ahead. From the VGchartz figures it appears the xbox one is doing good figures in the USA. Here in Europe the situation is more severe. Microsoft really need to drop the price considerably to compete. I guess for the moment though they are waiting to see how their new games perform.

There is likely an issue where more xbox one stock is in retail channels. It does seem demand for ps4 is far stronger than xbox one but then the ps4 is a technically stronger console at a lower price. All things considered Microsoft have done very well considering the price difference. I personally feel the xbox one price should be below that of the ps4 and wouldn't ever consider one at current pricing.

Good input, but not exactly the right perspective.

If Sony dominates, we will be better off THIS GENERATION for sure. Because PS4 is more powerful, and because PS4 is cheaper, and because Sony Policies are so much better, and because more people will simply buy the much better console, the society will be better off. In that case, some of the current and future XB1 exclusives may even come to PS4, which makes people even better off.

However, next generation, Sony feeling confident and cocky, we might be worse off without competition from another company with credible threat. Also in terms of price, if MS did not want to screw you, and really did want to win, they would drop the price. They know XB1 has LESS VALUE, they know XB1 has LESS POWER, they know KINECT is JUST A GIMMICK, but they still don't slash the price because they want to exploit people's loyalty or other forms of affilliation to the ecosystem.

Whether or not XB1 is really selling well, we will see it in 1 year time, when both consoles are realeased worldwide to the general audience and the supply issues are ironed out. I am very sure that PS4 will start to sell over 2-to-1 starting from Japan, possibly 3-to-1 just much later.