Are Xbox One buyers REALLY paying $100 more for weaker hardware?

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d21lewis said:

Because I just watched an unboxing on Youtube.  Now, at this point, nobody can deny that the PS4 is more powerful when it comes to running games.  Maybe Xbox One developers will close the gap.  Maybe PS4 developers will widen the gap.  Who can say?  Witches?  Genies?  Unicorns?  Anyway, it's the common argument that Xbox One owners are paying more for weaker hardware.  The thing can't even run most games at 1080p!  But when you look at what comes in the box, the $100 difference is kinda justified.

• The Xbox is a BIG console.  You probably get like $20 more in the extra plastic and power brick alone.  Sony gives you some generic power cord.
• You get a REAL headset.  The PS4 came with some flimsy wire with an ear bud on the end. 
• The Xbox One comes with the new Kinect.  Hate it or love it, the original Kinect cost like $150. 
• The Xbox One has apps that the PS4 doesn't, yet. 
• The Xbox One has an IR blaster that can control your TV and stuff right out of the box  (The Wii U controller can control your TV, too.  Just saying.).  The PS4 can't.
• The Xbox One has that HDMI IN that pretty much gives you an extra HDMI port for your TV AND lets you integrate functions into your console.
• The PS4 doesn't come with a free month of PS Plus (even the PS3 I got on Black Friday came with that!) but it does come with a $10 PSN voucher. 

Now, there may be more that the Xbox One has that the PS4 doesn't.  I don't know.  I only own the PS4.  With that said, I guess it all depends on your priorities if the extra $100 is worth it or not.  From my point of view, if the PS4 earned its $399 price tag then the Xbox One earned its $499 price tag.  Xbox One owners aren't paying more for weaker hardware.  They're paying more for more.

 

Your thoughts?

lol @ you get $20 worth more plastic.  You need to subtract value for that .

OK, if you want the kinect and think it's worth $150 (because of all the killer Kinect games!) then it's a good deal, but if you don't then it's not worth that money.  And how much value should we take off for the slower GPU and RAM?  I think at least $50 to $100 lower value .