alabtrosMyster on 11 March 2014
The speed of the memory of each system was picked in order to more or less properly feed the GPU each is equipped with (for the xb1 it has a 32MB buffer of some sort to speed up the comparatively anemic DDR3)... so the faster memory subsystem is only there because this is what the PS4 needs in order for the GPU it has to be fed with data properly.
Add to this that the slower machine is much more expensive, especially if you plan on using other features beyond gaming (media apps, web browsing, etc. everything is behind a paywall).
To the buyer the xb1 is worth 300 - 350$ at most, that would be a fair price for it.
