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thismeintiel on 15 May 2014
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BenVTrigger said:
thismeintiel said:
So, PS4 increases the gap in the US by ~85K. What is the gap, now? Gotta be closing in on 500K, now. I'm guessing May will add another ~100K, thanks to Watch Dogs. Even with the price cut, I doubt MS will win June. Probably close the monthly gap, though. September will probably be 100K in the PS4's advantage, again, thanks to Destiny. So, what? We looking at maybe a 800K-1M gap by the end of the year? Wonder when the One is supposed to start closing the overall gap, and win the US, like many have predicted it would.


Honestly unless something major comes from Sony this holiday there is a real chance MS could win the holidays in the US.

They're dropping price, releasing Halo, Sunset Overdrive, and Forza Horizon 2. That's a hell of a line up and so far Sony's this year appears worse. The Order could be amazing and turn out to be the next Uncharted or The Last of Us but that remains to be seen.

MS is in a bad position right now, but I think the holidays will be closer than the race has been in the US. 

The prices are now the same (or will be in June), but the PS4 is still quite a bit more powerful, so you are getting more for your buck.  Something core gamers who are buying the systems now, and in the near future, will know.  You say Halo, but it's supposedly only Halo 2 Anniversary, not something huge, like Halo 5.  Sunset Overdrive is a new IP, and made by a studio who hasn't really proven itself since breaking away from Sony.  Forza Horizon didn't exactly sell gangbusters, or systems, for that matter.  Not saying Sony has anything extremely better (most of their releases announced are unproven new IPs, though some do look promising and are from devs who have proven themselves), but they do have the momentum.  And the word of mouth.  And the better multiplats.  Of course, Sony has many more 1st party studios we have yet to hear from.  I can see a few more titles coming this year from a few of them.  Or early next year, which people still keep in mind for their Xmas shopping.

Also, on the topic of price, I see a possible $349 Black Friday bundle for both, but I'm going to have to say that that will favor Sony more than MS, again having the better HW and multiplats for the same price.