Sony has already managed to cut the costs of PS4 hardware production

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Landguy said:

Baalzamon said:
Lower the price of PS4, substantially increase the userbase therefore getting significantly more game and accessory sales. It will result in better financials no doubt.

I agree with this.  THe difference is that both M$ and Nintendo could cut price too.  If they all drop price, it equals the faster adoption rate, but not always a bigger user base in the end.

The problem with XB1 cost cutting is...

- It's a larger device and shipping costs are inherently higher.

- It has a separate adaptor, which makes it even harder to cut costs.

- The original device, even without the Kinect, costs (slightly) more than PS4.

- The cost cutting will be less due to the huge esram onboard, which limits the manuveur.

- Kinect was a major source of profit (because it cost less than $100), which practically subsized the machine.

 

Overall, XB1 has MORE ROOM to cut costs, but given the initial design, it will ALWAYS COST MORE than PS4, which is just a more efficient and lower cost design with better performance.