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DeadBigfoot21 said:
Aura7541 said:
Considering that Sony has already reduced manufacturing costs on the PS4, the X1 has an unfavorable chance at taking the lead. Whatever price cut MS makes in the future, Sony can easily respond with theirs. Overall, this all boils down to whether the X1 can deliver on software. However, much of Sony's 1st parties haven't released or even revealed their upcoming games which makes the software battle very difficult for MS to win at.


All 3 pretty much have reduced hardware costs by now so don't think its just Sony. Microsoft has a better chance of a price cut since it does have a lower end GPU and ram. 

If that was the case, then we wouldn't have seen the standalone Xbox One and the PS4 priced identically. And MS can't just cut the price now because it just unbundled the Kinect and a lot of consumers will be pissed. By the time MS will be able to cut the price in a reasonable fashion, Sony can easily do the same. Also, the X1's motherboard is trickier to make than the PS4's despite using cheaper parts because of the esRAM being integrated into the APU. The PS4's APU is just straightout CPU and GPU in one die.