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Arkaign on 19 September 2014
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BeElite said:
Arkaign said:
For anyone with hope for the XB1, I think it will come at the timing of the September NPD results being published.

Big moves will be made, because I doubt more than a handful of realists are prepared for the magnitude of their implications.

$399 with a game won't cut it. Hell, $399 with TWO games didn't do enough vs. $399 with zero games.

$299 or bust.


evan that wouldnt be enough.

They lack the 1st party titles to go 12 rounds with SCE and hardware power and VR are on PS4 side.  No to mention legit 90% of world wide marklets heavly favor PS4 and their importance has grown significantly while X1 strongest seem to top out if not slighly shrink.  


While I agree, I think there are several points to consider :

(1)- $299 is the magic sub-$300 number. Even without the other advantages PS4 enjoys (inertia, social media positivity, install base, consistently better multiplats, reputation for great 1st party diversity, etc), I think the US would sell a lot of XB1s IF $299 was up against $399 PS4.

(2)- The rest of the world, other than the UK to a moderate degree, IS lost to the XB1, so I believe global sales equity is impossible for the XB1 to ever achieve, even at $299/299 EU/29900 Yen, etc.

(3)- Sony would respond before long, the PS4 is cheaper to manufacture thanks to a more sane design, even without Kinect. The question would be : would they respond before the holidays were over?

(4)- The XB1 will definitely run aground in 2015 once more, as the early 2015 software lineup is pretty brutal, multiplats which will be better on PS4, then the Order, then Bloodborne. Ouch/ouch/ouch.

TLDR : I think $299 would help bring XB1 even in the US for Nov/Dec (not LTD, but rather monthly rates) if Sony didn't match their price. But either way it would be a phyrric victory of sorts, as it would quickly lose once more when Sony brought the pricing even.