| MrChaos said: Well Sony has no problem doing that and anyone who buys an X1 is not buying it over the PS4 as they most likely already have a PS4. MS is the one fighting an uphill battle.The money is lost from the cost of development and they will lose a lot and keep bleeding no matter how many units that put into homes.Look at the 360.Sold a lot,but made no profit.Also the people who buy it may not keep it or don't use it because they have a PS4.Why play games on X1 other than a few exclusives if the game is also on the PS4? |
Nah, it's likely that both MS and Sony have already reduced the BoM costs for both machines, and if I'm not mistaken, isuppli put the PS4's BoM at $381, and the XB1's at $471 (I'm not mistaken, I looked it up, hence the exact figures hehe). So, they were both profitable (albeit by a slim margin) from day 1. This gen was never a repeat of the PS3, where Sony was losing ~$241.35-$306.85 per machine sold, at launch. So, both companies can certainly afford to drop the prices a bit, esp. to entice consumers for the holiday rush.
