Will MS's pricecut give them a November or December win in the US?

[hunter_alien]

Aphelion said:

hunter_alien said:

Seece said:

Normchacho said:
I'm going to keep saying this, price isn't the issue the Xbox One has had. $350 for something people don't want is still a worse deal than $400 for something people do want.

Except people do want XB1, if you look outside Destiny month, the ratios were not staggeringly far apart.

For a lot of people on the fence, a $50 price advantage and free game is enough to sway them.

Agreed. But at this point every signs shows us that the demand for the PS4 is far bigger, and it even outmatches the X1 demand in the US.

MS is playing agressive this Q4 and they have a genuine chance of winning both November and December. If that is the case and the fall will be managable in January, MS might have a fighting chance left in the US.

On the other hand, if Sony wins this Q4 by a large margin in the US, massive hits like Halo 5 and Gears 4 are way to far off, for MS be able to turn the tide. If the trend continues, by next year both in the US and especially on a global scale, the PS4 will become the de-facto console of this generation.

And people taught that this gen will be boring console war wise

It is already that, its been that since both launched.  There is no turning public perception about PS4/X1 so and trend turning is just not going to happen.  

Globally its a done deal, I agree, but MS might still pull ahead (albeit Im not expecting 7th gen lead or anything) in the US, or the very least have a large chunk of the market.