Scientificreason said:
Imaginedvl said:
What signal are you talking about? The PS4 is selling more so they are doing some adjustment, simple as that.
And from where this 1% is coming? You are making a LOT of assumptions here, one them being that Microsoft is in trouble with the Xbox One and that success can only be to beat the PS4...
Anything they do to increase their marketshare is a good move (of course you can also assume that they are stupid and have no idea about what they are doing) but the past 6 months after the initial fiasco (mainly because it was priced 100$ more than the PS4) has been nothing but improvments from Microsoft.
And yes, I do believe that the only reason the PS4 is far ahead is because of the price. You can bring the DRM stuff in the discussion or Kinect or the console being less powerful than the other one. But the reality is the main consumers does NOT care about this. Only forums freaks and hard core gamers. Now for Mr. everybody who goes to Walmart and needs to buy a new console, both are branded as "next gen console" than can run new games plus some awesome exclusives; that's it. But then, Mr. everybody will look at the price... And guess what? One of the two very similar next gen console is 100$ less than the other... Boom.
So yah, cutting the price is a smart move before the holidays. I'm not saying it is going to completly reverse the situation but it will definitly help them to gain more than 1% of marketshare in the USA. Sadly, Europe is another story.
Finally Microsoft may be rich but it is not that simple. Shareholders wants to see results and they are looking at very basic formulas.
And so far, looking at the results, Microsoft is doing very fine. And the negatives seems to be very well aligned with the postives looking at the last Q numbers :)
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If the main reason was price the ps4 would not be still outselling x1 despite being the same price, last few months x1 has been cheaper. There is a lot more to it then price. Ps3 outsold 360 despite being more expensive ww. It is never as simple as price. If price was it wiiu would be doing gang busters.
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To the general consumers both consoles are effectively branded as the same machine with some differences and both capable of running next gen games and exclusives. Branded as "next generation console" is the keyword here. So no, the WiiU is not part of the equation, cheaper or not, it is in a different category for the general consumer who wants to buy this "next gen experience" console.
The initial rush gave a huge lead to the PS4 and obviously it is hard to come back now that one is leading like that (esp. in Europe) (friends are buying the same console to play with their friends, etc) and if the Xbox One is now cheaper it is still a though choice to go with it when everybody else got a PS4.
Maybe not "as simple" as the price but mainly because of that. You know, E3 before the launch actually proved me right :) I remember (and you can look up videos and article) people becoming completly crazy during Sony's conference and saying right away Sony won at "one" exact moment... When they announced the price. And they were actually right. Price was everything and it give the PS4 a huge lead very hard to come by now for Microsoft.
But with the price cut Microsoft is definitly on the right track (maybe a bit late) but still on the right track (for NA at least). For Europe... I do not know, the PS4 lead is big there so maybe it is too late...
