Amazon US January monthly bestsellers and general amazon based discussions

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Roronaa_chan said:

GribbleGrunger said:

So ... where does this thread put the 'the price is what sold the PS4' argument? Doesn't this prove it was never just the price?

That argument already fell when the PS4 sold better with price parity.

I think most reasonably analytical Xb one fans soon recognised that the general market perception is PS4 is a better quality machine, therefore it justifies a higher price than Xb one. So PS4 is not selling better on price alone. But I think they believed (and so did I) that in the USA Xb one would sell beter than PS4 through the year with a $50 price advantage. Perhaps it actually needs a $75 price advantage. There will be a price advantage at which Xb one will sell better than PS4 in the USA. Question is whether MS is willing to go down to that price.

I think MS knows that the price advantage at which Xb one would sell better than PS4 around the rest of the world is so low that there is no point in even trying to play the price game. The price for Xb one in other markets will come down in line with falling costs.