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crissindahouse on 16 June 2016
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ABTR said:
crissindahouse said:

That's exactly what he said, that Scorpio is for the enthusiasts and not to sell a huge amount of units since most gamers are fine with less power but lower prices and those will buy the Xbox One S instead.

So, for the 10% or whatever who find power unbelievable important, there is the Scorpio and for the majority of gamers who look at the price, there is the XBO S. 

That is not so hard to understand. He doesn't try to sell the Scorpio to everyone since it is only meant for " a few" people. That's why Scorpio will be probably also expensive, they want to profit with it from day one or shortly after, this is not meant to gain a lot of market share but to increase profit and to make the enthusiasts more happy (those who always complain about the power)

They should still try to make Scorpio also useful for people who game in 1080p, I find that also stupid otherwise. 

10%? But ps4 is the most powerfull console and sell so far 40m, that no make sense that 90% of people is   ok with less power?

Besides the wii success is not because it was cheaper and less powerfull, it because was give new ways for playing games, that ufortunatly last 3 years, so much for that success

So MS that is already behind on sales, make the most powerfull console so far, and say ''nah it not going to sell, people don't care about power", i don't think so and i m sure they have the power to sel it 500$ they are despert and they play all or nothing

He didn't say that the most powerful console can't sell the most but that many people are fine with a weaker console and that power isn't the reason to win (just look at first Xbox vs. PS2). PS4 didn't sell 40m because it is the most powerful console but because it does get a lot of games especially also from Japan where XBO doesn't get all from and because MS fucked it up before release with their different  policies which they had to change then but that did harm them for the whole gen. 

Many people also buy a PS4 simply because the userbase is the biggest now and if you want to play some multilpayer with your friends, chance is high that you can play with most if you buy a PS4. That alone will help them to sell some million consoles.

If the PS4 would be only as strong as the XBO it would be still at 35m+. I have to see all those people who would own an XBO instead of a PS4 if PS4 wouldn't be stronger. 

Scorpio won't sell crazy amounts, I guess the XBO S will still sell more as Scorpio  (well, maybe not the first month after Scorpio releases) simply because of the huge price advantage, something it will have because of the cheaper architecture. 

That's what Spencer meant, a lot of people will look more at the price as at the stronger power which they will have to pay like 300 bucks more for. but those who care a lot about power can buy a Scorpio which won't be cheap but good for them.