Microsoft: Xbox Scorpio's power advantage over PS4 Pro 'will be obvious'

[thismeintiel]

barneystinson69 said:

thismeintiel said:

I have already quite clearly said what I thought it would be priced at, $499.  So, let's not be disingenuous to try and act like you have a point.  There's a reason MS talked about the price of the GPU, to brace people for a higher price.  They are going to ask for a higher price over the PS4 Pro, using the 4K Bluray and ~1.8 Tflops increase as justifications for said price.  Of course, that's not going to help when the Pro will most likely be $150 cheaper than it by the time it finally launches.

Well your statement certainly didn't make it sound like that. "MS is already trying to prep everyone for a higher price with that talk about the GPU alone costing the same as the launch PS3". You're the making it sound like this is going to be a $600-$700 console. And do you honestly believe that a 1.5Tflop boost will cost $150 more like you just stated? The fact stands that Microsoft has said the console will be 6Tflops. Even if those specs were increased, do you honestly believe Microsoft would launch $150 more expensive than the PS Pro? I will bet you that if Microsoft keeps its current specs of 6tflops, it'll launch at no more than $399.

There's only one reason for them to make that statement.  Unless their reason was to signal to investors, "Hey, we're going to take a big loss on this system so we can launch at $399, anyway."  No, they want the Scorpio to seem like an expensive product, so asking $499 seems in line with expectations.