Fei-Hung on 15 September 2016
| Machiavellian said: MS will probably respond to the price of the PS4 Pro. If MS was on top in market share then I can see the Scorpio coming in around 499+ but with the Pro, MS probably will come in at 449. The reason is because MS is not the leader and they are looking to gain as much market share as possible. They probably will take a hit, still market the Scorpio as premium, reduce the price of the X1s to 249 and go from there. Personally I am wondering what partners MS will use for their VR solution since they continue to say the console was made for that market. |
I don't think they can that easily try to match price without taking a bit. You have to remember MS have very likely signed a contract with AMD to buy a certain processor and GPU that they can't back out from unless they are willing to pay a penalty.
They have already stated clearly what the bandwidth will be which they can't go back on either meaning there is no cost saving to be made there.
The only way MS can compete on price will be through incurring heavy losses which isn't something they will be willing to do.
They have been very clear when stating the Scorpio will be a premium system with a premium price tag.
