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EricHiggin on 06 December 2016
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Solid-Stark said:
EricHiggin said:

XB1 sold for $499, and with all the negativity towards the brand before and after the launch, it still sold quite well, just not PS4 record breaking well. Once MS came clean about "flipping the switch" things got even better for them. The XB1S strong sales numbers just add to this.

If XB1 was able to do as well as it has, with all the mistakes MS made early on, and all the wrongs they've righted since, just imagine what they could do when they finally are able to fix the hardware issue...

A $499 native 4k console will make XB1 sales look like an absolute joke. It still won't sell like PS4 did, but will be respectable. This of course depends on whether or not PS decides to pull a MS and announce PS5 early and ruin the Scorpio party. PS won't risk Xmas 2017 PS4 and Pro sales though, so 2018 news at the earliest, maybe.

I didn't say anything on whether Xbox has sold well or not, or if Scorpio will sell well or not.

The maket has shown resistance to adopting consoles priced $499 or higher, regardless of features or capabilities. The OneS has shown moderate success, and it owes a lot of it to it's price point.  

I was agreeing with you, I just explained why thats all.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.