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thismeintiel on 06 April 2017
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Pemalite said:
thismeintiel said:
I'm going to say no. I'm sure Xbox fans will be happy, but for the mainstream, I doubt the advantage it has over the Pro is going to warrant the $100-$150 price difference. Hell, if MS actually prices this at $499, like many expect, and Sony still decide to go super aggressive and drop the Pro to $299, that's a $200 difference.

If Price is your argument. Please keep in mind that the Xbox One S is going to still be on the market which will be the more low-budget Xbox One console.

Microsoft has stated they fully expect the regular Xbox One to have better sales than Scorpio. And with how the Pro has sold against the regular Playstation 4, that's also a realistic expectation.

With that, Scorpio is a Halo product, it doesn't need to sell up-teenth millions of hardware units to be successfull, it just needs to bring attention to the Xbox Platform as a whole.

thismeintiel said:
  That's not even mentioning the beastly PS5 we'll start hearing about sometime next year.

That's provided this console generation doesn't end up extended. The technology isn't going to exist for a few more years yet for a true next-gen to kick off anyway.

Plus Sony is less inclined to start a new console generation when they are selling at such an impressive rate.

Of course the S is going to sell better.  No one is debating that.  My point is that the Scorpio will be competing with the Pro, not the OG PS4.  I don't think many people are that interested in a mid-gen upgrade.  But, those that are would most likely chose a Pro if there is a $100-$150 difference and the first one is just $299.  If the difference is larger, then forget about it.

Also, the Scorpio isn't going to do anything for their brand if it's bought by the same Halo fans that already bought the XBO for Halo, while pricing themselves out of most gamer's price range.  Doesn't help that Halo games will be playable on a PC, either.  And yes, it doesn't need to match the XBO sales, but it does need to sell several million to be a success.  Otherwise, they just wasted a bunch of money on R&D and production for little in return.

Simple answer for your second quote: PS2.  Best selling console and Sony was going to launch its successor just 5 years after its launch.  Only thing that stopped them was hitting a snag on the PS3 development, so it came out 6 years after.  Which would be the exact age the PS4 would be if the PS5 launches in 2019.  Just because the new console is out, doesn't mean sales for the much cheaper previous console dies.