mjk45 said:
Using that thinking you could simply go for the PS4 , by waiting they could have cut any impetus that the scorpio gains right from under it , and the scorpio is really about stopping sony from gaining more ground in the US , anything more is a bonus. |
To begin with, rememebr that the PS4 has basically outsold the XB1 by around 2:1 globally. By novmber this year that could very well look like 65M to 33M in favor of the PS4. At this point, there is absolutely nothing sony has to worry about when it comes to MS as far as this generation is concerned.
Then now consider teh price. Make no mistake, Cheaper will always sell more than whatever it is that is more expensive. There is a consumer that fits into all the price brackets. And the lower the price ladder you go the more consumers you will see there. So basically, the best selling consoles will always be the $200 PS4/XB1s (assuming they could be as low as that this fall). Then follwed by a $299/$350 PS4pro and then the $399/$499 scorpio.
So sony is going to sell more $200 consoles. Then in the premium segment, MS will be up against a console that could cost anywhere between $50 to $150 less than its own offering.
Fnally and thisis the real kicker...... by january 2018 when sony announces they have sold through 70M consoles worldwide and yet again MS remains quiet on its global sales; no one would care how well or how powerful the scorpio is.
So no, sony shouldn't have waited. They didn't need to come first or a year sooner.... but doing so wouldn't affect them in anyway. I mean for all the omemtum MS supposedly had after the launch of teh XB1s, look at whats happened this year so far.
