Did Sony make a mistake by be first to release an upgraded console.

[mjk45]

JRPGfan said:

mjk45 said:

 I feel that Sony would have been better served by keeping their powder dry and letting MS make the  first move , that way they could have controlled the power narrative that they held.

They had a 1 year advantage.

They will likely have a 100-150$ price advantage.

They went for a checkerboard technique, that ment they didnt need as much power = cheaper console.

It wont be as pretty a 4k picture as the Scorpio's, but for the avg consumer, both will be 4k box's and they ll be left looking at the price of the system.

 

Only time can tell ultimately but I personally dont think it was a mistake.

Sales will tell I guess, if a year or two from now we get numbers from sony/ms about the Pro & Scorpio.

I'm not talking about MS gaining  a win more about Sony had a power and price advantage now they will have the price even with that the gap in the US and that's where MS hangs it's hat  isn't  huge , people like us know it's not about the power but  to lesser informed gamers it can make a difference, these people are there we heard them during the 360 days talking about MS's advantage in multiplat's.

To finish it off I don't feel it was a big mistake  , really  it's not even so much about the sales  more about momentum so just a misstep .