| thismeintiel said: If MS was smart they'd skip the mid-gen update and wait a year and release the XB2. Sure, the PS5 would probably be out the following year and outdo it in specs, but it won't be as much as the PS5 will outdo the Scorpio. I still think the PS5 would crush them in sales with a XB2, since Sony isn't going to repeat the mistakes of the PS3 anytime soon, but at least MS would have some time advantage to work with. As it is, it seems they are resting all hope on a more powerful mid-gen upgrade that's coming a year too late and is going to be $100 more than the successful Pro once it gets its price cut. Hell, it might be $150 more expensive is it's $449 and Sony goes aggressive in Sept and cuts the price to $299. |
When you are losing as much market share as MS you do not dictate when the next gen start. In other words, you leave developers in a situation where your next gen system doesn't even get exploited because it still will be playing games from the PS4. Next Gen starts when Sony starts and MS can make sure they are ready to launch when Sony is ready to launch with the PS5. The thing is Sony is in no hurry to bring up their PS5 and they should not be. There ceiling on the PS4 hardware hasn't even come close to hitting and nothing MS does between now and when they are ready in the next 4 years will change that narrative.
Its better for MS to prepare for the long game as they are doing. MS isn’t putting all their eggs in the Scorpio since they already know it will be a niche seller in the beginning. Instead the Scorpio will be the base system when Sony and MS are ready to bring their next iteration of their consoles. When that happens the Scorpio will be the same price as the PS4 pro but will have a huge performance boost over it. It probably would be able to play whatever next gen titles that come out for the new Xbox and still be a viable device.
As for Sony cutting the price of any of its products, why would they. They are still selling bucket loads and will continue to sell bucket loads when the Scorpio is released. Sony doesn’t need to bleed any money this gen to keep their marketshare and they really do not want to go into a price war with MS as it will net them nothing but red.
