| nanzano said: The only thing I hate about this is that a 299 Price for the PS4Pro is now impossible. The scorpio had one year before it release, how was 399 not possible M$??? |
Even if $399 was possible, that's not really XB's style. After all the backlash on Kinect and $499, they still ran with that for long enough to grab the early adopters cash, then made changes. It would be very simple for them to do the same thing this time. All they would have to say is that sales weren't meeting expectations after the first few months, so we're dropping the price. Meanwhile they made $499 off of all the early adopters.
The most likely scenario is that it's really worth close to $499. The tech inside sounds old and out of date, but major engineering has gone into the console to make it as capable as it is. Plus hardware like vapour chambers and 4k BD players are not cheap. You also have to take into account, the more consoles they can sell, the cheaper each unit is. XB1X may only sell 1/5 of XB1S, so the cost can't be as low per unit. I think XB is being much more honest this time around.
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