Can XB1 Catch Up With PS4 In The US?

[Pionner]

Errorist76 said:

Pionner said:
The PS4 could stop selling and it still wouldn't catch up in any reasonable time frame. By the time XB1 did catch PS4 if it achieved this task, PS5 would already been announced or released. Think about how much XB1 would have to outsell PS4 by every month. It could sell holiday 2014 numbers this year and the sales gap will still be over 2M come January 2018. Now think about how XB1 usually sells outside the holiday.

The generation is already won.

This was about the US only though.

I can even see it get close to overtaking it there, for a while around X1Xs launch. A lot of XBox fans, who were disappointed with the power and constantly getting necked for it, will replace their old X1s. I don’t think it will last though. There are just too many console sellers on the way for PS4.

Also there are already the first deals, like putting 4 old games in and sell it for the same price, as recently seen in the UK. I actually expect Sony to counter with a price drop on both consoles. MS will have to drop the 500 price soon, just like they did with the X1. It’s just too much of a distance to all the other consoles. 

My post was about the U.S.

I don't see what MS could do to shrink the gap far enough where it can be effective. They will have to put up insane numbers outside the holidays and PS4 would have to stay flat or be down YOY. A year where Sony is releasing a bunch of their exclusives.