does microsoft afford to release the Xbox after the PS5?

[Masked_Muchaco]

shikamaru317 said:

Masked_Muchaco said:

PS4 was both cheaper and more powerful than XB1, MS may have eliminated the price difference by removing the Kinect, but PS4 was still offering more power at the same price.

At first yes, but XB1 has been up to $50 cheaper than PS4 at multiple points throughout the generation and was still losing even when it was cheaper. 

By the time XB1 started to get cheaper, PS4 was already dominating the market, the damage was already done.

Also, you're wrong about the cheaper consoles usually selling better. Neither NES or SNES were cheaper than Sega's consoles, but they still dominated. N64 and GCN were actually $100 cheaper than PS1 and PS2 respectively, and they still got completely crushed. And what made the Wii "win" last gen was the motion controls, not just the price. So yes, price is indeed important, but it isn't the only thing that determines the sucess of a console.

Last edited by Masked_Muchaco - on 28 May 2018