Which will prevail? Xbox Power or Playstation Speed?

[DonFerrari]

thismeintiel said:

victor83fernandes said:

Hahaha mate, go learn about tech before commenting, 400dollars? Did you even see the new SSD and audio chip? Those things are expensive, minimum of minum 450dollars if sony will take a loss, if they don't want a loss then 500dollars. Xbox will be minimum 550dollars, and that already a huge loss, it has vapor cooling, 12tf graphics, great processor, great ram, ssd, the module design, etc

How about we try not to be dickish?  No one said anything about them breaking even at $399.  Of course they would be taking a $50+ loss, but that is still something Sony would be fine with doing.

EricHiggin said:

(Lockhart - $299)
PS5 - $499
XBSX - $599

I can't see PS5 being any less than $449 with a sub, so I'd guess they stick with $499 and try and make Lockhart or last gen look extremely inferior. I think PS5 ends up 2:1 against both XB consoles. If by chance Lockhart doesn't show up, then 3:1 if not worse.

If both consoles end up $399 and $499 somehow, I will be stunned.

Well, we already know Japan gives them a 8M-9M advantage.  EU should go big in Sony's favor, as usual.  NA and the UK, I can see it being pretty damn close.  Unless the launch prices are something like $399 vs $599.  In that case, MS can brag about power all they want, it won't help them.  Of course, you also have the fact that Sony will still have games that you can't get anywhere else. 

As for realistic prices, I could definitely see Sony taking a $50-$100 hit to land at a $399 price point.  This will be a very important gen for them, and PS is one of the largest pillars for the company.  They need it to succeed.  Definitely can't see them going above $449.  MS, on the other hand, are going to sell this thing as close to cost as possible.  That's why I can see it going for anywhere from $499-$599, depending on how much it sctually costs to make.

Sony certainly plan on undercut MS on the higher spec consoles, that is the reason they didn't set the price. The cost is on refining calculation, the retail price already have the range they can tolerate, now they just want to be more certain of how much cheaper they can and will sell.