If Xbox Series S is 100$ cheaper than PS5 All-Digital, does Xbox have a legitimate chance of outselling PS5 this gen?

[EricHiggin]

DonFerrari said:

EricHiggin said:

If there's a $100 gap between PS5 DE and XBSS, I'd guess XB should be able to put themselves back in 360 sales territory, if they can bring the games. This was about the only choice they had anyway. If they tried to go toe to toe with PS5 and compete as directly as possible, very little would have changed from this gen.

The next move would be to eventually slim down the XBSX and make it all digital, while introducing a new top tier model (with an optical drive again). Get the all digital crowd to not only upgrade, but remain all digital.

So you want MS to nuke their own console saying PS5 is pointless make Series X even less worth since it will be even more expensive for lower increment.

No, not pointless. MS just needs to make it clear, that XBSX, and anything near it's performance range, is an extremely useful product when used for what's it's made for, 4k, but is mostly overkill otherwise.

That way, anyone who doesn't or won't have 4k for some time, may very well just save the money and buy an XBSS, since it's the only 1080p option if they want a next gen capable console. That way MS saves money by selling the cheaper console, get's them into the XB ecosystem, Game Pass or whatever, and can later up sell them on an XBSX (slim/all digital).

The only thing MS has to worry about then, is anyone who won't care about next gen and will just buy a PS4 or Pro instead to save even more money. They could hope they will buy an XB1S, but based on it's sales as of late, that's not very many people.