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

[EricHiggin]

Intrinsic said:

EricHiggin said:

Question is does MS really care about the power crown or is that just to keep a portion of their user base happy? If they are losing less money on XBSS, and can sell a boat load of them anyway, then why not? As for the XBSX power narrative up until now, odds are MS probably felt that if they started out with XBSS, they would lose a bunch of the hardcore hardware fans to PS5 once it revealed. Showing up after with XBSX might seem like an afterthought or MS scrambling and damage controlling, which really wouldn't look good. I think they played it safe, though it still is a mess.

I think the real MS messaging here is actually gamepass. Even MS has said as much themselves. They aren't trying to sell consoles, they are trying to sell their service. That's why it seems like they are adopting an everything and the kitchen sink approach.

Sure, but to play Game Pass, you need a device. The more devices MS can offer, the better the chance someone will purchase a device, leading them to sub to Game Pass. For now anyway.

Even if MS didn't care that much about the hardcore spec gamers, they need them to help their ecosystem grow early on. Once the service grows large enough, they can forget about the highest most expensive performance products if they want to. Perhaps even all of them. Whether they will or not, we'll see. Though having a device or two of your own isn't exactly the worst idea because you can't always rely entirely on other companies products.