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

[aiwass]

Look at the Google Trends ratio, still overwhelmingly favored toward PS5, even after the Series S reveals, within the US. The lion's share of its market. I don't see the needle budging at all for PS5, it will do just as well as PS4 has, but the needle might move slightly ahead for Xbox given the low price and "All Access" stuff. Those are solid deals, but you're looking at an extremely uphill battle for Xbox after going an entire generation without doing much but making excuses and empty promises. Their credibility is more or less in the toilet.

The caveat there also being if Sony decides to throw out a Hail Mary and go for the juggular by actually reacting to and taking advantage of Microsoft's price reveals; there's a reason they waited it out and still haven't revealed to this day--there's probably internal discussing happening as to how they want to price this thing. Sony typically gets arrogant and doesn't react too much to the competition, but if they really wanted to bury Xbox, this would be the time to do it. Unlikely, but imagine if Sony quickly threw together an All Access program and made the prices equal or lower (disc-less $300 and main console $500 or cheaper), it would be game over. No question.

Last edited by aiwass - on 12 September 2020