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Intrinsic said:
I keep hering this digital only version like taking out the disc drive somehow saves a lot of money. A 500Gb HDD costs them around $23, the bluray drive costs them around $25. Taking out the disc drive does not equate justifying a $50 price drop or rather, a sku that is $50 cheaper. Selling ata loss is not gonna be a problem for MS as long as that loss is not more than $150. They would make that $150 right back from royalties from 10 thrid party games. A lot less if 2 or 3 of those games are Ms first part and lets not forget XBL subscriptions. Funny thing is, both sony and MS are in a position to slash off $150 from the consoles MSRP and go unscaved. There rae just too many ways to make that money back. Right now, MS has much bigger problems against the PS4 besides "price". The tables have truly changed. The PS4 is arguably better than the XB1 on every conceiveable metric. Even the one area where MS always dominated which is their subscriptions service. MS has to first destroy that image or impression of the PS4 being the "better console" before it starts thinking about a price war. Or not people would just ignore it as being that cheap cause its inferior. |
A disc less version works in MS' favor though, better revenues through digital game purchases. So without a hdd they can easily recoup a bigger price cut than the savings. I wouldn't be surprised of a disc less xbox one slim you can rent to own with a 4 year xbox live contract.
And sure they can slash of $150 dollars and recoup that in royalties and subscriptions, but they also still have to make back the r&d that went into making the systems and the online infrastructure.
Agreed that the real problem is the perception that ps4 is the better console to have. Very hard to change the momentum the ps4 has build up.
