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Forums - Gaming - With Xbox One slim coming is PS4K a mistake?

vivster on 19 April 2016

Yeah, it's a fucking bad idea. After they release X1 slim it will suddenly sell more than PS4 and it will close the gap.

Seriously guys, have you even watched the past years of sales?



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Ariakon on 19 April 2016

Alkaline Said:

No he was not actually, Sony talked about this before the PS4 launched.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/29/ps4-will-not-last-10-years-says-sony-4206965/

 

That is from 2013. I am absolutely certain I've read articles from the same time period where Sony more directly talks about the idea of mid cycle hardware upgrades, but it's becoming hard to find them now that the Internet is flooded with ps4k posts.

@OP - it's too late for the Xbox. MS knows that. Why do you think they're shifting focus to PC?

 

Ariakon said:

I would be surprised if MS isn't following the exact same incremental system as Sony. Spencer was the one who kicked off this speculation of upgraded consoles, after all, and there are plenty of rumors that MS is looking into upgrading its hardware as well. Also, no chance they allow the Xbox One to be the 4th most powerful console on market (if the NX rumors are true), especially with a Playstation Neo that absolutely clobbers it in terms of performance. I actually expect MS to go even farther with their upgrades. 

 

Ah true, forgot about that, I was referring more to the recent round of rumors, but you're right that Sony did bring up the possibility first. Note that I'm primarily a Sony gamer (all I own is a ps4 this gen) but I still expect MS to upgrade their hardware as well. I actually think they're eager to get the Xbox One out of gamers' minds and plan to introduce Xbox more as a "platform" than a traditional console soon. That's why it wouldn't surprise me to see a number of upgrade paths/ configurations out of them. 



Porcupine_I on 19 April 2016

If the PS4K is a success, then the market will be flooded with cheap used PS4's from people who upgraded.

And since the people who upgrade will keep all their games, the people who buy these used consoles will have to get their own games.

Sounds like good business to me.



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Soundwave on 19 April 2016

MS is the one making a mistake if all they're releasing is a slim model of an already underpowered system.



Cubedramirez on 19 April 2016

If they release an XBone at sub 200 then all bets are off. Microsoft can start pushing their weight around buying exclusives to expand the game offerings. But if it's merely $250 and the Ps4k and NX are to be both significantly more powerful then it's a pretty bleak road ahead for the Xbone.