Yeh I honestly think that a couple of posters on this site have an unhealthy obsession with MS/ Xbox and become particularly overactive whenever there is a sign of it performing well. e.g. as in the case of One X which has considerably outperformed the lower speced Pro.I believe that the XOneX has attracted some healthy fanfare and media interest (just check out YouTube these days) and will likely reinvigorate the xbox somewhat moving forward, - and especially if thay can provide price cuts to the X in 12 months time or so which will ensure some healthy level of sales moving forward.  On the other hand, the Pro unfortunately is considered to much the same in terms of power as the PS4 Slim. MS have made a great decision with the X, -and moving forward costs can be reduced with this very powerful hardware.

Or maybe some have a unhealthy obsession defending the Xbox?  It cuts both ways, you know.  I mean you get the same 3-4 posters defending the Xbox at all costs, regardless of how sound the argument is against them.

Anyway, the way I see it, MS has played it poorly.  For one, they really have nothing to push the X.  Sure, for the first year, 3rd party devs may push it a little more than the Pro, but how long will that last if sales plummet?  After then, we may see only the slightest of upgrades over the Pro.  But, that won't even really matter, as Sony will be putting out their own great lineup in '18 and '19 to show what the Pro can do.  Or the base PS4, for that matter.  It just seems like bad foresight to launch HW but promise really nothing in the future to push it. 

But, more importantly, they launched it late.  Sure, that allowed them to be more powerful, but is that really going to help them in the long run?  Some time in '18 we are going to start hearing rumblings of a PS5 that will, more than likely, blow the X out of the water.  We may even get an announcement of the PS5 in '19.  That will leave MS in the same situation they found themselves in this gen, scrambling things together to have an answer to the PS.  Are they going to do what they have done the past 2 gens and just abandon their last HW shortly after next gen starts.  Wouldn't surprise me. 

As far as price goes.  It's not going to do them much good if they get it down to $349-$399 in 2019, if Sony announces the PS5 at...$399.  At that point, you might as well just stick a fork in the X, it's done.  With no real exclusives pushing it.  No longer having the power argument.  And not even a real price advantage.

So you honestly think the XBOX One X is going to be priced the same as the new PS5 by the time it comes out. I don't think so. Also PS5 won't be around for at least a couple of years which is enough of a timeframe for the One x to come down in price. 

Well, $349 =/= $399.  I think best case scenario is the X will be $299 in '19, either permanently or for Black Friday.