Well said.

Anyone outside MSpushing GP is ignoring one crucial detail. It only has value if you are only interested in MS published or partnered titles. Because those are the only games you get day one on the service. Outside that, any game that comes to the service would have been available for at least 1-3 years in the one market. 

And there lies the issue. Its great and all having lots of games to play, but how many of those games did you care enough for to actually buy when they were available? And if you wanted them that much, chances have you already bought them. Eg. two of the biggest star out games coming to GP in September this year are Resident evil 7 and Destiny 2. Resident Evil 7 has been $20 on the PS store since November last year and Destiny 2 is FREE on the PS store.

Until GP can get games like those on its service on day 1, then the service will never amount to much, even when it has a library that is 500 games strong. Cause by then,I am sure on the PS tore you would see game bundles (4-10 games strong) available for as little as $10 or something like that. And even if sony adopted the same strategy, it too would amount to nothing much since it won't be able to get those their party games on it on day 1.

This is like MS has BC thing all over again, people don't buy new consoles to play old games. I'll say it again if MS comes and announces GTA6 will be exclusive to GP for one year? then be released on the PS5 and PC? Sony might as well just stop making consoles.

Parents can't tell the difference between Transformers and Transmorphers?

Yes, they do. The PS5's only advantage is its faster SSD and that's something that most likely won't result in more than slightly shorter loading times in the majority of games. On the other hand, the XSX has the raw power advantage which will commonly result in more stable framerates and resolutions. Third parties will likely try to get a stable framerate on the PS5 with the compromise of a dynamic resolution, so the obligatory Digital Foundry comparisons will point out time and time again that the XSX version of a game has the better eyecandy. It won't be a big difference, but you know that every pixel counts in such discussions.

What the XSX has going for it can be easily used by third parties whereas the PS5's advantage will be first and foremost reserved for Sony's first party output. There's usually more time spent on playing a game than waiting for it to load, so it's safe to assume that most people will be willing to sacrifice a few seconds in favor of better performance. That is, in the USA and the UK.

I don't know how it works for you, or how you think these things typically go. But if kids are pestering their parents for something, the parent doesn't go and buy something else that the kid didn't ask for because "it's cheaper".

Furthermore, that market you are talking about doesn't even come into effect this year. The launch is seldom ever driven by parents wanting to get a new console for their kids. Its usually driven by the loyalist. The people in the know enough to have pre-ordered months in advance or go and stay in line days in advance. To be tracking multiple sites daily to see which has stock...etc.

Soccer moms and dads get in next year. If they get in this year, they would account for less than 5-15% of all sales.

I'm all about honesty and truth and fairness, so while I'm totally on team Sony here...when Xbox was cheaper than PS3, it was regularly selling a tonne more; it wasn't until Sony went down to I think 299 that they really kicked up a storm. that plus all the exclusives they were getting around that time. but yeah, THAT much of a difference (Especially when coupled with all the other problems PS3 had) was certainly a factor. 

Again, while you and I appear to agree in most ways, I have to say...this statement is so, SO wrong. Yes, parents DO buy cheaper things all the time. It's a well-known issue, one I dealt with many times myself and I know others have as well. To be fair, on the opposite side, parents today are the grown up versions of the kids that got this treatment so maybe they're better equipped? I dunno. 

all I know is that this IS a real issue, it DOES happen, and it'd be disingenuous to disregard that reality. 

This reminds me of seven years ago when people found it hard to believe that the PS4 could beat the XB1 in the USA, because the 360 outsold the PS3 by more than 15m units.

It's no surprise that Microsoft couldn't beat Sony during the past seven years because that's the timeframe of a generation where Microsoft had a garbage console. Microsoft messed up tremendously, but in the end the XB1 will be less than 10m behind the PS4 in the USA. That should tell you that Americans like to buy Xbox. So if the XSX|S happens to be the better console and the better deal, what's going to happen in the country that likes to shout "America first"?  They'll prefer the American box for sure. Not by as big of a margin as the 360 over the PS3 because Sony won't mess up with the PS5 like they did with the PS3, but Microsoft will be ahead nonetheless.

Well shit.

Actually not exactly right.

When you align from release PS3 was always ahead of X360 even with 200 price difference. Even if you consider calendar years PS3 outsold X360 all but one year. Only when you take cumulative without aligning that X360 was ahead until almost the end.