The thing is.... Playstation does a PS6 thats 600$ (half cost of this premium price console), and its sold at 100-150$ loss at start.
That puts you at a 750$ unit vs a 1200$.
So lets say PS6 is 2/3rds of this premium console, in terms hardware power.
However it costs half of what the Xbox premium console does.
Will the avg. joe, care?
Will people pay twice the amount (for the console), for that last 1/3rd of performance?
That has to be a very niche market.... I'm thinking, if you go that route, you end up in the 10-15m range sold, of xbox premiums for its entire lifetime sales.
OdinHades said:
I don't see a reason why they should bother to make another Xbox at all. It kinda doesn't fit into their strategy anymore. They should just give out an "Xbox" Logo to PC manufacturers so you can get yourself Xbox Laptops, Desktops, Handhelds and whatever.
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Honestly makes much more sense than selling a 1200$ premium only console.
eddy7eddy said:
What if they have the Cheapest and Strongest Consoles at lauch? Kind of the next gen for Series S and a Series X Pro. And Please Microsoft, give them a "good" name at least.
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The price difference would need to be noticeable for it to have a effect.
So like Imagine future console, like a PS6 is 600$. Sony eat 100-150$ loss on each unit sale.
Xbox would then (to do what you want) need to sell something more powerfull than a PS6 (which means higher production costs, so lets say it costs like 800$).
If xbox were to sell it cheaper than the PS6 at 600$.... lets say 100$ less? so at 500$.
That would mean xbox would need to eat, like 300$ loss on each unit of hardware sold.
That would grow their user base on xbox consoles.
So instead of selling 30-40m.... they might go back to like 60m.
The cost would be 60million units sold x 300$ loss on each unit = $18,000,000,000. ($18bn losses on hardware)
They would need to sell a lot of software to recoup that amount.
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