The only article I found so far that describes what’s going on, without the biased-as-fuck bile game journalists write constantly.
First, I’ve never seen that many “just buy a PC” comments, everywhere. Everywhere. Computers got easier to deal with, consoles got more complex, today’s the line is oh so blurry.
I think the XB1 has a better value overall, out of the box and although the price is hefty I don’t think a hundred bucks less will change things that much. People who can afford the last gadget when it comes out have an extra hundred bucks to spend, trust me.
When price cuts will come, it will be all about games and more, and I don’t think small games -which are usually multiplatform- will sell a machine that all enthusiasts know as “better because Sony’s brand is better”.
We’ll see then.
I imagine though that this lower price from Sony and high cost of manufacturing -hello, three to four times more expensive GDDR5- will ruin their attempt to make a profit. And that’s not good for anyone -hello, pressure to ship games- but shows that Sony is ready to do anything to finally take off from Microsoft in terms of market share.
I’m not sure it will work. I expect both machines to have what they call “a slow start”.
Meanwhile, I have tons of games to play on my new laptop in L.A.