Microsoft prepared to lower Xbox One price in 2014, says analyst
However, following last night's announcement that Microsoft has abandoned its controversial DRM policies for the console, the analyst said he expects Xbox One to sell as many units as PS4, despite its higher price point due to the inclusion of Kinect.
"Microsoft intends to offer a more robust hardware bundle than Sony will offer, and Microsoft is convinced that consumers will ultimately appreciate the value proposition presented by Kinect," Pachter said in a research note.
"Microsoft has not done a particularly good job of communicating the value proposition to consumers, but today's announcement will remove an impediment to the company's ability to get its message across. We are confident that with six months of focused messaging, Microsoft can fully level the playing field with Sony, and we expect the Xbox One to sell as many units as the PS4. If we are wrong, we think that Microsoft is prepared to lower price next year."
Edward Woo, senior research analyst at Ascendiant Capital Markets, told Edge he expects both consoles to sell two million units in 2013, but he also forecast ten million PS4 sales in 2014 compared to just five million Xbox One sales next year.
"I think the consoles are very similar so the $100 price difference will now be very important," he said. "Microsoft will have to explain why the $100 is worth the price. I don't know if they will be successful, though they do seem to have a slight edge with more exclusive software right now."
Woo said of Microsoft's DRM policy reversal: "While this levels things more, I still think Sony, with the $100 price advantage and goodwill from the Microsoft mess, still has the upper hand."
Piers Harding-Rolls, IHS Screen Digest's senior principal analyst and head of games, also told Edge: "We believe price will be the biggest differentiating feature and have slightly adjusted down our Xbox One sales expectation for continental Europe at launch, based on the €100 gap in pricing."
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MattRyanPosted:
Microsoft has finally caved completely, I guess that's a good thing for those buying the console.
RemeAmazePosted:
THE-DEL-BOY-TROTTERroekzorspig Ps4 is better in every aspect, why bother microsoft.
You don't know that at all. First of all, the PSN on PS3 was godawful. Secondly, you are going to trust them to build a new console with a 'new' network? Atleast microsoft has a good track record going for them.
mate i own a 260 and how can you say microsoft has a good track record when the 360 was released in 2006 thier was alot of things wrong with the console, the biggest was that they made the dvd drive too big the that the heatsinks whern't able to handle the heat coming from the console which caused the console to get RROD and it took them 5 years to come up with a suitable console (360 slim) ton fix this problem properly so how can you say "Atleast microsoft has a good track record going for them."
Im pretty sure he was on about the network not the console itself and you seem to have zero knowledge of that anyway, leave. "They made the dvd drive too big" are you having a giggle ? Obviously it couldnt have been smaller due to the size of every dvd and it was clearly the location of the components as well as the fact that the chips were in comparison 2x the size to what they are now xenon - 90nm, Slims - 45nm.
THE-DEL-BOY-TROTTERPosted:
roekzorspig Ps4 is better in every aspect, why bother microsoft.
You don't know that at all. First of all, the PSN on PS3 was godawful. Secondly, you are going to trust them to build a new console with a 'new' network? Atleast microsoft has a good track record going for them.
mate i own a 260 and how can you say microsoft has a good track record when the 360 was released in 2006 thier was alot of things wrong with the console, the biggest was that they made the dvd drive too big the that the heatsinks whern't able to handle the heat coming from the console which caused the console to get RROD and it took them 5 years to come up with a suitable console (360 slim) ton fix this problem properly so how can you say "Atleast microsoft has a good track record going for them."
jesse157532Posted:
Leap They better. I don't have $500.00 just laying around. -.-
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