I hope it's Sony, since that's the console I want to buy, but Microsoft launching first makes sense with them revealing the price first.
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Who will announce price first, Sony or Microsoft?
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Journalists in the know will get bored, someone like Jason Schreier will leak the price of the PS5. Microsoft will then announce their prices, which undercut the PS5's leaked prices by $50. Sony will then announce their actual prices which will either match Microsoft or undercut by $50.
Voted PS5. Have to say the level of discourse in ascribing human emotions to these marketing plans is pretty cringe. The companies have marketing strategies and aren't arrogant, scared or confident or lacking confidence because they aren't following whatever head cannon of a strategy you have devised is the perfect one. Also timing of announcement has nothing to do with how high or low the price will be.
I suspect Sony will announce an event soon to drop price and launch lineup.
MS I presume will go first though because they have the XSS unannounced and they absolutely need to get on top of the messaging for that, so can't afford the details leaking and the public narrative poisoning the well before they've had the chance to try to control the narrative (like what happened with the XB1). They need to get out ahead of it.
MS I presume will go first though because they have the XSS unannounced and they absolutely need to get on top of the messaging for that, so can't afford the details leaking and the public narrative poisoning the well before they've had the chance to try to control the narrative (like what happened with the XB1). They need to get out ahead of it.
Exactly, it doesnt need to be said. Microsoft got absolutely destroyed in 2013...publicly. Of course you can expect them to be scared.
In other words it doesn't really matter. Sony showed they can even be competitive when they are $200 more.
I am going to be disappointed in Microsoft if they buckle and announce first. I say let it keep on riding because the more Sony announces new events without pricing the PS5 the more obvious it is they want Microsoft to go first.
I don't see why they would double their production forecasts if they are also afraid of meaningful price backlash.
Microsoft's whole launch strategy is a mess. PR is all over the place, Halo is delayed, they don't really have any next gen titles coming any time soon, they haven't even announced Series S yet. I anticipate that it will continue to be a mess. So they will probably delay the price announcement. Honestly, I feel like there's a non-zero chance they even delay the launch of the system (yes I know they said they won't, but it's not like they've walked back a bunch of stuff recently or just say empty PR stuff). I figure they're hell bent on undercutting Sony. If Sony are smart and confident in their supply chain they could really mess with Xbox.
PR is still all over the place. Who announces something like this on a Labor Day night?
Leak, not official. Which also means it could be BS, but there's a lot of mounting evidence and even a 4 second clip from what seems to be a promo video.
Fair enough, I guess they are going to have to get ahead of this tomorrow
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The leak will definitely push Microsoft to make this official very soon. Will they announce the Series X price at the same time though?
Lol, check the news again. You're a few hours too early.
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Technically it was in their pocket still but Brad Sams took it out lol.
Series X: 499
Here we go
www.windowscentral.com
Here we go
Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S release date and price finally revealed
Microsoft is set to hold a press event soon to showcase the next-gen console pricing, and it's pretty familiar.
www.windowscentral.com
I don't see how they don't if they're announcing the S & it's price
Yeah, my idea that MS will go first because they have the cheapest console with Series S turned it to be right... kinda.
Sony seemed to be staying mum this week with the PSVR stuff which leaves the for open for MS.
Sony seemed to be staying mum this week with the PSVR stuff which leaves the for open for MS.
Cheaper then I predicted, altho it's very much in my line of reasoning. Just that they probably wanted to wait for ps5 before they cut down the price to 499
Still thinking $499/449. With a roughly $450 BOM it's hard to see Sony eat more than that.
I denfenetly see your point. Still think they are going to have to take heavy losses in favor for subscriptions and Microsoft is on fire. So I predict 499/399 still.
That ain't official. Or is windowscentral a microsoft website?Series X: 499
Here we go
Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S release date and price finally revealed
Microsoft is set to hold a press event soon to showcase the next-gen console pricing, and it's pretty familiar.
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