$500 is historically below the average in real dollar value for launch flagship systems. It honestly doesn't feel such a huge premium, especially when compared to the entirely-less-powerful PS4 Pro that does not play 4k Blu Rays.
+$100 for 4k Blu Ray support and much stronger performance.
Re:The Xbox One X: Initial Impressions
by dguaraglia on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:48PM
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Simple answer (as an occasional gamer who's owned both consoles in different generations): the reason people will stay with Microsoft is the library. It's a pain in the ass to pay $50 for the same game you paid $60 last year on a different console. Why will people buy the new console? It's just a natural progression. You could make the same argument about "why would people buy a PS4 Pro" and here you have me, buying one simply because (with the discounts at the right time) upgrading only cost ~$150 and I wanted the latest and greatest. I can't even imagine how much more motivation actual gamers feel about upgrading.
I'd clarify and say it's the brand library. I bought an Xbox One because I wanted to play the Halo series, which I knew I couldn't do on PS4. The same might apply if you were really into Gears of War or Forza.
Otherwise, most people who "switch" consoles keep the legacy console to play "old" games rather than shelling out for the same content twice. Particularly now in the age of account-specific digital downloads that you can't sell / recoup on the secondary market.
Where is it for $200 right now?
Re:The Xbox One X: Initial Impressions
by CameronBanga on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:05PM
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Yeah, I also want to know the answer to this lol.
It seems Microsoft had to clarify the tweet. What they actually did was drop $50 off the price of some bundles, so you can get a lot of different bundles with software for 250.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/10/microsoft-xbox-one-s-199...
I don't see how MS intends to sell them though. The Xbox One S is currently $200. Even if that's temporary it seems like a lock that they might drop the price again to $200 for the holidays.
A PS4 Pro is $400 assuming no bundles or price cuts.
So how in the world do you get people to pay $500 for the Xbox One X? It's 2.5x as expensive as your previous/current/lower-end console. It's at least 25% more than the competition's high end console.
And that's price, so it doesn't include the ecosystem and software and such.
$500 just seems like a big obstacle to success.