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[Synless]

Still a less powerful system than the PS4 for the same price.

At the end of the day, this is the truth, now without the only "benefit" the system had.

 

[God Dayumm]

Now announce price drop to $300!!!1

Maybe at E3

 

[cardinalmind]

How Low could have been the number for April NPD for this to happen.

 

[mightynine]

So basically, "We're going to be just like Sony, please like us more."

What a turnaround.

 

[Moral Panic]

Terrible idea. Remove the ONLY unique thing about your console.

 

[Always-honest]

Good news.
Especially for Rare...

 

[Stumpokapow]

PS4:
- $399
- Optional motion controller
- Paid online, no payment required for apps
- If you pay for online, you get bonus discounts and free games
- Sony exclusives
- Indie self-publishing

Xbox One:
- $499 $399
- Mandatory Optional motion controller
- Paid online, payment required no payment required for apps
- NEW: If you pay for online, you get bonus discounts and free games
- MS exclusives
- Indie self-publishing, with a parity clause
- Slightly less powerful

 

[Shengar]

Good, this announcement should speed up the inevitable:
Sony to announce PS4 price drop to $349 later this year.

 

[woodypop]

Mmmm, yes, fight for my love

lol

 

[Axass]

So £299 uk price?

£349

 

[Pankratous]

Still too expensive by about $250 for me.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

I use my kinect all the time for voice controls but otherwise not very much.

Good for people that don't have an X1 yet. It's a fun console.

 

[Tsundere]

You really thought removing Kinect would knock more than $100 off the price? Just stop lol.

I expected a price cut alongside removing Kinect. To many, Kinect is useless, and adds no value. But it looks as if they're just removing the cost of Kinect, and not really slashing price across the board.

 

[Xpliskin]

It's happening

 

[dead monkey uk]

So £299 uk price?

Ha Ha in your dreams, my bet would be £350 its Microsoft.

 

[fastford58]

Whelp, I'm in. This is what I was waiting for.

 

[Methamatics101]

Finally! I appluad this decision, Microsoft. Better late than never.

 

[Tigersuperman]

Wow. Sales must have been terrible worldwide. At least the price is now competitive.

Sales clearly aren't terrible world wide. I am pretty sure NPD must have been like 16k or something.

 

[SneakySneaks]

Sill too much for the lesser console. I'd consider biting at 300, but outside DR 3 and SO there is nothing that I want for Xbox. I'll wait for a Halo 5 or Gears bundle down the line.

 

[Portugeezer]

They must be making a decent profit at $400 without Kinect.

 

[Zukuu]

shit just got real.
Sony still has the edge due to the better hardware and more positive buzz surrounding them, but now games decide even more than before.

 

[Jomjom]

Starting june 9? Didnt they just kill a whole month of sales?

 

[Tigress]

Well, 400 dollar price tag (I don't care if that was with or without Kinect) and getting rid of the live gold BS... MS finally got competitive. Sony better step up (sure, they may still have an advantage but this makes it so they can't relax).

Too bad people didn't force them to be back with the 360 (mainly talking about buying Live Gold despite the BS).

shit just got real.
Sony still has the edge due to the better hardware and more positive buzz surrounding them, but now games decide even more than before.

Better hardware but the differences people are seeing are debatable. Now that they removed the paywall for most things xbox one has some more features for that 400 dollar price tag.

 

[dreamer3kx]

UI will be not so pleasant to navigate without Kinect, how aobut "xbox record that", they shouldve made the whole package $399 really.

 

[asdad123]

Can I send my Kinect to MS for a $100 refund? I seriously didnt use the thing once since launch.

Love the actual console though lol.

 

[Little Old Man]

I'm glad someone is running the show at the Xbox Division with a little bit more finesse. Good move.

 

[thekiddfran]

So how is the xbox one going to differentiate itself from The more powerful ps4?

 

[mohsinkhan]

Phil aint wasting any time, he is listening and executing.

 

[Thrakier]

Xbox One finally reached parity with the PS4! About time!

Except they did not. The hardware is weaker for the same price.

 

[TheHall]

So the Xbox One is now just like a PS4, with a better controller but a slightly lower performance.

Let the games begin!

 

[ironcreed]

Glad I waited to pick mine up.

Me, too.

 

[shinra-bansho]

Tuesdayton.

Not completely unexpected. It should compete much better in the US market now at least.

I'm somewhat curious about how some of the early adopters feel about the extra $100 they paid for it now though. I remember a lot of rationalisation regarding its inclusion before, but whatever it did add to the package clearly hasn't been enough for the average consumer.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

god...damn it!

OK well show me some damn good exclusives and I will bite, since being a pc gamer, and owning a ps4, the multiplats will probably perform better on those 2 than the xbone...damn it damn it damn it.... need me some exclusives...


1. Killer Instinct
2. Undead Labs game (assuming there isn't a pc version)
3. ??????

 

[madmackem]

Hmmmm at £350 in the uk it wont make any difference its been that price already since forever, you got titanfall and kinect console for that price now you get less for the same lol.

 

[Micerider]

Glad this happend (well, waiting a Euro confirmation).....might still go for a Kinect version if it only generates a 50 bucks premium over Kinectless (for casual "livingroom" Skyping only really...).

Still priced a bit above the "auto-purchase" point for me though.

 

[Liha]

This should help to move more units in the US / UK. The next holiday season will be very interesting.

 

[Snuggles]

If this was announced a few months back my decision to go with PS4 would have been much harder. The Bone's library could have swayed me if the prices were the same at the time. Hopefully this is a sign of the next gen competition starting to get super heated.

 

[professor_t]

Man what the fuck have they in store for their E3 conference? Holy crap.

That was my first reaction. Either they feel that E3 has diminished importance or they have an assload of stuff to announce/present at the conference.

 

[Stimpack]

lol, what a waste of time all of this has been.

 

[AusRoachman]

How bout a free game for us early adopters microsoft ?

 

[Vyrance]

Wow, they actually did it

 

[rawd]

So many juan eddie's

 

[Keyouta]

The Xbox One is now cheaper than the PS4 in Canada. I'm very interested in seeing what happens this E3.

 

[emb]

Cool news. One kinda has to wonder why this wasn't ready for launch though. Who'd have thought people would value the extra 100 bucks more than some nifty voice commands?

It's still not too late though, so here's hoping for a highly competitive gen 8. My already likely decision to purchase the Xbone around e3 just got a little more likely.

 

[Typhares]

Anyone else notice this? 'On Xbox One, active Gold membership required to play free games you’ve downloaded.'
Making it on par with PSN+ offer too.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

good lord...

Only 6 months since launch. Ouch.
All of that time and R&D money spent. Must be a lot of furious shareholders over the whole X1 debacle.

 

[FonkyByNature]

Holly macaroni !

Just saw this on my facebook... wow, never thought MS would act that fast !!!

Now, let the real war begin ! Both PS4 and XB1 at the same price...FIGHT !

 

[Metroidvania]

Huh.

That + removal of gold for features (at the small print on the bottom of the site) has me pretty excited about looking into E3.

 

[Joeku]

I love a good fight.

The Xbox One is now cheaper than the PS4 in Canada. I'm very interested in seeing what happens this E3.

And I didn't even think of this up here.

Though considering Canada's luck as far as gaming goes of late, it'll probably be $450.

 

[The Albatross]

Wow