PS5/Xbox Series X Price Is Most Important Factor Of Next-Gen In Ed Boon’s Survey
By ESR on 20 februarie 2020
Mortal Kombat series creator Ed Boon recently posed a question to his more than 500,000 Twitter followers: what is the most important element of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X?
The options in Boon’s informal Twitter poll included affordable price, better graphics, exclusive games, and backwards compatibility for last-gen consoles. More than 50,000 people took part in the survey, and an affordable price was the most important for voters.
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Price accounted for 37.5 percent of the vote, followed by last-gen compatibility (30 percent), better graphics (19.2 percent), and exclusive games (13.2 percent).
50,000+ of you have spoken and PRICE seems to be the most important factor for Next Gen consoles. I’d have guessed Exclusive Games would be higher than 13%🤔 pic.twitter.com/5LLbXbxl7P
Boon said he was surprised to see exclusive games rank the lowest. In any event, a Twitter poll–even one that has 50,000 respondents–is not necessarily reflective of consumer interest or intent.
Sony and Microsoft have not yet announced the price points of their next-generation consoles, but with each system due to launch this year, those details should become clear in the months to come.
For comparison, the PS4 and Xbox One launched at $400 USD and $500 USD, respectively. The Xbox One was more expensive than the PS4 at launch in part because every system included a Kinect camera. Microsoft later cut the camera from the bundle and the price came down to be on par with the PS4.
Both the PS5 and the Xbox Series X are slated to launch this holiday. Microsoft has been more forthcoming in regards to details, as it showed off the Xbox Series X in December 2019 during The Game Awards. Announcing and showing the console so early was a bold and risky move that Microsoft employed to compete with Sony, according to Microsoft.
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