But just like everyone else, I have common sense and can draw my own conclusions rather than relying on being spoon fed information.
I sign posted this would happen a week ago but people were too busy shit posting to take any notice:
You're post from that time only shows your prediction/expectation. There hasn't been any recent news or developments to corroborate any of the content you've put forward.
Yes, I'd imagine things are still undecided on price at MS after the performance wake up call.
If MS have now realised they can't compete on power at the top end, the only other lever they can pull on is price. Exclusives are too far out to try and lure people in with and MS does not have a history of delivering on their promises in that regard.
Can you imagine going in with lower specs and being more expensive, again?!
I think this is where it gets really interesting.
MS will not want to cut the price too deeply. But PlayStation is a huge part of their business and Sony won't just roll over on price (I already assume Sony will go 399).
High specs, price wars. Either way it should be great for consumers...
Please reference what you're referring to - "performance wake up call" there has been no valid rumors or leaks to confirm or corroborate anything regarding the potential power of either box.
You have your predictions of a high cost, lower powered Anaconda going against a lower cost, higher powered PS5. I continue to think this is an unreasonable expectation. I know you've attempted to justify your position in the past, but I don't think those justifications are reasonable either. I can see same price with PS5 more powerful, or less probably, the same power with PS5 being cheaper, but not both.
MS is **aiming** to have Anaconda be the "undisputed performance leader" it would be detrimental if this was their target and they failed to meet it. They had a misstep with the Xbox one - pure gaming wasn't the target, and they included Kinect which inflated the price. With X1X, they've shown a full turn around, and what can be done with a targeted design process - this is the team designing Anaconda. And this shows what can be done with a $100 price difference: RAM, Bandwidth, Clockspeed.
Your prediction includes a much higher clocked PS5 (over Anaconda). Currently, even Xbox 1S has a higher clocked GPU than the PS4 Pro (914 vs 911) - Sony has been very conservative with clockspeed this gen. Whereas Xbox has pushed this from the start, and currently has the most advanced cooling system ever used in a console - this is engineering work they've already done which can be iterated upon for their next consoles. Sony can do this too of course, but they'll be starting at the begining.
If you can't see the sands shifting under your feet already, I don't know what to tell you.
Nothing has changed. There's been no new info. Rumors and leaks should have some corroboration/confirmation before we begin to consider them for speculation. Picking and choosing rumors that match your expectations doesn't make them any more correct.
You are firm in your predictions, and that's fine. But it's not appropriate to push forward that speculation as if it were fact, when there has been no corroboration.