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Will the Playstation 4 or the Xbox One sell more consoles worldwide by March 29th, 2014?

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<h2 id="h_background">Background</h2>
<p>Microsoft and Sony announced that their next console generation will be launched almost concurrently: Xbox One (XO) on Friday, November 22 in the UK and 13 more countries.
PlayStation 4 (PS4) will launch one week earlier than that in North America and one week later in Europe. [1]</p>
<h2 id="h_differentiators">Differentiators</h2>
<p>The two consoles' differences are as follows - for their impact on the forecast see in the "Discussion" section below:</p>
<ol><li><strong>Price</strong> -- PS4's price point, at US$400, is 20% below XO, at US$500. [2]
</li><li><strong>CPU</strong> -- Both: Single-chip x86 AMD "Jaguar" processor, 8 cores
</li><li><strong>RAM</strong> -- PS4: 8GB GDDR5 5500mhz; XO: 8GB DDR3 2133mhz, plus 32MB eSRAM
</li><li><strong>GPU</strong> -- PS4: 1152 ATI logic cores; XO: 768 ATI logic cores
</li><li><strong>Memory Bandwidth</strong> -- PS4: 176GBps; XO: 68.3GBps
</li><li><strong>PS4 Exclusive games</strong> -- Binding of Issac: Rebirth, Deep Down, DriveClub, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Galak-Z: The Dimensional, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, Guns of Icarus, Helldivers, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, inFamous: Second Son, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Knack, N++, Natural Doctrine, Octodad: Deadliest Catch, The Order: 1886, Rime, Rogue Legacy, TimeSplitters Rewind, Shadow of the Beast, Volume, War Thunder, Wasteland Kings, Wonder Flick, Yakuza Ishin;
</li><li><strong>Xbox One Exclusive games</strong> --  Below, Cobalt, Crimson Dragon, D4, Dead Rising 3, Fable Legends, Fighter Within, Forza Motorsport 5, Halo 5, Killer Instinct, Kinect Sports: Rivals, Quantum Break, Peggle 2, Powerstar Golf, Project Spark, Rabbids Invasion, RYSE: Son of Rome, Sunset Overdrive, Zumba Fitness: World Party, Untitled Black Tusk Game
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<h2 id="h_expert-opinions">Expert opinions</h2>
<ol><li><a href="http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2013/09/michael_pachter_reckons_that_the_ps4_will_outsell_the_xbox_one_at_launch/">Michael Pachter Reckons That the PS4 Will Outsell the Xbox One at Launch</a> - PushSquare, 29 September 2013
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<h2 id="h_discussion-of-differentiators">Discussion of differentiators</h2>
<ol><li><a href="http://www.gamefront.com/balance-or-power-comparing-xbox-one-and-ps4-hardware/">Balance or Power? Comparing Xbox One and PS4 Hardware</a> - GameFront, 23 September 2013
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<h2 id="h_external-links">External Links</h2>
<ol><li><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/04/xbox-one-release-date-is-one-week-before-ps4-3950047/">Xbox One release date</a> - Metro, 4 September 2013
</li><li><a href="http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/PS4_vs._Xbox_One_vs._Wii_U_Comparison_Chart">PS4 vs. Xbox One vs. Wii U Comparison Chart</a> - IGN
</li><li><a href="http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/PS4_Games_vs_Xbox_One_Games">PS4 vs. Xbox One Games</a> - IGN
</li><li><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/6972/xbox-one-hardware-compared-to-playstation-4/2">Xbox One Hardware & Analysis: Comparison to Playstation 4</a> - Anandtech, 22 May 2013</li></ol>

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