According to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One might become more affordable sooner than later.

Sony will release its newest video game console, the PS4, in North America on Nov. 15 for $399.99. Microsoft will release the Xbox One in North America on Nov. 22 for $499.99.

According to Kotick, however, these prices may not last as long as usual.

"[Sony and Microsoft] made more investments in the back office than ever before," Kotick said during a post-earnings financial call. "I think you've got lots of efficiency in manufacturing costs that could potentially drive hardware prices down sooner in the cycle. There's no indication, from our perspective, that you're going to see anything other than a very successful next seven or eight years."

PS4's predecessor, the PlayStation 3 was released in 2006 for about $600. The price dropped to about $500 7 months later, in July of 2007.

Xbox One's predecessor, the Xbox 360 was released in 2005 for about $400. Twenty months later, the price dropped to $350, in August of 2007.

So if both next generation consoles will eventually become cheaper, how can gamers decide which system to purchase? If you ask Keniji Inafune, a Compcept developer, there isn't much of a difference between the two.

"I don't think there's a major difference between them," Inafune said. "If you get down to the tiny details then maybe each is better at one thing than the other, but it doesn't really impact the way you make a game. It's not like PS4 or Xbox One are particularly hard to develop for. Quite the opposite: you can make whatever you want on either one, and that should be enough for anyone."

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