[Diemenz]

^ Why are they?

Microsoft set the price of the xbox1 knowing the current Economy and the trend of the Canadian dollar.

Sony set the price to be under the xbox1. Sony even dropped the price in February in Europe so they could be "noticeably cheaper" then the xbox1.

Bottom line, Sony wanted to be considerably cheaper then the xbox1 at launch and they succeeded at that. Now that the launch has happened they can adjust the price to what the market dictates (which is within their right). Saying that a large company like Sony was "surprised" or " didn't account for the falling Canadian dollar" even though everyone knew it was going to happen is just silly.