Well I haven't bought a PS4 yet so I don't care if the original PS4 gets discontinued but it looks like the NEO might be the best out of the rest of the options ...
Neo and NX
i'm ready to upgrade to PS4 NEO anytime
Intrinsic said:
It's one thing making multiple skus with different sized hardware. It's another thing making different skus with different Chips, boards, RAM, casing, PSU, I/0 connectors........etc. it would be a manufacturing nightmare in a world where simplicity is always the key. It would probably cost Sony no more to make the Neo than it does them making the PS4 right now. So rather than stick with the PS4 as is and reduce its cost of production, the probably decided to increase power but remain at the current cost. Easy decision to make with how the PS4 is selling right now. It basically will cost Sony more having tiw vastky different skus on the market than having one. |
"A manufacturing nightmare"... please don't exaggerate!
They should have no problem producing two different console models parallel, they have always produced 2 consoles since 2000:
A part of the PS2s success was that it could be offered for $129 (official price cut) / $99 (inofficial deals) in its last years. With these low hardware investments they reached an additional group of buyers: price sensitive people who wouldn't buy a console for $200+, no matter how good it is.
With its specialized hardware (especially the Cell) they couldn't get the PS3 in these lower price regions without much losses.
But the PS4 with its mass produced standard components should be able to get in these lower regions ($199 - $149 official, $149 - $129 street price) in a few years. To further increase their hardware base, they have to offer an attractive priced entry model. To include people, who want to play PS4 games and don't care about 1080p or 900p or 720p, especially if they still have a 720p TV which is good enough for them.
And the existence of the PS Neo doesn't mean that they can't further reduce costs for the PS4 models with new revisions. The PS2 had a lot of different revisions after the PS3 launch.
I would defeniatley try to upgrade to a neo
SvennoJ said:
I agree that the ps4 will likely be replaced to limit overhead. The Neo likely exists because of problems shrinking down the current design, requiring a switch to a different hardware process, ie finfet. |
Hehehehe..... finally something we agree on!!!! You see? We are becoming digital friends!!!
Yh I do agree with you. Maybe the Neo and PS4 coexists for a while until all the kinks with finfet is ironed out. A luxury Sony can afford now keeping Neo at a higher price ($399). Also probably one of the reasons Nintendo pushed back the launch of the NX cause it would probably cost them too much trying to get as much units out as they feel they need using the still new and buggy finfet tech.
Around the time the NX is released, Sony will likely have shipped around 60M consoles. at that time, they could easily afford to drop the price of the Neo to $299 even if it means them taking a loss of $50 per console for an entire year just to undercut the NX. they did it before with the PS2 and XB. And now they will be in an even better position to do it again than they were then.
| Hiku said: If my PS4 broke, I'd get a Neo, unless NX turns out to have everything I want in a Playstation (unlikely). Then I would get NX instead. |
the girl left with orange hair is a inkling girl, nx port confirmed
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