| Burngun said: I don't think there's any chance we'll see $800 consoles, but when it comes to the pricing for next-gen consoles I can see it go either way. Companies now-a-days are making huge profit margins, so they don't necessarly need to have their consoles cost $500/600 in order for make alot of money. With the economy the way it is, people are more tempted to buy consoles which are cheaper. However gaming companies also have large fanbases, so even if they did rack up the price (not to the extent of $800, but maye in the $500-600 region) I'm willing to bet a large amount of people would still buy them. I mean, apple is a prime example of this. |
In regards to the comment of huge margin profits, most companies, with the exception of Nintendo operate at a loss the first years of the cycle, losing money on hardware or marketing etc, in the latter years when the technology is more developed and more time is vested into figuring out cheaper components or maybe more efficient components that are both performance and price efficient we see revisions such as the Slims. I think both the MS and Sony have operated at a loss and had large loss on hardware. I think it's safe to say that in terms of console, if there is sufficient competition then the price is a deciding factor as is the case between X360 and PS3, the PS3 was meant to be trumping all competition, and it's acceptable why - having sold ~130m PS2s at the time and around 100 m PS1s, it's only logical that it would sell the best, but that was not the case untill the price has dropped to lower boundaries.
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