Would Sony be fine with a $499 price tag on the Orbis?

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Gilgamesh said:

osed125 said:

Gilgamesh said:

KungKras said:
In this economy, an expensive console is suicide.

Wasn't the economy a hell of lot worst 6 years ago when the 7th gen started?

And really most people with a full time job can easily afford $500 if they tried saving up for a couple weeks. When I bought my PS3 it costed me over $700 with tax and one game a little after launch, I was getting paid almost minimum wage back then and I easily afforded it after saving for a couple weeks.

You are talking from a perspective of a hardcore gamer. Yes you are willing to pay that much money but the normal consumer (which combine are the ones that give the most money to companies) will never pay that money for a gaming console, regardless of their salary.

I think $500 is at a resonable price point, I've seen the "average" consumer spend way more on less. $700 is clearly to much thinking back at it I probably could of waited a lot longer, there's still plenty of PS2 games I've yet to play (not to mention my car was worth $500 at the time lol). But still I'd easily go out and buy a $499 console right now without a worry, so most of the average consumers shouldn't have a big problem.

Again try to think about from the perspective of a normal consumer who doesn't know much about video games and isn't a Sony fan, said person will not care about Sony exclusives, he would only care about few games like CoD (just to give an example), so that person will get the cheapest option available, simple as that, and with a price of $500 I highly doubt it will be the cheapest. Again said person will have other priorities, like I mentioned before, a fancy dinner (just to give a simple and normal example).