AndrewWK said:
gigantor21 said:
AndrewWK said:
gigantor21 said:
They'd better not be.
There would have to be some phenomenal new tech and an amazing lineup to come anywhere near justifying a price above $400. Even then, I doubt it would catch on right away, given Sony's shit reputation for console launches now. The years it took for PS3 sales to pick up, and the Vita's horrendous showing, is proof positive that no one outside of the most hardcore acolytes trusts Sony to produce a product worth a high asking price.
They should take note of how much better PS3 sales got after prices came down, and go from there.
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Don´t forget the premium Wii U costs 350€ and everybody was like: "Well thats an acceptable price" but the Wii U has almost 7 years old Hardware, and if the PS4 comes with new great tech then I think they could justify to charge 500€ for let´s say an Uncharted or Gran Tourismo Bundle
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And what of it?
To begin with, it's not like there's some crazy new graphics paradigm they can use to show how much more powerful the system is in the first place. All three consoles are going to have 1080p graphics capabilities, and most gamers aren't going to lose sleep over the intracacies of shader effects and tesselation or whatever in that context. If old tech was seriously an issue, then everybody would've stopped giving a shit about the current generation a while ago.
Plus I fully expect Sony to add some big gimmicky hook they can point to in light of the Wii U's tablet and whatever Microsoft does with Kinect and SmartGlass. I don't think any of the hardware companies feels safe with just putting out a more powerful version of what we've got now.
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Well there are rumours that Sony is working on AR glases for the PS 4. The reason why people are still caring about PS360 is because those are the actual consoles. A lot people are console gamers only. And for now it is impossible to say how big the graphical jump from this gen to the next will be. Just look at the first games that released on current gen consoles and compare to this years powerhouses. The difference is huge. But you are right graphical power won´t be the major selling of the next gen. I am sure Sony and Microsoft will add something to increase the expirience
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Even on the graphical end, I think they can do plenty within the context of a $400 system. Not only will the current gen consoles be 7-8 years old by this time next year, both were hobbled by external factors as well--i.e. the 360 being rushed because they couldn't make Xboxes anymore, the complications of the Cell in the PS3, and so forth. Memory is cheaper now, and both the CPUs and GPUs available are more power and energy efficient, so I'm sure they can make far better hardware without going wild on price.
Frankly, for all the complaints about how underpowered the Wii U is, that it can run current gen games well enough when the Gamepad eats up half the $300 cost is proof that an overly expensive console would be pointless for MS and Sony at this point. The difference between a $400 system in 2013 and current gen hardware will be far bigger than the difference between $400 and $500 in today's tech.
