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

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CCFanboy said:
Coming at a competitive price is the most important thing. After two sluggish launches with systems put at premium prices its pretty obvious they need to be aggressive with pricing. However they also need profit so if the specs need to suffer then no worries. Sony were never known for having monster powerful systems anyway.

Every single successive Sony hardware has been a monstrous upgrade over its predacessor (PS1 to PS2 to PS3, and PSP to Vita). 

The "barely upgrade your hardware from the existing gen and throw in a controller gizmo" isn't going to work for Sony. That's not what their fanbase wants. 

Heck, it probably won't even work for Nintendo this gen (Wiimote was a once in every 10-20 years type of phenomenon IMO that's fizzled out the last few years, the Wii U tablet won't have the same impact). 

In the long run, the PS3 did OK for starting at $600. It probably still will get to 100 million. If PS4 starts at $450 (basic)/$499 (premium) and launches alongside the 720 rather than a year behind, it's already got two things up on the PS3 as far as I see it.