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

[Attoyou]

Soundwave said:

Consider what $500 buys you in the tablet/smartphone world, I have no problem paying $499.99 for high end console with a sizable HDD.

If you can't afford it, seriously the PS3 still is getting a lot of new games and has pretty good graphics, and should be $199.99 next year ... that's the system for you.

I hate to sound crass, but really, there's no gun to anyone's head forcing you to have to have a PS4 or 720 on day 1. The price will come down over time.

$599.99 was insane for 2006 because the competition was $250 and $299-$399.

Today the Wii U is $350, mine came to basically $420, because I had to buy a HDD for it. The 720 will probably be the same price as the PS4.

I'd be perfectly ok with

$449.99 -- Base console w/32GB flash storage

$499.99 -- Deluxe console w/500GB HDD