PS4 Neo Could Be 5.5tf ($399 - $599)

[Normchacho]

Intrinsic said:

jrb363 said:

I agree and think that's what we'll see as well.

 

Anything over $499 means that you (gamers) are better off building a PC, especially when you consider that even mid-range parts and a $600-700 budget will get you a rock solid PC that will give you an improved performance over any console for the next 5-6 years.

I don't know where that kinda thinking comes from, but its wrong. Thats just not how console to PC hardware works.

Always, at all times a console will always have the advanatage when it comes to its price to performance ratio ober everything else. So if a $400 console is released, for that complete package it will always be impossible to build a PC from the ground up that can match the console in performance. At that same price. And at the time you can build a PC for $400 that can match the console package the console will cost less than $300. So its always cheaper just buying a console than building a PC as powerful as said console. Thats the whole point of consoles.

When the Neo is released, and say its released for $500. It will be coming with a $200 GPU,  a God knows what proced CPU, HDD, Bluray drive.....etc. And an OS. Oh and a controller. Basically, all you need to go is in one box. Good luck building a PC from scratch and spend no more than $500 to achieve what the Neo can do at the same price. And what happens when the prices fall and u can build a PC for $500 as powerful as a neo? yup, the neo will probably cost like $350 then; Brand new. Then i could say to you good luck building a PC that costs $350. 

This. Is Sony sold a $1,000 console it would still hold a price to performance advantage over a PC, because it would cost more than $1,000 to build a PC that had the same specs, and even more to build one that would run games as well, due to the consoles dedicated nature.