PS4 Slim, $299, September 15th - PS4 Pro, $399, November 10th

[Slimebeast]

Hiku said:

Slimebeast said:

No. In one year from now those 6TFLOP GPUs from AMD won't cost more than the 4.2TFLOP PS4 Pro GPU costs this November. And on top of that Microsoft could opt to lose a little money on each unit sold in order to gain some marketshare.

Plus it would be suicide to price the Scorpion $500 when the competition has been out for a whole year at $400.

Digital Foundry believed the Scorpio will be at least $100 more expensive than Neo. But they don't know what GPU it will use, and Phil Spencer has gone on record since then saying that the Scorpio will allow developers the power to run games at 4K/60f, but they can of course chose to allocate those resources to other things. Still, that sounds like it's going to use something like a GTX 1070 that currently costs $400+ on its own.

What you say sounds logical. There's a threshhold right now in PC gaming when you buy something that is stronger than a Radeon RX 480, Radeon 290 or a GTX 970, the price doubles even if the GPU power goes up by only 40%.

So in other words, diminishing returns. If this relationship holds true even in next fall, then Microsoft made the bad choice, while Sony just like with the PS4 designed the perfect system, giving most bang for your buck.