| Zekkyou said: For anyone who values image quality to the degree i do, i'd say it's worth it even at $500. I wish Sony have followed a similar strategy for the Pro. I am overall happy with the Pro, i think it's well priced and the image quality bump is significant, but i'd happily have waited a year and paid an extra $100 for a more capable machine. Unfortunately the Scorpio isn't much use to me :( For the average consumer, my guess is $450 should be the target. It's good hardware value at $500, but so is the Pro as $350. I can see plenty of people being willing to spend an extra $100 for a system marketed as "the most powerful ever", but $150 might be pushing it. If they can hit $400, the Scorpio is a strictly better value proposition hardware wise for even general gamers. |
i very much value image quality. and a part of me agrees with you, waiting an extra year and proving an even better piece of hardware would have been better. but to me price does play a big role. personally i am very content with my base PS4, and have no plans to upgrade. ill just wait till PS5 and get it at launch.
but price plays a huge role here. its not like Sony couldnt have released a console this powerfull. heck, i think they could have done it last year as well. but if your console is 500$ and the XB1 and PS4 are 250$ by the time it releases, and they play the same games, it will be an even tougher sell. i agree, at 500$ the scorpio is great value. but i just cant see the market responding to a 500$ price tag. and i think MS will have problems with that.
i do think the scorpio will benefit the Xbox's brand perception as a whole though. having the most powerful console on the market and being able to market that is a good way to increase the value of your brand.
another thing to consider is VR, but after the release of PSVR, i doubt that will make any huge differences when it comes to mass market sales.
