Do you reckon the PS5 will be boring?

[binary solo]

Mr Puggsly said:

SvennoJ said:

Ah you meant it's underwhelming because of the price.

A year later and $100 more, they're about the same upgrade for value. We'll see whether the X1X is actually going to get a lot more. It will be the best version but I guess we'll need DF again to point out the differences.

I feel like the PS4 is a very well designed piece of hardware and it has just the right amount of power to do 1080p with high quality graphics. Its a nice piece of hardware for $250-$300.

The PS4 Pro played it too safe on price, it doesn't feel very premium. The GPU rarely hits 4K on modern games. The RAM was basically kept the same so we get the same textures with higher resolutions and games with unlocked frame rates are all over the place. I feel the Pro should have been $500 so it could be a better PREMIUM console. Those who feel $500 is too expensive, go buy a regular PS4.

I feel MS made the right decision if even X1X's price is high. Because the X1S is generally half the price and plays the same games fine.

In hindsight I think you are right. But I also think Sony was afraid of repeating the PS3 mistake of asking people to pay too much. And seeing how badly Xb one sold at $500. If XOX sales are a good proportion of total Xb one sales (after it launches), then Sony may be willing to take a bigger step with a future mid-gen upgrade with PS5. I think Sony will still play it safe and launch PS5 for $399. That price seems like the new gen launch sweet spot for PS and Xbox consoles.

But if Sony can reliablly depend on MS making certain it is the spec leader in any generation from now on. Sony could take a calculated risk and launch a console with specs that are appropriate to a $499 price. Knowing that there is no way MS will launch a box with $399 specs. But I don't think they'll take that risk.