Keiji said:
I don't agree on that at all. And even if that was the case, it would have the same power. |
Not if it's true that PS4 was $400-$500 to manufacture initially and was planned to sell for $500 but was subsidized to an extent after seeing the XB1 price. By this I mean if PS goes all in this time on a $500 PS5 since they are now confident, they could very well spec it so the manufacturing cost is $500-$600, and eat $50 to $100 per unit early on. If Scarlet is priced at $500 yet costs close to $500 to manufacture, PS still has an advantage, as long as MS doesn't subsidize theirs to make up for the weaker specs. Whether they would or not is a toss up, but the XB1S price stays up and just gets bundled so.
Mar1217 said:
Wouldn't that hurt the early adoption crowd ? Still 100 bucks more than the OG PS4 and Xbone which was at 450 $ and fled by everyone like plague. |
XB1 had major issues, besides the fact it was weaker and more expensive. PS4 was a no brainer for many, especially the casuals. If both brands price at $500, then it's down to the specs and software. If most PS early adopters can't afford a $500 PS5, then it shouldn't be much different for MS early adopters, so PS has nothing to worry about with a widely affordable PS4 on the shelf. If there's a bunch of cross gen games like people are guessing there might be, then even less reason for PS to worry about you buying a PS5 within the first year.
animegaming said:
No way, one of them has to at least be $400. |
Scarlet at $400 probably wont be enough of a jump from Scorpio, unless MS subsidizes it a lot or offers insanely good subscription packages from the start. PS5 is more likely to be $400 out of the two, but if the odds are good that Scarlet will be $500 again like the other XB1's, then PS might as well shoot for at least $500 as well. MS could wait a year and launch at $400, but then the specs should be pretty close to a $500 PS5 that launched a year earlier.
thismeintiel said:
And going by this gen, I'd say that's going to be the PS5. PS4 and PS4 Pro both launched at $400. XBO and XBO X both launched at $500. I could see XB2 launching at $500, as well, while still not being any more powerful than the PS5. Reason being that Sony will be able to negotiate better prices when they have a history of selling 100M+ consoles per gen. Only exception being the PS3, which still sold 85M+. And if they are also using a 7nm Navi GPU, while MS is stuck using the 14nm Vega, they are going to be getting more chips per wafer. |
I'd guess if MS is stuck, and can't get a good enough price from Nvidia for a GPU, that they will just wait for AMD's next gen GPU Kuma, which is supposed to be ready sometime in 2020 I believe. MS may have to subsidize some to get the price to $500, but since it looks like they did something similar with Scorpio, I don't think it's out of the question by any means. If PS thinks this may be the case with MS, then PS could launch at $500 as well, with or without worthier specs due to negotiations, and then after a year, always drop the price by $50 more than MS does since your tech is a little older and cheaper and your getting a better deal on it.
Last edited by EricHiggin - on 15 November 2018PS1 - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.
PS2 - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.
PS3 - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.
PS4 - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.
PRO -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.
PS5 - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.
PRO -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.
