Sony will not be at E3 2019 for the first time!!!

[Mandalore76]

Intrinsic said:

Mandalore76 said:

$500 console launches usually end up horribly.  See PS3 and XBoxOne.  The PS3 took the entire gen to inch into 2nd place, and the Xbox One never really recovered.  Anything over $399 will not find mass adoption.  If PS5 were to launch at $499, all Microsoft would have to do is release the next Xbox at $399, and they would instantly regain their lost 360 marketshare.

I believe that depends on how sony does it. Sony could launch at $500 if doing it under a monicker of like 25th anniversary PS5 Founders edition. Sell it at $500 for that first 6-8 months after launch when the console wpuld usally be bought by the loyalists anyways and the around november release a $399 SKU called the base model.

All it takes is some different colored plastic and its done.

I'd feel pretty burned if I bought a $499 console at launch only to find out the developer's intention was to sell it for $399 just 6 months later.