PS5 Coming at the End of 2020 According to Analyst: High-Spec Hardware for Under $500

[DonFerrari]

BraLoD said:

DonFerrari said:

As much as I would love to have the most Sony could pump on a 599 console, Market really is much bigger and viable at 399.

599 would be too much of a jump, enough to put some considerably amount of people away.

499 in the other hand is the sweet spot nowdays, they can do the most and still stay in a price range people are proven to be comfortable with.

In my eyes there is no single reason for the PS5 to not make full use of this instead of sticking with 399.

They tried to juice more power for the same price with the Pro and it didn't work all that well as going for 499 did for MS's XBX.

Also, the way the PS4 was able to mantain most of its price like no PS did before and was still able to keep it selling for record numbers is very telling, people are paying more already, and there will be a decent gap between the Pro and the PS5 price, as it'll be a complete different level of performance and technological prowess.

499 is a given, 399 is for a future Slim model.

It is sweet spot based on anecdotes. X1 launched for 499 and after the first couple months it died out until the price cut and removal of peripheral. For a economy like USA 599 is little money, still the price to market that will have the sales starting high is 399 as proved through time. Would PS5 sell a lot at 499? Maybe, and only if Xbox is similar priced or much worse. And I doubt both. So if Sony put it at 499, they will have to cut price to fast, because only enthusiast will rush to buy it like that. They may enter another PS3 situation.

As much as we like to mock PS3 launching for 599, there was a 499 model as well, and it also had slow start.