PS5 or Xbox Scarlet will probably price around 499 to 549 USD

[Chrkeller]

CuCabeludo said:

500 bucks minimum is a 100% certainty. With the possibility of being even over 500. Ps4 hardware was pretty sub par for its time, Sony was traumatized by how expensive PS3 was at launch and decided to go for lower specs. But this time they are betting on top tier specs again, aiming for the hardcore graphic whore gamer.

I don't understand this perspective at all.  For starters, it absolutely isn't a certainty, unless you can post a direct quote from Sony claiming such a price tag.  Secondly, the Xbox X is the most powerful console on the market, how is it selling?  Yeah, not great. 

Price point + games = success

Power does not equate to success.  Currently the Switch is killing in the market place.  Remind me, what console is by far and away the weakest?  

The original Xbox outclassed the ps2 by a long shot, it wasn't even close...  Which console sold 150 million units?  

The Wii was a glorified Gamecube, I guess that sold like the Virtual Boy?  

Sony will have to find a middle ground with the ps5.  They will have to make core gamers happy with power, but yet maintain a price suitable to the masses.  $500 isn't that price point, most certainly nothing over $500.  

I'm guessing $399, though noticed in my earlier post I had a typo where I said $350.  I meant $399.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 02 August 2019