SvennoJ said:
method114 said:
I don't think they'd go $599 either. I think $549 would be the max and anything more they would be willing to just take a loss on it.
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DF did a piece on Lockhart maybe having a 4tf GPU while keeping everything else the same (except maybe 12GB ram instead of 16GG)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-in-theory-does-a-4tf-next-gen-console-make-sense
How much would this save and will it be possible to convince consumers to go for this (appearing weaker than the xbox one x although it won't be)
Lockhart 399 4tf ?
PS5 499 9.2tf ?
Series X 549 12tf
Would that be possible? With 1/3rd the power compared to its big brother, the price difference will have to be big to convince early adopters to even consider the lower option. The One X is currently on sale for 299, great deal, but might also undermine Lockhart pricing. PS4 pro is still 399.
Perhaps ps5 will start at 399 again, that would leave very little margins for Lockhart to look good.
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It's hard to know because it doesn't seem like people care much about power as you would think. I'm genuinely not sure how MS's launch will go with having two different systems like this. Sony on the other hand I expect to do well no matter what. I think each company will have a hard time getting users to switch brands because of backwards compatibility. No one is going to want to leave all the games they've collected over this gen behind without a very good reason to do so.
