Rumor: Xbox "Lockhart" specs leaked, is $300

[Mr Puggsly]

DonFerrari said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Well if the scenario did happen, people would consider PS5AD if the price is right. With that said, a few million X1SAD units were probably sold at $149. I even think a Series S could outsell the Series X.

It's really a debate on whether people like all digital. It's more about the price being acceptable for a console going that route. This is also an era where that's becoming viable given the move to digital media.

I remember praising Sony for their handling of games in 2013. Now I don't want physical games for various reasons, mostly from the content on the disc often being useless or inferior.

Right now we think PS5 is going to be over $399. If so, a 4TF PS5AD would be a hot item at $299. Like I said in a previous post, that would still be a huge upgrade over PS4 and Pro.

Sure some people would consider PS5AD, same as some bought X1SAD (seem like when on sale it done strong numbers). But it wouldn't be praised in VGC in general, that is the point I made for PSP Go not being praised. Sure from Sony POV (and MS) an option for PS5 and XSX full digital (or lockhart) would be good as for let's say 50 less (we know the drive don't cost this much but making the console full digital would give more money long term) but Lockhart only being full digital would be a little bad for the entry level people (well if they could have 350 SAD and 400 with drive ok).

I'm all in for allowing people to pay less money for lesser HW if that HW meets their needs. Everyone would win in the scenario. My concern on Lockhart is how much that would impact 3rd party multiplats that I may want to play, but that isn't a big concern anyway since most time I'm playing exclusives and I expect Sony to do great next gen.

If PS5 is $450-$500. People would gladly welcome a $300 lower end, digital only PS5 console. I would likely buy that as my secondary console for exclusives.

The problem with PSP Go is I don't recall it being cheaper and notable content was missing from the digital store. These details matter. You know why Vita TV sucked? It didn't play all Vita games, which includes numerous 1st party games. Not even physical cart support could help that blunder.

Lockhart shouldn't be a burden for multiplats if all the specs are virtually the same as Series X, except GPU. Most multiplat games are designed for PC as well, so these games are already designed to scale for GPU capabilities. Whether it be resolution, performance, graphics settings, etc. Games even designed for ray tracing can have it disabled.