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

[Mr Puggsly]

Nu-13 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

To be fair, the more I see about Series X makes me think $500-600 is totally reasonable. However, a Series S at $299 shows they would be considering a market that wants the same content even at lower visual fidelity.

I think the biggest issue with PS3 is Sony kept telling us it was a beast in specs, but we didn't see that in practice. Therefore Sony had to do massive price cuts because they invested in the wrong specs in my opinion.

You're missing the point so bad its not even scratching the target. It could have 1000+ dollars worth of tech inside and it still wouldnt be worth it because the mass market doest want to spend that much on a videogame system.

But we aren't talking about a $1000+ of tech. Could a $299 Series S sell better than the PS5 at $499? I think the general feeling is no. Hence, it's clearly a little more complex than price alone.

For a couple years much of the market is going to stay with their 8th gen consoles and cross gen titles will exist for that. But many will buy 9th gen units at $399-599. I am hoping the Series S will exist at $299 to get some of the budget gamers.

You brought up PS3. The flaw in your analogy was PS3 was very expensive yet in practice it felt much like 360 in capabilities.