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DonFerrari said:
If both MS and Sony were selling their consoles for break even or small loss I would be very fine with they putting a budget entry version for 399 and a premium one 999 at the start of the gen as long as they ensure all games of the gen will be workeable on the base unit. Since 999 is a lot of money I would probably hold on buying the budget and after 2 years buy the premium hoping for a discount (when considered I bought base and pro and VR in the end I got near 999 on HW) |
I wouldn't pay 999 for a premium model after seeing what happened with the pro and XBox One X. For that price I expect games to take full advantage of that system, not just run the same games at native 4K and/or 60 fps. The fact that they need to be workable on the base unit lessens the hype for a more expensive better model. It's the same as buying the best $800 GPU atm, just to boast about running games at 240 fps yet (besides star citizen) not having anything to actually use your expensive GPU to the fullest.
Using myself as an example: When MS announced the XBox One S it seemed like the exact machine I had been waiting for, turning the XBox One into a desirable console for a good price. However just minutes later they announced the XBox One X which left me scratching my head. What's going to happen now. Well, the XBox One X was too expensive here to justify getting it as a secondary console while games on the One S suffered. The One X made the One S look bad, yet the One S kept the One X back not really taxing the more expensive hardware, just running the same stuff at native 4K.
This feels like the same situation to me. I have no interest in a gimped console, and far less interest in the series X now it will have an anchor weight in Lockhart for the entire generation.
Thanks MS I guess, more money left over to spend on PSVR2 and games!
