PS5 Showcase - Wednesday Sept 16

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V-r0cK said:

0D0 said:

I've just noticed that XBS will be $380. So just 80 of difference. O_O

Kudos to MS.

And I miss the age when consoles were considered cheap gaming. I wish gens took longer so the tech could get less expensive for consoles. Even with inflation, a $500 console feels expensive. Particularly in pandemic year.

Ya the difference in S isn't that much at all.  I'm surprised MS didn't price the S to $399 since $299US=$395CAD.  If the S had a disc drive and exclusives I'd want to play I would buy the S in a heartbeat.

Consoles can definitely sound expensive but when you think about how each console lasts you about a decade long, that's quite the bargain.  $500/10yrs is just $50 a year, that doesn't looks so bad now does it? :P

Me too. The only thing that's holding me picking up an S is the lack of disc. I still feel uncomfortable with that.

And I agree about the 10 year investment think, in terms of overall devices, consoles are still the cheapest. But most people don't see that way, they only see the price tag, and consoles had a below 500 price tag for ever and they used to have lots of price cuts. Full game price is still 60 tho.

Tech is supposed to get cheaper. Laptops used to be more expensive, not any more. Anyone can find a very cheap laptop.

Consoles are still kinda cheap, but they used to be very cheap, easy to just impulse buy, like a cheap laptop or a cheap tablet, but not any more I think.

Perhaps it's time to have more console versions with multiple price ranges, like we have with tablets and even phones. (I know that gaming dev is not the same as app dev. I'm just thinking out loud at this point)