PlayStation Nation |OT| Playing Astro Bot on the Horizon Until Dawn

[EricHiggin]

the-pi-guy said:

BraLoD said:

And now this absurd price for the Pro, with no SKU options for pre-installed disc drive model or even a 1TB model, and everywhere is a lot worse than that $700 price in USA. They don't even give a stand charging that much!

There is no way the PS6 will not follow suit on being "premium priced" if the consumers keep accepting it, there will be no good options, and when that happens it'll be too late to be worried.

PS5 pro isn't going to be setting the stage for PS6. 

They have almost completely different markets.

They need their consoles to sell 80+ million. That's the only way to sell their games at a high enough cost and volume to make it worth it. 

I doubt they expect PS5 Pro to sell 5 million at this price.

Well what's the point in upgrading from PS5 Pro to PS6 if there's not a large enough gap? Same thing as why upgrade from PS5 to Pro if there's not a large enough gap? Why upgrade if it's flat out too expensive?

SNY can't launch a $699 PS5 Pro at 17TF, 4 years into the gen, and then like a 30TF PS6 at $699 4 years later. The only way that works is in inflation halts or drops a considerable amount over that period so the PS6 can launch at a reasonable price.

Otherwise we'd end up with something like a 20TF PS6 for $499. How would PS5 Pro buyers feel at that point? That or maybe a 10 year PS5 gen.

Eventually you'd have to ask yourself, would that mid gen Pro console investment be better spent elsewhere?

A lot depends on inflation calming down.