PS5 and PS Portal Price Increase Confirmed [Update]

[EricHiggin]

Random_Matt said:

Tober said:

Time for some more competition on the market. Not as powerful as a PS5 or as versatile as a Switch2. Priced at $350, but perfectly capable of running the following type of games: Fortnight, Apex Legends, FIFA, Madden, Ghenshin Impact and such. Could see a market disrupter right there.

In all seriousness with all the prices rises, what could you honestly give a consumer for $350? It would have to be a company with a tremendous amount of money; it certainly is not going to be google.

I could see $399 possibly. A Switch 2 home console or if the the PS5/PS6 hybrid also came in a home console version.

Wouldn't need the screen. Wouldn't need the battery. I'm sure there's some other minor things they could remove. Wouldn't even need a different shell casing. Just a few super cheap pieces of plastic to cover where the screen would be otherwise and the ends where the joycons would otherwise connect. Same portable shell casing, same dock, and either the joycons with the charge grip or the pro controller instead. Depends on the specs of the PS hybrid as well, but I'd guess SNY would look to keep it $499 max, so $399 should be doable for a home console version, even if it required a small subsidy like PS5 got early on.

While we have little info, right now, it kinda seems like the XB Helix ecosystem is designed in a way that's even more friendly to a Series S type model. A 2027 Helix SKU that was $399 could sell far better than Series S did with where PS6 hardware looks like it could end up.