I sincerely think next-gen hardware makers shouldn`t aim for low pricing

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Lawlight on 23 January 2017

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You got it all wrong. There is nothing wrong with the price and power of the consoles. What is wrong is how developers think all they should do is push tech. Making original or diferent games instead of FPS and open-world only could tap into many markets. Ideally, the tech not beeing cutting edge and beeing cheaper would allow for more genres to re-emerge again and be profitible. But, the focus on big tech and big profit leads the market to a dead-end where consumers aren't willing to pay more, but game makers need to sell more.

Basically, everyone should chill the hell down and focus on making fun games.

Dude, where did you get that gaming consists mostly of FPS or open world games? Have you not been paying attention? These types of games re in the minority and, even with open world games, they're all different. Yakuza is not the same as Horizon which is not the same as Gravity Rush which is not the same as Red Dead.

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TallSilhouette on 23 January 2017

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They were so under-powered and feature less that we are having a mid-gen hardware upgrade because PS4/X1 specs aren`t just good enough to keep up with development evolution.

If that were true they wouldn't be the main platforms running the games just as well now as they did at launch.

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Volterra_90 on 23 January 2017

I'm not willing to pay more than 400€ in a console, that's for sure. I don't truly care about power, so I'm fine as long as developers keep providing good gameplay experiences, even if that demands some tech sacrifices.

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KBG29 on 23 January 2017

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I think they always have to have a $200 device on the market. Whether it be last gen getting continued support or the new gen getting an extreme budget option, they haveto have an entry level device.

With that said, I think having multiple Sku's for PS5 would be great. I would pay $1000 for a decked out console, with more RAM for higher resolutions and better multi-tasking, more inputs, and a higher end version of the same CPU/GPU tech found in the lower end models.

The market is definitely changing. It will be very interesting to see what kind of hardware offerings come in the future. One thing I think is for sure though. You can not compete i todays market with a static piece of hardware, or an OS/Chipset that is limited to one form factor. How Sonyand Nintendo address that to remain competitive is yet to be seen. Microsoft will compete via Surface Phone, Surface Pro, Surface Book, Surface Home (Scorpio), and Surface Studio. I think the other two will have to follow a very similar formula.

The market is not changing as evidenced by the fact that very few people (in the grand scheme of things) care about th PS4Pro. My guess is that Sony will never do a mid-gen refresh again.

Really, because PS4 Pro being sold out everywhere shows little interest? Or was it when it came back in stock on Amazon and is now sitting right behind the top selling XBO sku?

PS4 Pro is selling better than Sony expected so far. It will take a good year before we get a full picture of how this plays out, but with the limited data we have so far, it is doing better than expected.

Come back next year at this time and we will see how $299.99 PS4 Pro and a $399.99 Scorpio areperforming in the market. My bet is they are going to surprise many people. E3 is going to sell the crap out of Pro, Scorpio, and VR. Mark my words.

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