Dude, that's an insanely disingenuous comparison. You're comparing the fringe discounts of a 3 year old model to the one-day-old announcement price of a new digital-only model without discounts. If they were launched at the same time, the implication to be made is that it still would have been $50 less, just like it is now for the undiscounted price. Had this model been 3 years old like the current XBO S, it would likely be just as easy to find at $170. I don't see how PS5 would be any different.

What it might look like from afar... very far away...

With BC and games mostly likely be enhanced, right from the start PS5 will have an array of high quality titles, that were praised to high heaven almost throughout the entire generation, including yet to be released heavy weights. While the main competition guy was scolded continuously throughout the entire generation, with a powerful hardware already released, but no system sellers in sight. It is what it is.

There will be enough buyers when the PS5 launches. Even if the price tag is 600. I have no doubt about it. Taking in consideration how the PS3 did fare. And that even Sony was surprised how well PS4 was selling, struggling to keep up with demand, with hardware shortages well over half a year after launch.

To shoot for a higher price in order to spread demand and not to be outperformed in power for an extensive period of time is strategically sound. Always keep Virtual Reality in mind. Undoubtely Sony insinsts on pulling through. As we all know VR is very demanding. When a PSVR2 arrives a base of potent hardware has to pre exist. There is no way around it if Sony wants to surge ahead to be ahead of (potential) competitors. 

The last of us 2 60fps and 4k will be glorious. I don't care about rtx at all, ps6 maybe

No, you said I know exactly what is in the box.  I never said that.  I only know the same info that everyone else knows.  Based on that info, the PS5 sounds powerful and therefore pricey. 

The only absolute I am saying is that high power goes hand-in-hand with high price.  Is that the absolute you are combating?  

LOL, thank you.  I needed a good laugh.

The only thing that is really a con is the price(potentially).

Why would Sony continuing to support a market they are leading the charge in be a negative? VR's existence has not meant we lose regular gaming on PS4, why would it mean that for PS5? They just want us to know they will not be repeating the Vita with putting out a device and not supporting it after a short while. Thats a very good thing.

Not releasing this year means nothing....yet. While I do think MS will be launching this holiday, A PS5 would almost assuredly debut early Feb/March 2020 then. Sony wouldn't offer up an entire year to MS. Rumor is MS wants to hit from two different points anyway. One depowered discless system and one mega system at later date, prob to go up against PS5 release. Nevertheless, Sony's PS4 is still in a fruitful twilight, on track to sale past PS1 sales record this year.  They also still have several big exclusive titles to carry them strongly for next year.

Sony's position is honestly stronger than ever.

Well, I never met anyone before who wasn't confident enough to call it a PS5 based on their past naming conventions.  And yeah, a powerful console always leads to a pricey console.  That is what has happened with every powerful console in the past.  My "absolutes" are based on what we already know has happened before. Are you uncomfortable drawing conclusions based on past information?  

Also $499 fits my definition of pricey.  $399 has proven to be reasonable.  $449 is pushing it.  $499 and up is pricey.  I don't know what the price will be yet, but it is looking pricey based on the information we have.  We'll have to see if it goes that way.

VR is a niche market.  I'm not sure if PS5 will treat it as a big market or treat it as a niche market.  If they invest heavily in VR, then they are going to lose heavily just like the Virtual Boy did.  Not a good idea.  If they give it lip service and release a handful of minor games, then they are going to be fine.

Not releasing this year is a mistake, but it's not a big deal if they launch early 2020.  If they wait longer than that, then it could turn out really bad for them.  Lots of tough competition is heating up right now: Microsoft, Google, Epic Games, and Nintendo, which already has a successful console that has been out for two years.  The longer they wait, the more chances they give the competition to get a leg up on them.

But yeah, if they release Feb/March 2020, then they are fine on that front.

Actually this is not true.....was not the PS4 the more powerful console between it and the XB1 when it first launched AND the cheapest of the 2? So no power does not always equate to pricey.......just wanted to add that into the conversation.

PS4 was considered a conservative console when it was released.  PS3 was considered an ambitious console.  PS4 just happened to be more powerful than it's two competitors, because they both focused on expensive peripherals instead of hardware specs. 
  

Sony took a loss of $60 per console at PS4's launch price of $399.
Sony took a loss of $307 per console for the PS3's that sold at $499 and a loss of $241 for the PS3's that sold at $599.

The PS3's were costing them about twice as much to make at launch than the PS4's were.  PS3 was very ambitious and PS4 was not.  It turns out that the PS4 was the smarter move.  Not only does the PS4 have significantly more market share, but more importantly, the PS4 has posted record profits for them, while the PS3 caused record losses.  The success of the two consoles is as different as night and day.

So now when there is talk of the PS5 being a powerful console, that should be a red flag.  High power and high cost has not been good for Sony.  A conservative strategy has been very good for them.  If they do a similar thing again, then we should expect similar results.  I don't know what the price will be, but based on what we know so far that is heading in the pricey direction.  That is not good.

So the rumor goes the xb2 will have a quantum drive, can anyone explain that