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DF Direct: The Price of PS5 - Are We Looking At A $500 Console?
- Thread starter Anthony Hopkins
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That's true, we had it pretty damn good deal for the PS4/XB1 launch.
What's 100$ more? Got a car, Uber for a day or two and back to regular life. No car? Couple of odd jobs and you're set, just a quick look at kijiji in my area shows a guy willing to pay 25-30$ an hour under the table for some odd jobs (and he's probably not a serial killer). Teen? Babysitting or yard work.
I know some people can't work or already work multiple jobs, but this is the definition of a luxury good. By that I mean "a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises".
I know some people can't work or already work multiple jobs, but this is the definition of a luxury good. By that I mean "a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises".
If the console is fully retrocompatible, I could see people selling their PS4/PS4 pro for a PS5 and cut 100/200 bucks out of the price.
Xbox One X was 500 bucks too and people still bought it.
If the tech behind it is good and the launch games are too, this price won't be a problem.
Xbox One X was 500 bucks too and people still bought it.
If the tech behind it is good and the launch games are too, this price won't be a problem.
You can't compare the pricing model to a phone as games on the iPhone aren't £50 or more. The console has to be subsidised imo. I think ps5 will be £479.99 including 2 controllers and a first party game. Xbox series x will be £529.99, but more powerful than ps5 imo.
Pro versions will be again mid-gen refresh to get another 399 or 499 out of people.
that's fine but i want a "pro" version out of the gate and not something that needs to be compromised a ton to hit a mass market price. Microsoft will probably do it this way but i want a Sony device like that.
I reckon Sony will take a hit and release them at a loss. The main thing will be getting these things into peoples homes where they can buy their games and pay their subscriptions, the real money making side of things.
I mean I agree that times have changed and $499 PS4 can sell decently (still secretly hoping they can miraculously launch it with $399 price tag as I don't think it will match early PS4 sales with $499 price tag) but it's blatantly untrue that PS3 did just fine with its initial $599 price tag. I was there back in 2007 following sales threads. During spring of 2007 it was selling sub 100k in US a month (lowest being 81k) battling with dying GBA for the last place. Europe was only place were it was selling somewhat decently but Japanese and US sales were atrocious before price drop.
they didn't get Pros. And that's why they're complaining. They want all of the bang of a new console without the rising costs associated.
All I can say I save money people. If $50 a month is a struggle to support your hobby (a hobby important enough for you to be on this site, gaming side), then maybe you just have to wait. $499 sounds like a dream. But I'm preparing for a higher cost.
Don't be surprised if it's 399 or 449
they make a ton off of digital sales and they want to keep the customers they have now locked in.
My launch ps4 came with killzone and 2 controllers from memory.
Is this satire and you're channeling Ken Kutaragi or are you serious? "I will work more hours to buy one."
Whoa bro, it'd take like 12 years and 9 concurrent jobs to be able to afford that.
I don't know how this is an argument. Smartphones are used for everything, consoles are game machines.
Yeah that's out of my range. I saw this coming and had hoped that streaming might mitigate this...thanks Google /s
Kind of late, but...
Just by comparing the ports of Duke Nukem 3D and Quake on N64 I can safely assume PC hardware was better than N64 even at release.
$499 for what's rumored to be in the PS5 is a price I'd be willing to pay...I think it's fair, it's going to be a beast.
It's an open market. There are Gamers who see a future without upgrading hardware and to continue to spend to upgrade that hardware. It might be small percentage right now, but who knows that the future will hold. I think Google and MS is on the right track with that. Sony has the games to make their console more relevant than either on the other hand. The perfect spot is somewhere in the middle. Whoever gets to the middle first is going to be in a great position.
Not gonna happen. Inflation alone wouldve put the PS4 above 440 dollars in 2020. Thats without considering the SSD's and whatnot.
Heh, seeing these $1000 phone posts, what kind of things are you guys buying? lol
My current phone (Sony xperia) was the equivalent of $350 new and it's lasted me for over two years now.
In any case, I'd prefer a $400 PS5 but I'll fork out the extra cash. Afterall I did buy a $500 PS4 (the 500m LE edition).
My current phone (Sony xperia) was the equivalent of $350 new and it's lasted me for over two years now.
In any case, I'd prefer a $400 PS5 but I'll fork out the extra cash. Afterall I did buy a $500 PS4 (the 500m LE edition).
but smartphones are more essential and yearly. consoles are strictly entertainment products
It struck me as one of those old men sat behind their keyboard in their empty basement alone secretly wishing that they too could have companionship.
lighten up dude, the edgy hippy vibe does nothing for you.
That's crazy expensive for a phone imho.
Well I guess people have different priorities, I'm guilty of spending too much in other areas :)
That's what i was thinking. There is no way i am paying that much money for a console however powerful it is.
? Of course it does.
How fast do you think it would sell if it cost £5,000??
All the $1000+ phone posts ignore that the majority of customers don't pay that. They trade in or lease phones. I've been on the iPHone forever plan wirh sprint since 2015, and I get the new iPhone every year for 5 years (well this year I'm not, trying to pay Xr off to make 12 cheaper) also I've paid $30 per month for the phone for like 5 years. Very few actually pay 1000+ for phones, and the success of $400-$700 iPhones should help prove this
I don't know how much that is but obviously I meant like within reason.
My guess is these things will eventually be 24 month contracts for like $40 a month with some gamepass like subscription plan
As an interested party here in Canada, I'm fully prepared to wait a few years for a decent price-point... just like I waited on PS4 and eventually purchased at $249 CDN.
If $500 USD is what we're looking at, after exchange, plus a couple of games, plus an accessory/controller or two, plus tax - we're getting close to $1000 CDN just to start.
Yeah, no thanks; I'll leave that launch tax to those hardcore early adopters.
If $500 USD is what we're looking at, after exchange, plus a couple of games, plus an accessory/controller or two, plus tax - we're getting close to $1000 CDN just to start.
Yeah, no thanks; I'll leave that launch tax to those hardcore early adopters.
If it's $500, I just won't buy one for a long time. I don't have a 4K TV so I really don't care at all about paying a price premium for hardware that won't actually improve my gaming experience all that much, especially if there aren't many games coming out for it that I care about.
And right now I don't see Sony having much to draw my interest moving forward unless they actually make some bloody RPGs for a change.
I'm done doing console manufacturers a favor by buying their consoles early at a price premium and having nothing to do on them for months/years at a time as thanks for my trouble.
And right now I don't see Sony having much to draw my interest moving forward unless they actually make some bloody RPGs for a change.
I'm done doing console manufacturers a favor by buying their consoles early at a price premium and having nothing to do on them for months/years at a time as thanks for my trouble.
lol at no point during the last 5 years was Sony above 75/share. has it improved overall? yes just like everything else the past 5 years. what you really should be asking yourself is how much of that turnaround is rooted in the PS4's sustained success and dominance on the market. but don't just take my word for it, you literally just have to google "PlayStation + Sony + profits" if you wanna read real financial analysis.
but please continue to tell me what I don't know