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Okay Era, time for a census: would you buy a next generation console at $499 at launch?
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Yup, I'm in this situation more or less.
I'm subbed to Game Pass Ultimate until June 2022 so fuck it, I don't need to spend a penny on games.
Lol nope. That's 666$ canadian dollars. Add taxes and it comes out at around 750$. Nope nope. That's without games too so add another 90$. Looking at those prices I can see the appeal of Stadia.
For the first time since the N64/PlayStation days, I'm willing to wait for price drops. My Scorpio is doing just fine, and I have a feeling this time there will be even more cross gen titles than ever. Hopefully.
Not at all - there will be too many cross generation games for me to justify the cost.
Also those late gen games and OneX/PS4 Pro still look great to me.
More likely to try out Stadia or another streaming service for a couple months before spending 500 on a console.
Also those late gen games and OneX/PS4 Pro still look great to me.
More likely to try out Stadia or another streaming service for a couple months before spending 500 on a console.
There's literally people in this thread saying they would find a way to give console makers $800 for their consoles, whether by adding games or network cards or whatnot.
So, uh, I don't think ResetEra reflects the market at large.
I wouldn't want to. But would if the specs and games justify that price point. $400 would be the respectable sweet spot IMO. Now if there are more expensive editions/bundles that increase storage space or other optional features like that then that's fine and understandable.
I wouldn't say the price is irrelevant, but 499€ is fine for me (not that it would to be that in Finland, more like 550€)
It would take a huge title for me to go for that price... Halo is not my cup tea so I know I wont buy an Xbox at launch, but Playstation could possibly proved a launch title I'd go in on.
If they have Last of Us 2 PS5 version I might go in.
If they have Last of Us 2 PS5 version I might go in.
This.
With the PS5 having BC with PS4, I'll have plenty to play and it will probably be enhanced too.
I have neither the time nor the money to just throw money at a console right at launch, especially at $500.
I'll wait until it gets a couple good games on it or it starts dipping in price, whichever comes first.
I'll wait until it gets a couple good games on it or it starts dipping in price, whichever comes first.
I usually wait a year or two until after release to buy a console. I think I bought a ps4 to play destiny on it. Just can't remember when that was in the timeline or how soon after launch that was.
That would probably be at least $800 in Australia. Hard nope.
I'd wait until it was about $600 or less here (~400 USD). Edit: Then again...if it's backwards compatible and I can get a good price on my God of War Pro...and there are some cool launch games...and after a month or so there doesn't seem to be any issues with the first shipment...maybe.
I'd wait until it was about $600 or less here (~400 USD). Edit: Then again...if it's backwards compatible and I can get a good price on my God of War Pro...and there are some cool launch games...and after a month or so there doesn't seem to be any issues with the first shipment...maybe.
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Not unless the console (read: PS5) is fully backward compatible (physical/digital) and I get a dope deal on my PS4 trade in.
$500 would be pushing it, but at $400 plus the cash I'd get for selling the older console (and assuming we get BC) I'd bite. At $500 there'd have to be a really compelling lineup of games.
This is why I will quite possibly be getting a launch console again after not having gotten one in a long time. Especially if it improves PS4 games in some way.
$499 is sort of my limit, it's what I already have saved and locked up, but I'm flexible if the launch content looks good and the backwards compatibility is good. I just need an early enough price announcement to work on saving the extra money. My launch PS4 is long in the tooth and I skipped out on upgrading to a Pro figuring the PS5 was right around the corner.
I'm also dropping some cash into a PC for Destiny in September, and so are the majority of my Destiny friends. It'll be harder for a console to pull me these days since the big exclusives have wandered out of my taste for the most part.
I'm also dropping some cash into a PC for Destiny in September, and so are the majority of my Destiny friends. It'll be harder for a console to pull me these days since the big exclusives have wandered out of my taste for the most part.
As long as the starter games are something that I really interested I'm not gonna spend too much money on new console.