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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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Probably something to maintain being a better value proposition than series x like last gen like $475 (if series x is $500) i'm guessing.
Sony won't eat a $100+ loss per console. That is too much. At $500 they would still be at a slight loss if the leaked build cost is true.
Yes. I'm sure manufacturing costs will also be an issue for MS... but I think in their case, there is a higher chance they will take on more loss to keep the price down than Sony will. The Playstation brand right now is more valuable than the Xbox brand, and I'm not sure that Sony need to invest as much into it for it to succeed as MS need to do with the Xbox brand.
GameStop: introducing monthly payment plan with 5% interest to afford the PS5!
You don't have to on consoles either nowadays.
$500/£500 is not that much more than PS4 anyway. The cost of a couple games. I'm sure Sony will do what they can to keep costs down butif this is a reality then there's not much that can be down.
This article is from 2013, the PSX is closer to $500 in 2020 dollars.
I don't mind a $500 console as long as the hardware (and game quality) backs that up. That goes for both makers. I've usually bought consoles at $399 or below and I don't think this will be the exception. I can wait until the first price drop and bundle to get the console + one game or something like that at a more affordable price for me.
It's obviously going to be $500 for a 9+TF console with an SSD, desktop class CPU and 4K UHD drive.
I'd just get a second job. It wouldn't be for that long, just work fast food on the weekends for like 3-4 weeks and bam.
I think the market is at the point where it can handle $500. It's been 7 years of inflation, plus launching in a mostly recovered economy instead of a still-barely-clawed-it's-way-out-of-recession one.
My bet is that Microsoft will include 1 or 2 years of Gamepass for free... that way people won't have to buy games initially, and they will be hooked into the ecosystem.
I've always had an expectation of $499 for both the XSX and PS5. Seems right for the speculated specs
90% aren't paying $1000 lump sum, and they definitely aren't paying $60 for each app.
The smartphone comparison has never, and will never be apt. Smartphones are about a million times more valuable to the average person than a game console.
That's a good idea, but I'd be surprised if it's for such a long time. I'd expect a month or three.
But think about how much heat the next-gen systems generate. That's an extra value right there for chilly regions.
Yep, and the article was from 2013. Most of these are over 500 dollars in 2020 dollars.
The PSX cost 50% more than the N64 at launch? Whoa... I had no idea lol
I think that Microsoft's two console strategy will push Sony to releasing the PS5 at $399.
Assuming of course that the Series X is $499 and Series C (or S, or whatever they end up calling it) releases at $349 or $299.
So for now, I'm still on team $399, because I believe that was the original intent when they set out on developing the PS5. Now that they're getting closer to production, some rising component costs are gonna make that difficult, but I think they'll eat that cost to stick to the price they know works for them and make up the difference on games and subs.
Assuming of course that the Series X is $499 and Series C (or S, or whatever they end up calling it) releases at $349 or $299.
So for now, I'm still on team $399, because I believe that was the original intent when they set out on developing the PS5. Now that they're getting closer to production, some rising component costs are gonna make that difficult, but I think they'll eat that cost to stick to the price they know works for them and make up the difference on games and subs.
Unlikely, $500 is mass market, or next gen will make it so.
Just like $399 with 360 (people scoffed at a 399 console).
It'll be more then 399.
The only people who can easily afford high-end smartphones without being on a contract, are the ones who are either rich or happen to have a good paying job or career.
Phones are a necessity, consoles aren't.
i forgot to put in my post--- this was from 7 years ago.
$500 comparatively, isn't ... bad
I think the PSX launched at $299 in Sept 1995 but by the time the N64 launched in 1996 Sony had lowed the PSX price to $199.
Even if you wanting to use this argument that's an extra $500 needed to buy a PS4.
Agreed. They will sell everything they can at $500 and as soon as demand lowers they'll reduce to €449 or €500.
That's where I'm at right now. I've been mentally prepared for 499 USD from the start. To be honest I'm surprised to see so many people expecting 400 now that this topic is coming up every other day.
Doesn't make any sense. You want to spread out the purchase cost, credit cards or store credit allow you to do it.
Setting up your own financing on top of those options only opens you up to selling to those for whom the above isn't possible- and these people are the most likely to default and least likely to have good cash flow to buy games and services.
