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Geoff Keighley: Scorpio rumored to cost $499 (he's right, flawless victory)
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If anything its always the opposite, GAF has a handful of people who are informed but 90% of people who post here simply like to play alot of games... or at least talk about them.
Totally forgot about that monstrosity
Elwood Blues
Member
Scorpio is not an iPad.
PeterLegend
Member
Time for Sony to drop Pro to $349? lol
Also were expecting Zen to be included if $499 was happening...
Also were expecting Zen to be included if $499 was happening...
Majmun
Member
Xbox is no Ipad
Compsiox
Banned
Not necessarily. As mentioned by others there can be different skus.
RumbleHumble
Banned
THOR THE DARK WORLD
GHG
Member
No they haven't.
The corporate cheerleaders and the rabbid fanboys running around Twitter with that pathetic Scorpio icon have.
Microsoft have always said this would be a premium product.
Obliterator
Member
He wouldn't. I feel very confident now that he's gone on record saying this it's a $499 price point. Which is pretty crazy to me. No matter how "Premium" of a product this is MS doesn't have near the 1st party output to really make this price a viable strategy imo.
We will see though. ME better be guns blazing at their conference to justify this in the eyes of consumers
This.
Not sure what he is trying to achieve by 'leaking' it. Either he is going to piss off people he works with, or is in cahoots with MS.
The Last One
Member
Well, if MS announces 2 sku, one for $399 and other for $499 he'll still be right I guess.
Giftofgab24
Member
I don't think so. I imagine the backlash he would get would be pretty immense. Although, it also doesn't make sense for him to leak this in the first place. He's extremely well known in the industry and I would have to imagine that this would sour relationships. I know I wouldn't even give him the chance to view unnanounced hardware, games, and features after this.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
To work with the conspiracies, they may adjust the price by $50 within these hours. All it takes it a change in the PowerPoint presentation and the teleprompter.
However, MS is a leaky ship, so I believe this 100% unless stated otherwise.
Currently, the price is $500, and nothing less.
Because I'd sooner expect Major Nelson to leak the price then Geoff.
After all MS have said, and all the discussion of expensive parts even DF pointing out that the price will be 499 I don't know why some were hell bent on driving 399 narrative.
499 was expected, day 1
FIFY
SenkiDala
Member
A console sold without controller, yeah sure. I mean you can't even basicaly use it without a controller, you can't go through the menu, that is a pretty dumb thing to think. xD
What A Time To Be Alive
Member
$500 is starting to hit Gaming PC territority.
if true, this shit should have been $450 max, $500 is insane.
if true, this shit should have been $450 max, $500 is insane.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
I really, really want this thing to be 399, but I'm surprised so many folks are doubting Geoff. It's totally believable.
metalslimer
Member
That's because the Xbox one is already so far behind the ps4 to begin with
I think there's a very limited market for the PS4 Pro and Scorpio but there is a definite market there for this type of approach, if this is true then I think it's far too much of a reduction in market size.
Obviously, there will be people who rush out and buy this at $499 and they'll be very happy with it but I do have visions of the leadership of the PlayStation division chuckling away happily to themselves if this is what's actually announced.
Obviously, there will be people who rush out and buy this at $499 and they'll be very happy with it but I do have visions of the leadership of the PlayStation division chuckling away happily to themselves if this is what's actually announced.
one word "Hope". people want great competition. don't know if a fancy box for $499 helps MS.
GHG
Member
We already have a product for you... Something something.
RumbleHumble
Banned
But it doesn't have the makings of a stunt (like the MGS5 stuff did). Plus if Keighley's wrong here, it's likely few will ever trust what he has to say moving forward. It'd be too big a hit to his credibility (regardless of whether or not he gave himself a way out)
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Didn't this price backfire on them last time with the X1. Somebody running the shots must be extremely hard headed.
Salty Rice
Member
Dead on arrival.
Phil Spencer said:
Phil has been banging the drum on Scorpio being a premium console (see high end, like the Elite controller). That quote is from March. I really do wonder where some of you folks around here get these ideas that are built on delusional and non-existent statements.
Compsiox
Banned
It's just really weird how he posted this out of nowhere. I think it's okay to be a bit skeptical.
metalslimer
Member
Lmao you could literally make this argument for anything ever to defend a price.
CJY
Banned
One thing I never understood was why there was such a backlash with Sony announcing the PS3 at $599, but always forgetting to mention that there was a $499 model at launch as well.
However, when mentioning the price of the 360, they quote the $299 for the core model instead of $399.
Look at the those prices at the launch of the previous gen, I think 499 for the Scorpio is reasonable for what you'll be getting, it doesn't mean it'll sell well though
However, when mentioning the price of the 360, they quote the $299 for the core model instead of $399.
Look at the those prices at the launch of the previous gen, I think 499 for the Scorpio is reasonable for what you'll be getting, it doesn't mean it'll sell well though