Lord Malachite
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$499 assuming a good size SSD drive. I want 2TB of storage
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How much would you be willing to pay for Playstation 5 post Cerny news?
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Romulus
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Other than being cheap, I wonder what goes into someone's mind that thinks a $500 console is too much in 2020. Do they really not mind a gimped machine? $500 will barely get us anything remotely decent in this era. I guess people really want a crap cpu gain. Like it's fine to pay $400 but somehow another $100 just breaks the bank on a device they'll own for 7 years.
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Winter John
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$350 and not a cent more unless they drop the online paywall. Go above that and you might as well buy a pc.
KINDERFELD
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$500
Seeing thst its most likely going to do ray tracing on the medium to low spectrum, and support checkerboard 8K, I think that's a fair cost.
Seeing thst its most likely going to do ray tracing on the medium to low spectrum, and support checkerboard 8K, I think that's a fair cost.
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Deleted member 325805
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About £250, but then again I only have a Playstation for exclusives and tend to wait a refresh or two.
ResilientBanana
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$499 day one but wait for the slim
ZywyPL
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Solely depends on the games and what they will offer. I don't see an issue in spending let's say 1k$ on a gaming console, my PC cost 4-5 times as much back in the day, but years keep passing by and it's still rocking hard, and will most likely be able to keep up with next-gen consoles for another decade or so. So if I see the consoles aren't underpowered, lacking something, and the games will look and perform flawlessly, and will serve me without issues for another decade or so when 8K kicks in, there is no upper limit for me personally.
Redefine07
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499$ but I would pay more if needed !
Top_Gunner_82
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Romulus
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If you can make it so that I can play Sony's exclusives on PC, I'll agree with you, but theres not a single PC exclusive that entices me like Sony's library.
mcz117chief
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I want the old "599 US dollars" to make a comeback
GenericUser
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I save money on things that are not impotant to me, gaming on the other hand is, so money is not the biggest issue here. I'd pay 600 or even 700 if the console is that good and if good games are available.
PSYGN
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You take that back.
Coulomb_Barrier
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If it has full BC or at least for PS4 titles then they can justify $500 easily. With all those AAA exclusives there day 1 given a 4K PS5 upscale, it would sell like gelato on a hot beach or coffee on a high street in the East End of London.
Sony has a huge advantage over MS in their AAA exclusive catalogue and I expect them to leverage that killer app DAY 1 to devastating effect (real talk).
Sony has a huge advantage over MS in their AAA exclusive catalogue and I expect them to leverage that killer app DAY 1 to devastating effect (real talk).
mcz117chief
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ookami
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It's not. in my opinion, it depends on your situation. If you have a decent rig' which put you in the "sweet spot" of upgrades or performances then there is no point in paying $500. Even more, if you're just waiting for exclusives. Plus, you don't have to get all your games on day one. I still have so many to play on PS4/Switch and PC.
But it makes sense for someone just playing on console or having an outdated rig' which could be more expensive to upgrade to get a PS5 around $400/$500.
I also don't understand how there are still people thinking that the PC community is just about having a high-end PC and spit on other platforms when it concerns a minority. It is mostly about usage diversity and tweaking yourself your gaming experience. Plus, you can outlive a console cycle which is a strong point in my opinion if you have to pay more.
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SaintJonathan
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I literally just bought a PS4 on Black Friday, so it's really gonna depend on what the launch titles are. But I suppose reasonably if it was $500CND at launch I'd strongly consider it.
PropellerEar
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I would pay 600€ without qualms on launch.
Under 1000€ and I will still buy it on launch.
I'm more stingy spending on phones.
Under 1000€ and I will still buy it on launch.
I'm more stingy spending on phones.
kraspkibble
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not american so don't know WTF those prices mean.
here in the UK anything below £500 is a day 1 purchase for me and only because i'll need to get a 4K tv as well. if i get a 4K tv earlier in the year then i guess there is no limit to what i'll pay. if it's £950 then i'll get it but it's never gonna be that expensive lmfao. the highest i can see them pricing it is £500.
here in the UK anything below £500 is a day 1 purchase for me and only because i'll need to get a 4K tv as well. if i get a 4K tv earlier in the year then i guess there is no limit to what i'll pay. if it's £950 then i'll get it but it's never gonna be that expensive lmfao. the highest i can see them pricing it is £500.
bosnianpie
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$499 seems fair for both consumers and Sony. I would say that anything beyond that would be streching it.
I also don't want to pay extra for VR functionality since I will never buy a headset. I hope they haven't been inspired by some wierd Kinect ideas.
I also don't want to pay extra for VR functionality since I will never buy a headset. I hope they haven't been inspired by some wierd Kinect ideas.
Coulomb_Barrier
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The weak value of the pound means UK price could match the American price in pounds.
But equally if it's $500 in US it can be £450 Blighty.
Winter John
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I'll take the cheaper prices, better performance, mods and no online paywall over any Sony/MS/Nintendo exclusive. As much as I like my PS4, I ain't paying more than $350 for a console.
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Beelzebubs
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I'm expecting this rumoured PS+ Premium to be some kind of contract scheme to pay for the PS5 monthly
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SLoWMoTIoN
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299.99 in like 4 years. Literally has nothing I want outside bc. I already know Sony will only make AAA games like GoW and TLOU in the future so meh. If it supports ps4 controllers (it won't) 399.99.
Romulus
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It's also been that way for PC, nothing has changed.
PS5 will eventually be $350, but probably $400 for a lot longer. It's just weird, $350 is fine, but $400? Hell no! lol It's like $50 is just a bank breaker when you already have a PC probably 3x the entire cost of the console, suddenly a paywall with free games at $8 per month is a backbreaker too. Just bizarre price setting, but you do you. Not sure how $50 savings translates to an awesome deal suddenly when it drops to $350.
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DoctorEkkoUK
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I have so much invested in my xbox digital library now MS would really need to screw up on the next console to get me to switch
Winter John
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$350 is the upper limit I'd pay and for that I'd expect free games and a few months free PS+. Otherwise $200-$250 is a reasonable price. I got a 4 yr old pc that can easily handle any console port. Bought it for $300 off Ebay. Switched out the power supply and it plays new games just fine. For the cost of a new console I could get myself a half decent video card that would make the PS5 look like a Nintendo Gameboy. Still, if you think a $500 console is worth buying you do you.
Freeman454
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If you want performance or high end things you shouldnt buy a ps5.
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Romulus
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I would hope a 4-year-old PC can handle PS4 games, PS4 is 6 years old.
But your 4-year-old PC was $300 and can handle console ports currently. That makes sense. But somehow, you'll be able to buy a "half decent" video card that makes PS5(specs unknown) look like.... gameboy? Um. Okay. Let's see some screenshots of those games, I'd like to see that.
What about your CPU? You said you only switched out the power supply so that means everything is 4 years old. Yeah, and I will spend the $500 on the console if I like the games. Lots of us PC owners do.
$500 is nothing for most professional working people. This isn't 1997. Many of us spend double that on phones without blinking. I don't because mine works fine as is, but its just not much money in 2019 if its something we like. I'll forget I ever spent it.
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Javthusiast
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gamerforever
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£600 if there are day one exclusives/ cross gen titles like the last of us 2, ghost of tsushima and gran turismo 7, otherwise i feel £500 is about right.
For it to succeed it needs to be less than £450 imo.
For it to succeed it needs to be less than £450 imo.
GenericUser
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I hope there will be that many playstation generations
Iced Arcade
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yeah $90 is gross. when prices were lower I bought tons of games but now reserve to known titles.
Croatoan
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Unless PS develops a multiplayer IP I care about I am probably going back to Xbox next gen. Sony literally makes basically the same SP 3rd person action game over and over again, albeit with minor differences or different genre, and gets away with it. I waited the entire gen for a First Party BR, or at least a quality fps, and got nothing other than the shitty launch killzone.
Sony just isn't for me I guess.
Sony just isn't for me I guess.
Doing the math; launch day purchase $100 would be $1.20 a month for that time span.
The issue for us is not the price but the ecosystem. Sony should honestly make a $549 box and take a loss to sell it at around $449. Not because we wouldn’t buy it but because they need install base of lots of people.
Backwards compatibility could also be a driver of sales. If for example existing controllers work for PS4 backwards compatible games then a lot of the existing ecosystem could be convinced to get on board.
Being older with disposable income I’d buy one if it’s hardware BC, on day one. But as it’s a closed system (like all consoles) they need the masses so maybe $449 is what they’ll shoot for. Though I think a number of gaming enthusiasts might be sad (me included) I could see it coming in at $399.
Same. I was already kind of waiting for hdmi 2.1 for a tv but I pipe everything through a receiver and was on the fence about when to get a receiver. I’ll definitely be waiting on more complete 2.1 offerings. What brand receivers do you like? I’ve been pretty fanboi about Yamaha through the years so it’s kind of their race to lose personally.
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