According to Baird Equity Research industry analyst Colin Sebastian, the upcoming consoles from Sony and Microsoft will retail for $400, or possibly even less. The analyst cites meetings he had with developers and "a number of companies" during CES. If accurate, the prices would be lower than expected and would put the consoles in fighting range of the Wii U, which sells for $300 as ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by beanos66:without a shadow of doubt
And when it comes to the U.K . will retail for £400
Originally posted by beanos66:hopefully
And when it comes to the U.K . will retail for £400
Originally posted by Mysttic:The difference from 2006 is gamers have more options now like Android, IOS and Steam, so they are competing with a lot more today. That could make the lower price a reality
Yea at $400 I see a stripped down version *no mem* system and then a deluxe model with an HDD for $200 more. This approach has worked the last few years, so why change what isn't broken for them.
Originally posted by Justoneguy:http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.c...lock_used_games
If they implement ridiculous features, such as blocking used games from playing; they could be free and I still won't have one. I can't honestly see that happening though.
Originally posted by Tarsellis:They would cut a huge chuck of their userbase out by doing so. There are alot of people that just aren't going to shell out $60+ on a game you can beat in 6 hours then to boot can't sell or trade it.... It's just not feasible
Originally posted by Justoneguy:http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.c...lock_used_games
If they implement ridiculous features, such as blocking used games from playing; they could be free and I still won't have one. I can't honestly see that happening though.
Unlikely that they won't. M$ said they want to do the same. The patent alone is enough to keep me away. Let alone $ony's business practiceses already have me in a 100% boycot
Originally posted by juaneryle:That's right. History shows them they can abuse customers all they want, and don't loose a significant number of sales. They're greedy enough, and short sighted enough, that they're enthusiastic to take that risk.
This strategy is similar to what printer manufacturers are doing. Selling their systems cheap, but making mad money off the ink. M$ and $ony goals are to profit from the games. That's why they don't us buying used games.
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