Re: PlayStation 4 Discussion
Because if the final devkits go out in early September and Neo gets released in October, you have to think that the console is already in the manufacturing stage. Neo first emerged at GDC in March when Sony was talking to publishers about it. Less than six months is not enough time to start changing specs. Plus, the devkits that publishers already have then would be useless because of the spec change. And it's actually more like three months because Sony didn't expect Microsoft to just go all out with Scorpio. Three months is simply not enough time. And delaying Neo until early 2017 is not going to happen because Sony would miss the holiday shopping season plus effective October 1st, all games are required to have a Neo mode. This tells me Neo is coming sooner rather than later.
Power is everything. If it wasn't, Neo and Scorpio wouldn't exist. Sony and especially Microsoft want their consoles to match high end PC's so they definitely need to be powerful. Personally, I still believe that Neo is due to PSVR (and yes, JareBear will disagree with me on this forever) and Scorpio is due to Microsoft wanting to have a "do over" for this generation. It's all about the power. It's the power and increased specs that will give you better resolution, frame rates, 4K, etc. Consoles can't go lower and still give that to consumers.
Price wise, im still sticking with base PS4 dropping to $300 and Neo being $400 for the 500GB. Sony would be stupid to go higher than that even though I do see them releasing a 2TB GT Sport bundle for $500. The base PS4 was $400 and three years later, consoles get cheaper, not a new more expensive model. Scorpio is rumored to be $600 or higher. I believe the extra year will allow Microsoft to lower the price and launch it at $400. Microsoft will take the loss on the console in order to get it into gamers households.
Console manufacturers rarely if ever make money on the consoles. They make the majority of their money on software and subscriptions but you can only do that if you get people to purchase the console. Making the console cheaper than expected is how they accomplish that goal. It's all about getting the console in the consumer's household first and foremost because if you can't accomplish that, nothing else matters.
Originally posted by Smallville102001
Power is everything. If it wasn't, Neo and Scorpio wouldn't exist. Sony and especially Microsoft want their consoles to match high end PC's so they definitely need to be powerful. Personally, I still believe that Neo is due to PSVR (and yes, JareBear will disagree with me on this forever) and Scorpio is due to Microsoft wanting to have a "do over" for this generation. It's all about the power. It's the power and increased specs that will give you better resolution, frame rates, 4K, etc. Consoles can't go lower and still give that to consumers.
Price wise, im still sticking with base PS4 dropping to $300 and Neo being $400 for the 500GB. Sony would be stupid to go higher than that even though I do see them releasing a 2TB GT Sport bundle for $500. The base PS4 was $400 and three years later, consoles get cheaper, not a new more expensive model. Scorpio is rumored to be $600 or higher. I believe the extra year will allow Microsoft to lower the price and launch it at $400. Microsoft will take the loss on the console in order to get it into gamers households.
Console manufacturers rarely if ever make money on the consoles. They make the majority of their money on software and subscriptions but you can only do that if you get people to purchase the console. Making the console cheaper than expected is how they accomplish that goal. It's all about getting the console in the consumer's household first and foremost because if you can't accomplish that, nothing else matters.
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