The PS4 Pro and the Xbox Scorpio will, at the time of their release, be the most powerful gaming consoles ever made for no other reason than to be the most powerful gaming consoles ever made. Given that technological innovation is not contingent upon the gaming industry, these high-performance consoles will quickly become obsolete, defeating the purpose of their existence. PC gaming will always be several steps ahead, and when corporations are now trying to sell us on that technological performance, they will end up in an escalating trap—because what happens when the Pro and Scorpio are obsolete in three to four years? Do we need a Scorpio 2? A Pro Plus? No. What we need is to be content with consoles for what they are, what they always have been—which has never been to deliver a technologically premium experience; they’ve been about great games and nothing, nothing else.
In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz , Sony's Jim Ryan talked a bit about the PS4 Pro and how they had underestimated its demand.
According to Pachter, the PS4 Pro sales aren't doing very good. Maybe drop the price $50 and bundle in a game since Xbox One X is coming?
Agreed. If 1 in 4 PS4's being sold is a Pro anything Pachter says about PS4 Pro sales numbers should be completely ignored.
You can buy a PS4 Pro, with Horizon and Wipeout for £350 in the UK at the minute. Basically, you're getting the console for £280... I'd say that's a bargain. Why do people keep asking for another £50/$50 off when plenty of places do bundle deals with great prices?
No they won't. Most parents will probably go for the cheaper option for Christmas presents. Most gamers that were waiting for a price for XoX, unless they're die hard Microsoft fans or spec junkies, will see that Sony have a cheaper option with huge exclusives coming in the new year, along with third party titles that will probably look little different to their XoX counterparts.
It's amazing how biased opinions seem to speak for the entire gaming population, instead of looking at people as beings that can, and will, use logic.
Most parents will go for the basic version of Ps4 or Xbox1 instead of a pro or X1X.
Most parents will ask if it's play COD, FIFA or GTA since theses are the biggest sellers on both platforms.
Most parents don't have freaking clues about the exclusives coming on Xbox or PS4 just like you probably don't have a clue about exclusive deals coming on Apple music.
It's amazing how N4G hardcore gamers seem to speak for the entire gaming population, instead of looking at people as beings that can, and will, follow the herd of COD/ GTA/ FiFA.
@Petebloodyonion
If you read my post properly, you'll see that I said parents will go for the cheaper console. I never even mentioned whether that's the upgraded models or not.
As for the games, it was in regard to gamers wanting a console, not the parents. Totally different sentence and subject.
It's amazing how people would actually look less like idiots if they actually read an entire post, before jumping on someone's comments.
If Sony drops the price of the Pro and it's $150 cheaper than the $500, checkerboarding beast, the only thing Sony will have a hard time doing is shipping Pro's to retailers.
They don't need to drop the price. You can buy a Pro with one or two games in a package for £100 cheaper than an XoX with nothing on it's release.
I love ps4 but if the x gives all the multiplat games at least 1080/60 and update past multiplat games then id go for the x.but id get a switch before ither😂
Spider-man’s show-stopping gameplay reveal stood out like a New York City skyscraper on the skyline of Sony’s unusually flat E3 press conference.
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Well it is now thanks to Xbox announcing the Scorpio
Markets are ever changing. Who would have thought that a £110 controller would sell out on launch?
If you told me 5 years ago that Apple would one day sell their base model phones for £600 and completely sell out during launch, I would have called you crazy.
As long as it's forward and backwards compatible I don't see a big issue with it, I think I can get used to this new model.
ps4 pro is same price as ps4 was at launch in the UK,
Everyone following the business model that cell phones have laid out sadly