No, cuz who the f*ck would buy it? I'd hella wait for a black friday bundura deal if that were the case!

599 for a premium device. Its not for the average gamer. Microsoft already told that.

I'd 500 bucks because of the promises there holding.Unless they made A really great deal with AMD.

Pretty sure Phil (or some MS head) tweeted it would be competitively priced.

I really doubt that. 600 at max I'd say.

Nope, not gonna happen, way too expensive for a console....

If its 500, I could trade in my XB1 and pay the difference.

I expect 499.

This thing better be $400 at the most for me to even consider buying.

$500 MAX for a 6TF machine.

better not be

No. Microsoft are using stuff like this as a marketing tactic. Microsoft wants to compete with Sony. They know Sony are wiping the mat with their blood, sweat, and tears and it's killing Microsoft. Microsoft want gamers to think it'll be expensive but, Microsoft are going to use Sonys own game against them. That's right, like the PS3, Microsoft are going to sell Scorpio at a major loss and it'll go for $399.99. Microsoft hope to make up for the loss in the years following as parts get cheaper along with a slim model.

What Microsoft need to do is swallow their pride and issue a major apology with the Xbox One and Don Mattrick. Consumers lost trust in Microsoft and that's what Microsoft need to figure out, is how to regain that trust consumers no longer have and have been won over by Sony. It's gonna be a tough long road, but I actually think Microsoft screwed themselves over when Mattrick announced Xbox One. They should go back and focus on PC, like Nintendo did with Switch and focusing on Mobile.

You can buy a mid-range PC for that price.

A premium device for a premium price.

We all know what happens when you price a console @ $500 or more...We'll see if MS has learned anything from the XB1 launch; what Sony learned from their PS3 launch.

There is a good chance of the console being $700, if you're in Canada......

$500-$550 max. They do not have enough software in their arsenal to coax people into buying and and some cases, abandoning their current xb1, in favor of a higher price machine. If they were in Sony's position right now, they'd probably be able to get away with a $700 machine. But, where they currently sit now, a 700 dollar machine would be suicide.

any console priced above 400 hundred is going to have a hard time selling most people are not buying a 700 hundred dollar console

I'm in for under $500 and it's truly as powerful as promised.

Only if they wanna nail their coffin shut

What games to play ?

3 different prices... 450, 500, and 550...

no that's not possible because console games are the most cheapest gamers in the market, they even complain about a 400$ console costing too much but turns a blind eye to when they are being nickel and dimed.

They wanna be competitive. And by the time it comes out PS4 Pro will be 350

They'd be out of their minds. No console over $500 has ever been successful without a price drop. History shows that console buyers just aren't that interested in spending a lot of money on a console. People who want high end hardware just buy PCs, which probably explains why Steam Machines flopped so hard.

If Microsoft is willing to take a hit on every console sold, then 400. If they price with cost in mind 500. If they are touting a beast of a maching and make no compromises then possibly 600.

I think it will be 550 dollars, £450 €500

The pro will be at $350 when they launch so if it's to high they are dead. They are getting raped by Sony so unless they are oblivious or just stupid they will kill it at e3 with a bunch of games and maybe some third party deals and price Scorpio at $399 for a 500 gb model and $449 for a 1 tb model and eat the cost to win back fans and prove they learned something after Mattrick ruined Xbox with his corporate weasel smirk and show they are serious about trying to compete and stay relevant.

It will absolutely - ABSOLUTELY - need the games to justify such a price. And MS have yet to show they know how to make anything outside of FPS - and even that's arguable.

Why would Microsoft want to make an iterative console that expensive

There's no way (well they could) that MS would release a $700 system with the current situation they are in. Only die hard Xbox owners like myself would pay that kind of money. Now with that being said idgf how much it cost I'm buying it day one.

My guess is $599. Maybe we'll find out the actual price at E3.

$700, thats not D.O.A...thats E.L.E!

They can barely move a $250 console, what makes you think they can sell a $700 one

If they price it a $700 then it's D.O.A! I would rather pay $700 for a Nintendo switch

If it comes at that price it would be a massive flop

if the tech is there ive no problem with a 700 price tag

but at 700 it wont sell that many

For me it would :(
Canada's game prices are too high and on top with 13% tax.

That would be throwing away money if you ask me. Add a bit on top of that and you could have a pretty impressive PC.

It has been called a premium product and stated that it's not for everyone. Either way I want mine weather 500 or 700 dollars

Sure, it could be a $700 console. But it won't be in my household.

Max 550. Anymore than that would be a mistake on MS part.

Microsoft would not be this stupid, $700. No way. The most I am paying is $499, which is what I paid for the Kinect X1 at launch. Anything higher than $499, sorry, I will just continue with the PS4 Pro and Xbox 1S. There is noway MS would do this.

I'd say similar to the price of the pro. It way have a bit more oomph, but it's arriving a year later. What was the pro 349-399 ?

fiuuuuuu

If it is then I'm not going to buy it, and I'm really looking forward to the Scorpio. Anything over $500 is pushing it in my opinion. $700?!? Yeah right.

So one guy has scorpio, the other has the PC equivalent. Now several years go by and the next console comes out, the first guy has to fork out another what? $600 or more to upgrade to the new console? Whereas the guy with the pc could have already upgraded his current pc the the new console equivalent or better for less, so over time the console guy is paying more for his gaming experience. Lets not forget about all those poor bastards who have a console that dies on them, remember the xbox ring of death? and they have to end up paying for a brand new replacement or two lol. A pc breaks down and you replace one component and you don't even have to buy new components so you save big cash. Seems these consoles want to be PC's, just get the PC. For many console gamers it is not just a one time purchase is it? Show of hands, how many of you ended up buying more than one xbox 360's before the xbox one came out? Many people will end up buying 2 or more scorpios to replace wore out ones before the next console comes out so they can keep playing. Most pc guys replace their pc because they want to, not because they have to. I have been on the same rig for about 8 years and it is still gaming strong. Though I have to admit I am now ready to do a major upgrade and build a new one. Because I want to, not because I have to to keep gaming.

They need to focus on games, no good having premium features if the thing doesn't get played often.

I think if people saw the price tag of what it costs MS to build each console, the $600 or so would suddenly seem cheap. They can sell cheap but still need to make a good profit, that is where things like Xbox live subscriptions and the such make the console cost well under a grand. Maybe they should offer them for free as part of a gaming subscription service. Like cable tv does, you rent the equipment for a few bucks a month or nothing and pay a respectable monthly bill to MS to be able to play on their service. Could go that way too.

Ps4 pro is not selling well at £350. Microsoft might struggle to ask for more.

Very high possibility it will be 599$ or even higher.

No.

Next question.

I hope it is because that means it will hopefully be packing some serious native 4k capable hardware.If it's only $450 or something then it is just another upscaling machine like the PS4 Pro.

I'd buy it at 700. I bought the PS3 at that price.

No way it is worth $700. I'll say $500. Maybe even $450.

Depends where you live.

US gets a sticker price.

Canada and Australia will get the F U price

Not even the all power & amazing Sony could get away with this price

Maybe MS will have more than 1 model. A base model at $499 and a premium at $599 or higher. Throw in larger SSD in higher end model or other upgrades. It's a game of expectations for MS. Teasing a higher price than people want but then actually coming in at lower price point. I wouldn't be surprised if it came in at $599. But who knows. At $299 it would seem like they are selling the product at a loss.

Well they keep saying that is a premium console, whatever that means for them, but that "premium" word it definitely sounds an excuse to make it expensive.

Could it be a $700 console? Yes, seeing that the PS3 was $600. If it happens to be $700, it will more likely be GG for Microsoft

Dont care how much it cost, im getting it!

$700, that is why too much of an asking price. I doubt it would be that price. The initial launch of the PS3 priced Sony out of the market and took them years to recover. No more than $500 for a fairly beefy console. Going beyond that, you might as well get a PC.

Xbox Scorpio will launch at $499 guaranteed

It couldnt possibly. Thats ridiculous.

Microsoft isn't that stupid to make it $700. I think there will be a $399 and $499 sku.

Well, there's people who pay that for their phone so for a console it wouldn't even surprise me. Still insane imo. It's nothing new though. The PS2 cost like $1000 when it just released, luckily for most of us it's price dropped substantially over the years.
Btw; that was because adviced retail prices weren't as much big of a deal as they're now, the actual price ranged between several hundreds of dollar and over a thousand solely depending on the store.

They've been saying 6 tflops, and although it's not completely 1:1...a 6 tflops PC is not $1500-$2000. That's much more in the $1000 range. In fact you can pretty easily buy a purchased pre-built customized brand name PC faster than that for right around $900-$1000. And the PC would be faster and far more versatile for use beyond gaming. $700 for a barely 30fps @4K console would seem like a stretch. The hw in Scorpio based on what they've stated is only about 1/2 of what would be needed for 60fps 4K gameplay. So pushing it as worth $700 for being "true 4K" seems high. $700 for 11 tflops, 60fps @4K sure, but Scorpio is not going to be anywhere near fast enough for that. Plus that investment assumes that exclusive content for it will come from devs. And unless they sell a bunch of them to build a large customer base, devs aren't going to be able to justify making Scorpio exclusive games for a small niche segment that is willing to spend $700 on a console. Sega CD/32X, Neo-Geo, Wii U, and to some degree even XB1 are all examples of what happens when devs focus on other consoles due to the install base being too small for devs to earn profits.

$499. Deal.

I doubt it. MS had made many stupid decisions, but i don't think they will be stupid enough to price Scorpio that high. $499 or $599 is the highest i can see them price it.

For $700 you can build a gaming pc with almost the same spec as Scorpio with more advantages such as future upgrades, so I doubt many people would buy Scorpio at that price.

Guess we'll have to wait and see exactly what "premium console" means. Usually premium comes with a hefty price, people might just be in for a real shock.

It's basically impossible for Scorpio to end up costing $700, even with an 8 Core Ryzen CPU, 40CU Vega GPU and 12GBs of GDDR5, along with a 2TB hybrid HDD and a 4K Bluray drive there's not enough tech to push a console higher than $499.
However it's highly unlikely Microsoft will use Ryzen because the SoC DIE would have to be too big and the different CPU architecture would require some specific optimizations to get all of XB1's games to run flawlessly on Scorpio.
Sure MS could pay developers to go back and recompile all of the XB1's library to work on Ryzen, but it's not likely, unless AMD include Jaguar features in the CPU to prevent that from being needed, though this would cost a fortune and Phil has already said on IGN's Xbox Podcast that he doesn't expect Scorpio to sell as many units as the base XB1.

Most likely Scorpio will be $399, use an 8 Core Jaguar CPU, with tweaks for faster clock speeds than PS4 Pro, along with a 40CU Vega GPU and 12GBs of GDDR5, a 1 or 2TB HDD and 4K Bluray Drive.
Maybe the system goes up to $429/449 so the system can earn a profit from launch, but they'd be crazy to go to $700, it'd be ridiculously over the top and no doubt an artificially high mark up.

I wouldn't be shocked if Scorpio even comes with a Scorpio Branded Elite Controller with the latter specs.

Whatever the release price, Im pretty sure Boogie's going to be eating his hair !!!

6 teraflops. In between $399-$499

$499

If it's 799 it either needs to really blow people minds or not it's dead on arrival.

I believe it will 450-499$ nothing higher than that.

It doesn't say Intel inside.

Im saying $449 - $549... Anymore than that, they are finished in the console market. Im hoping with all that money they have, they take a hit on the price at go to $399.

It is meant to be a premium product, so perhaps it will have a premium price, upwards of $599.

This things DOA the pro has sold well initially but now isn't selling bucket loads and thats even at a solid price.

The xbox hardcore will prob pick one up day 1 then the sales will decline after that. If people cared about power and graphics they'll already have a PC and the pro would be selling shit tonnes.