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BBC: Xbox boss 'thinking about affordability' of next-gen console
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I saw retailer ads on TV during the week for electronics that led with the monthly payment cost on financing. One didn't even mention the 'normal' price IIRC.
I wonder if that's the thin end of the wedge and we see the brands themselves embrace that kind of advertising.
I wonder if that's the thin end of the wedge and we see the brands themselves embrace that kind of advertising.
a whole 10 dollars. The price of RAM probably went up that much by the time I finished writing this sentence
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This doesn't sound like they're willing to take much of a loss:
They will have multiple models, she's talked about how they want to not only target high performance
Xbox and Sony are already locked into their chosen hardware. The only way to make them affordable is to take a bath on hardware sales.
But I think we know both are not going to do that, so I'm not really sure what their solutions will be.
But I think we know both are not going to do that, so I'm not really sure what their solutions will be.
That wont work this time when the "loss" they would need to take would have to be almost half the price they're being charged to make the console itself
Every gen has been a decline in install base since 360 and you want them to take a huge loss which won't guarantee they would even get it back. Plus they would need to cut the price to an extreme amount to be in a good price range. In a world where the line must continue to go up I find that scenario hard to believe.
So won't be those leaked specs we heard before?
And with all the pc stores?
I'm genuinely asking, I don't know if they can just change specs this advanced
And with all the pc stores?
I'm genuinely asking, I don't know if they can just change specs this advanced
Damn I didn't even think about that. Rather than have the full price front and center, put "starting at $30 a month!" with the MSRP being in tiny font like this, barely visible.
The problem with insisting on this scenario is, the Series S pile on was way too recent, everything people are gonna list, we already know is kind of bullshit.
- Not everything has to be the most powerful (you're holding the gen back)
- Prioritize affordability (it's going for $200 and people still don't want to buy it lol)
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It probably will be but they're going to try different stuff with financing
We all know the easiest thing they can do to lower price is cut back on ram..
PS6 was rumored at 30gb and Helix at 36gb. They could slash those into the low-mid 20s and make things a bit more affordable.
PS6 was rumored at 30gb and Helix at 36gb. They could slash those into the low-mid 20s and make things a bit more affordable.
Getting shareholders to agree to that is probably where they're at now.
And... good luck with that.
Affordability and they just announced the 25th anniversary Series X is 400 dollars more than the console at launch
Just doesn't seem possible (and these 'concerns' feel hollow/disingenuous) given that all of these big companies are causing the RAM/storage crisis in the first place. Either the bubble pops/corrects (not soon enough) or we'll see lots of marketing justifying that a $1000+ console is actually a great deal. We're already kinda there.
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all platform holders are thinking about affordability, nobody wants to launch very expensive consoles. But the market is going to decide that.
she said 1.000 thousand titles? didnt the announcement said THOUSANDS?
another question is, in those "thousands (or 1.000) titles, how many are AAA and not just 60% of the catalog are indie games? questions, questions
she said 1.000 thousand titles? didnt the announcement said THOUSANDS?
another question is, in those "thousands (or 1.000) titles, how many are AAA and not just 60% of the catalog are indie games? questions, questions
Must be an absolute nightmare trying to plan out a new console generation right now. Losing the disc drive might save them $40 but some other component might spike in cost by $200. If things weren't such a rollercoaster there'd probably be less pressure to ditch discs but that's a relatively easy cost to cut. At best, we could see split models like with the PS5 digital and disc versions, or just external disc drives.
Even with Steam store will mean no payed online.
I hope they find ways, because is a bad situation for everyone in hardware right now
they will be waiting for each other to reveal the price first. But who knows how much each one of then can undercut each other.
Where'd you get that idea? The global bluray market is still alive and healthy. Growing, in fact. Just because they aren't being used in gaming consoles doesn't mean they aren't being used elsewhere
While I get that there's nothing she can do about memory and storage costs (same with anyone making a consumer electronics device in 2026), there's something quite amusing about her saying this while Microsoft is a key player in the AI-driven pricing crisis.
It would be negligible. Not that it will anyways but it aint saving them diddly.
And lol at them thinking about it.
She keeps saying this, but unless they pull a Nintendo, not much can be done realistically and they are just empty words
Series s actually was fairly successful until they basically stopped producing them and replaced their production with cloud production. I don't think its lack of success had anything to do with demand, more to do with cost per component. If the BOM was ~50 or so cheaper it would have been produced at much higher rates imo
Yea, we could see something similar to the S and X this go around. Especially if the OEM rumour comes true; there could be tons of different 'types' of Helix, potato style and high end style.
