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Geoff Keighley: Scorpio rumored to cost $499 (he's right, flawless victory)
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TrebuchetGames
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You don't just walk into a rehearsal.... and then start posting stuff seen in a rehearsal... don't believe it for a minute.
It's either two SKU's (different hd sizes etc) and the top SKU is $499 and bottom is $399... its got to be a marketing ploy, straight out of the Sony handbook when the PS4 was launched. They've just left it longer to do the ploy.
CalamityPixel
Member
This thread really activates my almonds
I think its more that than anything going on in this thread.
Not really the price of the console itself...but the price to battle for....
.........CONSOLE WARS..........
Good job we don't live in a world where pricing is decided this way
PS3 was a disaster at 599, and in a nearly 8 year long life cycle it took several years of work, price cuts and good software to recover.
And in the end, they still ceded a shit load of marketshare to Microsoft.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
He heard him saying starting at 499 though.
Salted, unsalted, or honey roasted?
HarryDemeanor
Member
I want to believe Luke but I've got a gut feeling that Geoff is right.
Resident_UA
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a paycheck
Crooked16th
Banned
This is the best thread since the last of us fake quote thread.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
If this was some kind of PR stunt he'd have no credibility ever again. He's not exactly Mr. Credible in the first place but I have to assume he's smarter than that
Do they really think that. Devs wouldn't be any more in the know than we are regarding this.
It's also not hard to come to that conclusion. It's either true, not true, a controlled leak, or bad info.
Angelus Errare
Banned
MS trippin balls. I'm expecting $449
Launch aligned it sold more than the 360 every year on the market (WW offcourse)
SuperShadow271
Member
Lol yeah. He wanted to post that himself, but he doesn't have a gaf account. I found it funny enough to post though (adding the pic of course)
Not according to the thread.
Money from Microsoft, viewers for the E3 show (= money also).
Super Havoc
Banned
So true.
What other dev thinks he's getting played? Luke Smith was pretty clearly just speculating.
Dee Dah Dave
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Albert / Larry post if you are okay
EventHorizon
Member
(Cough) $249 XB1 S Still exists you know and would still outsell even at a $399 price point.
The idea that Scorpio would significantly affect Xbox's market share simply does not hold up. Scorpio is a prestige product meant to regain the enthusiast market Microsoft threw away with the underpowered XB1. With it Microsoft will no longer have to cringe at the mention of Digital Foundary. Scorpio also helps sales of the XB1 S in that people who can't afford Scorpio can still enter the ecosystem at a much lower price point, then upgrade to Scorpio later instantly getting better versions of their games. The $100 more does not negate either of those two points.
ethomaz
Banned
Or it is $499 only SKU.
ClosingADoor
Member
Yes. And if 499 ends up begin too high, Microsoft can also cut it if they want to. It isn't necessarily sending a console to death, it just makes it more difficult to sell.
friskykillface
Banned
Luke smith of destiny:
Why would he know the final price of Scorpio?
It's the most logical reaction, to be honest. I can't believe how many people prefer being lied to in the face than admitting Microsoft could sell this machine for a higher price than they anticipated.
Us gamers, am I right!?
DangerMouse
Member
I dunno. Those don't usually help all that much unless one gets something into "impulse buy" territory, also because the companies usually make less of that model to get people to buy the more expensive one. Nobody really remembers the $499 PS3 sku for example.
Ebenezer Grymm
Banned
I laughed really fuckin loud
gaming_noob
Member
Tom Warren from The Verge says the BOM isn't that high so he's surprised about the leaked price too.
Man I would gladly use leeh's crying salty MS fan avatar if it's 499.
It's nice to want things.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Right, but if they're doing it at a private event and someone overhears and leaks, then that's letting the leaker tie their own noose.
You can't accuse Microsoft of being purposefully deceitful if that is the case. The lesson is "don't leak stuff".
Agent_Carnage
Member
That is alot for a slighty more beefed up Xbox. They will have to blow me away with the reason to buy. I dont have a 4K TV so any extra power doesnt help me unless they make the games 1080p/60 for all of them.
Deputy Moonman
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He doesn't seem to be the kind of person to spoil something from Microsoft's conference, the price of Scorpio for that matter, that was roughly 6 hours away from being revealed, just to be able to say he called it first. It seems like he was asked to do it either as a clever ploy to create hype when MS sells it for 399 or to break the bad news softly before the actual conference since MS has already seen people complaining about being Scorpio being priced too high. Either way, I think it was rehearsed.
I think it is a marketing. Microsoft has been poised to impress everybody for a while now.
Edit: honestly I am ready to buy when they announce it cheaper than this 'leak'.
NoFaceNico
Member
I'm loving this.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Or he heard it from someone at the rehearsal. Did he confirm he was even there?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
If it's 399, I wouldn't respond. I wouldn't respond either way though.
I think it's all sorts of weird for the Chef Designer of Destiny to get into this conversation in the first place.
The problem is we're not talking about a next-gen console at the start of it's life-cycle coming after the most successful home console ever. We're talking about an expensive mid-gen revision that's expected to sell at a time where the base Xbox One has stagnated. The worry is that this is more Sega CD than PS3.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Also:
You cannot use straight price inflation to argue the would be cost of technology where barring a production problem almost always trends downward and cost
erformance is continually lowering on the cost end as performance rises, never mind various economic issues that come with a company targeting their product. Scorpio's APU, while fairly large at 14nm is slightly smaller than the XBO's at 28nm while less complex due to no longer requiring the eSRAM that was responsible for it being bigger than the PS4's. MS has basically taken then freed up space coupled with the die shrink to give Scorpio's GPU greater horsepower. It probably isn't costing MS more than the XBO's APU did. As for everything else, it's pretty much a natural progression from the PS4 in 2013 or even the Pro in 2016 which Sony half-assed to an extent. MS wants to sell this and they want to sell a lot of them and at $500.