He says its a small difference, so I'm guess a 50 to $100 difference between the two.
Here's what Google came up with
? - That is, but I think that still the price can not be disclosed, in the normal version and the high-end version, if Nottore to some extent it is the price difference, it is that and PS4 generation of business rules, the price of high-end version also happens to be "expected to benefit from the very beginning?"
House: Yes, in both a little but sticks firmly difference. Now I can only such words, but .... I think that "I want to on the pricing for its high-end values are reflected."
To me, it sounded like the interviewer was asking if Neo would be profitable at launch like PS4 was and House's reply was that both were/are a little profitable, but the main idea is to have the price of Neo reflect the idea that it's a premium experience. To me, that would indicate a fairly significant price difference between the two. Also, I don't see much point in leaving PS4 on the market at all if you can get something twice the speed for the cost of an extra game or two. You'd need to be pretty damned stingy to not just spring for Neo with only a $50-$100 difference between them.
Neo seems very affordable on paper. Possibly $399-449
- Same GDDR5 memory clocked higher
- Cut-down, underclocked Polaris 10
- Same Jaguar cores clocked slightly higher
- Other components the same with further cost reductions
Much like other PC builders, I think Sony actually have a fair number of options available to them. Osiris indicated they were initially looking at $400 and $500 options, and the $500 model would have a better CPU. Later, he indicated that Sony had adjusted their plans and the $500 model was now the
lesser of two models being considered, implying there was also a $600(?) model now under consideration. However, while that third, >$500 model was hinted at, it was also implied that there was virtually no chance that would be the one they went with.
I don't see why switching to Zen would be as problematic as some seem to think. It's not like they'd be switching back to Cell. Moving from Jaguar to Zen should be more akin to moving from i5 to i7.
PSVR experience needs Neo.
Why you lyin'? ;p
Sony want you to buy Neo.
I don't think it makes much difference to Sony whether you buy PS4 or Neo, because they both put you in exactly the same ecosystem, which is the entire point; having something to offer those simply looking for affordable gaming, and also having something to offer those looking for something a little more cutting edge.
I don't think Sony will push Neo much at all; it's not really intended for the mass market. I think they'll continue to push the option that offers the lowest hurdle to their garden, which will be the $300 PS4. The Neo is just a response to, "So, there's nothing as powerful as Scorpio?" but most users won't even ask about that stuff. They'll just want the $300 device that plays Spider-Man and God of War. If you
want to spend $500 to get the very best? Well, Sony's still got you covered there too. Hell, if controversy develops, they can have side-by-side demo stations to show both how PS4 isn't getting shafted and exactly what Neo offers you for the up-charge.
Neo is definitively this year... next year is non-sense and bad business.
Why is next year either of those things? =/
Personally, I think launching
this year would be bad business, because it definitely
would give the
(entirely false) impression that you need Neo to get a good experience from PSVR. It would be far better to simply launch PSVR alongside PS4 as planned, and let the combination speak for itself. The impressions of PS4+PSVR have been overwhelmingly positive. The only potential stumbling block is the resolution, and most people get over that very quickly, and more to the point, Neo won't be able to do anything to increase the resolution. At best, games will go from 120 reprojected to 120 native, and I think most users will be hard pressed to tell the difference.
Launching this year puts them in the position of "trying" to pull a $100-$200 bait-and-switch on potential PSVR buyers, and further limits the tech that Neo will have access to. PS4 is riding high, and folks are already excited for what PS4+PSVR can do. Launching next year avoids distracting from what they've already got going on this holiday, and it puts them in a better position to match Scorpio point for point. I see tons of disadvantages to launching this year, but I'm not really seeing any advantages at all. Can you fill me in? <3
