This is definitely a bait and switch thing.
It will be 399.
Odds of GAF crashing during this stream?
Haha, I'm actually kind of shocked it didn't crash over Geoff's comments. I thought maybe they'd upped their server load.GAF can't even stay up during minor streams, let alone E3.
Console Wars only matter on the internet. Microsoft and Sony dont give a shit whos #1 as long as their brand is healthy and making money.
Yeah, they could take a page out of Sony's PS3 book, announce a 20GB SKU for 399$ and manufacture 5 of them.I could see two versions of the scorpio sold. The more feature rich version being $499.
I don't know why Geoff would come out the gate with the price and be incorrect. That'd be kind of weird.
Haven't you seen the thread... Obviously we are not ready for it.
People thinking its was going to be $399 were drunk.
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Yeah MS showed us. All to please a very niche group of people who follow games on the internet. Must go to the next stage....acceptance.
the restructuring was done to first and second party too.. I remember a period where many games from Sony studios were canceled and the funds were directed to some particular ones.. Sony needed to be more efficient in delivery first and second party content because the this party support was way less than before, and they did that.
Microsoft doesn't have the portfolio of studios but it has the money to pay for those exclusives or to create more studios... but what they really need is to diversify their offer... they cover like 3 or 4 genres and that's it fps, tps, fighting games and racing.. if like me you don't particularly like any of those genres, you are not gonna buy a xbone.. That's IMHO what they should focus on.
Console Wars only matter on the internet. Microsoft and Sony dont give a shit whos #1 as long as their brand is healthy and making money.
Keep telling yourself that. It's all about $$$. If u think any different then ur a fool. Well this
is gaf so it wouldn't be shocking.
People thought the PS4 Pro was going to be $500. It was heavily rumored and suggested, but when they announced it at $399, everyone was "blown away" and that rumor faded into obscurity. This is no different.
Very happy to eat crow, if I'm wrong Kev, but I'm a cynical old man and I know a work when I see one.
You can get almost toptier GPU for that price that can do 4k @ 100fps+
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Dunno how the Switch comparison holds any water here. The Switch shipped alongside a new Zelda which was quickly hailed as an all-time great.
What the hell is this thing shipping with? Even the things we have in the 'maybe' category don't even come close.
The absurdity of the price in objective terms pales next to the absurdity of that price in a situation where there are no worthwhile exclusives.
That's so funny.
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Sorry what is Xbox?
So there are three options:
1) This was just a rehearsal, it's 499
2) IT'S ALL A SETUP MAN AND GEOFF IS PART OF IT 399 #WITNESSDAPOWA
3) IT'S ALL A SETUP MAN AND GEOFF IS NOT PART OF IT 399 #LUL #IBELIEVEINPHIL
Sorry what is Xbox?
So they can win E3 by letting you down then surprising you through their own ruse!! /sWhat would be the rationale of rehearsing a false price, that is bound to leak to the public, with a price that is $100 dollars more than the allegedly "real" price?
Sorry what is Xbox?
Hint Hint
Called it. Expected so it's not shocking to me. If the games they show off perform and look like what I'm guessing they'll look like, the $500 will be justified IMHO.
This is what I'm expecting gameplay to look like. Yes-that good at 60fps. Cut scene, cgi quality gameplay. 4k at 60fps standard.
Halo 5: Guardians cutscenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zV4lPugzOk
I'm pretty sure they'll hit this or surpass it.
You can make money without being at the top of the market you know