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[Lionel Richie]

This thread also comes from an idea by a sleep deprived OutrageousFacts lol. There's been some crazy rumor about the PS5 costing 800 dollars and while that's certainly bullshit, assume for a second that the tech inside it justifies that price tag and they roll with it. SEX costs 780 bucks because Phil is one clever devil. We go from $399 for the PS4 to double that for the PS5. Would you do it?

No matter how silly you find the question, please answer it truthfully and maybe post why yes/no. PC masturbators spend more than that anyway to play Katawa Shoujo, so are consoles destined for that price range? And if so, are you there?

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[JareBear: Remastered]

No. 800 for a console is just too much. I’d go as high as 599.

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

No. If it starts reaching that price point then I’ll just jump into PC gaming fully.

 

[brap]

Lmao are you fucking insane? The same types of games we've been playing since the PS3 era with slightly better graphics than now. NO!!!

 

[jigglet]

Given the current pandemic, a lot of currencies are weak against the USD. That means a large majority of the PS population will be looking down the barrel of an $800 console regardless. This is such a bad time to be releasing a high end luxury console lol.

 

[Gamerguy84]

Holy shit Forbes putting in work. Is that two bad articles today?

 

[IntentionalPun]

Would I?

Sure.

But only if that’s the list price; not gonna pay some scalper I’ll just wait.

 

[sircaw]

Already cost me a pretty penny to get with the crew to stop the truck in the first place, no way am i paying extra for the merchandise too.

 

[Craig of War]

Yes if it had like 20 TF and a 4TB SSD than yes i woud otherwise no

 

[Gamer79]

 

[teezzy]

No, but I would drop that much on a new CPU or GPU for my PC in a heartbeat. Consoles just arent that cool ultimately.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Estan pen...sativos

No way !!! im only gonna spend 500$ max.

 

[ManaByte]

Yes if it had like 20 TF and a 4TB SSD than yes i woud otherwise no

The highest consumer NMVe SSD you can buy right now is 2TB and those are $450.

 

[SupremeHoodie]

For an Xbox I would. For ps5 with its inferior parts maybe 600.

 

[Celcius]

Would I?

Sure.

But only if that’s the list price; not gonna pay some scalper I’ll just wait.

This is exactly my thought as well. I’ll pay $800 if it’s the list price but I’d never buy from a scalper no matter what.

 

[Clintizzle]

 

[Thicc Enigma]

Where's that dude that promised to eat my ass if it's anything less than $599 at?

 

[Knitted Knight]

Why is OP giving them bad ideas.... expel him from the gaming community immediately.

 

[Moogle11]

Fuck no. The $400 PS4 is the most I've every paid for a console. I think I paid $450 or something for a 360, but that was for a bundle deal with 5 games at the time.

That said, I'd be very surprised if it's more that $500 for the disc version and some lower amount for the digital. I can live with that, but maybe not at launch if there aren't enough games in the launch window. I was pretty let down by the PS4 library of next gen exclusives the first year plus and would rather not repeat that. They money isn't a big deal to my budget, just silly to buy early if I'm going to have a year plus of mainly playing last gen games or cross gen games as someone that's not that fussed about graphics etc.

 

[Craig of War]

The highest consumer NMVe SSD you can buy right now is 2TB and those are $450.

I was being sarcastic

 

[Xplainin]

No way PS5 is 800.
I can see 500. No way it's cheaper than 500 either. The 399 crowd are on drugs.

 

[taizuke]

Anything higher than $499 is a no for me.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

 

[Dargor]

I won't pay more than 400.

 

[ZZZZ]

Anything higher than $499 is a no for me.

same.

 

[Portugeezer]

I would become a retro gamer.

 

[HF2014]

To a scalper probably.

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

 

[zeroFiveNine]

Slow news day over at forbes

 

[Rentahamster]

lmfao Sony would be out of their minds to sell PS5 at that price.

 

[kretos]

 

[Entroyp]

Ha no.. $599 max for a PS5 and around $299 for an XsX.

 

[NahaNago]

Not for the PS5. They haven't shown that it is worth that much money.

 

[Krappadizzle]

 

[mortal]

lol there's no way it's going to be $800, so it's a pointless question.

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

I’m buying the PS5 even if it’s $1,000, so I really don’t give a flying fuck. But I don’t see it being more than $599. I honestly don’t.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

My limit for the PS5 is $999.99 (not including tax and shipping).

EDIT:

My limit is in regard to only the MSRP, not inflated prices by scalpers.

 

[@gkTH]

No.
My limit is at $499.

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

I won't pay more than 400.

Then you aren’t going to get it. Maybe in 4 years when the Slim comes out, bro.

 

[GermanZepp]

Because dollar and taxes I'm going end up paying more than 1000 usd in my country.

 

[Goro Majima]

My backlog is laughably gigantic so I could wait for a price drop. If there’s one thing I’m not hurting for it’s new games to play.

 

[Dargor]

Then you aren’t going to get it. Maybe in 4 years when the Slim comes out, bro.

No problem, not in a hurry.

 

[dottme]

No. And I'm really thinking for this gen to wait a little and maybe to get. a collector edition for once.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I don't think Neo Geo was even $800.

 

[Rayderism]

100% physcial BC with all previous PS consoles, yes, easily. Just PS4 BC........maybe at some point after a price drop.

 

[Zannegan]

No on principle.

Besides, Sony's first party is hit and miss for me, with more misses than hits of late. I can get my third party fix cheaper (and potentially better) elsewhere.

EDIT: principle/principal, I can never keep those straight

 

[jaysius]

$800 for something that doesn't even have a TB of space? Nope! It doesn't have tech inside it worth $800.

 

[Vawn]

Of course. $800 isn't that much money for the amount of use I'll get out of it.

 

[Golgo 13]

Hell fucking no. If they go over $500 on any model they're smoking that crack pipe, it won't sell very well even at $550. History has shown over and over and over and OVER again that people are most likely to buy a console at launch if it's $399 or less. Sony and Microsoft could pull off $499 and sell out their initial stock but it'll slow down after that.