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[FIREKNIGHT2029]

Look who is crying. Haven't heard anything from him for awhile

 

[Topher]

And it is so true. Damn near every time Sony fucks up, Microsoft says "hold my beer"

 

[jm89]

Look who is crying. Haven't heard anything from him for awhile

Poor shaggy, far worse news is around the corner for Xbox.

 

[Topher]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Look who is crying. Haven't heard anything from him for awhile

 

[Bojji]

Look who is crying. Haven't heard anything from him for awhile

MS is this guy

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Yeah I kind of feel the whole "The Series S and the digital PS5 are the same price" is kind of arguing in bad faith if you have to bump up to the 1tb S

No one is buying that 1 tb machine for an extra $100 when the 1tb SSD can be had for $50 more

But thats just me

Not only can you not get a 512GB SSD for $50 right now, even if you could, it also won't work cause xbox uses a proprietary drive... and those start from 1TB. The cheapest way to get a $1TB Series S, is to buy the 1TB Series S.

 

[DavidGzz]

I'm so confused. Who would pay this price?

Anybody with any level of discernment would see these prices and NEVER buy a series S at that price over a PS5.

So that just leaves the extreme high end of the series X, but then who wouldn't just buy the ps5 pro?

The only people in the world who would buy this are extreme Xbox fanboys… but they surely must already have their system of choice.

So that just leaves people who want to play GTA6, don't have any current gen system yet, and will blindly buy an xbox without looking into it at all.

So that's like what, five people?

1. Not everyone cares about graphics.
2. As a parent, I can see parents who are living paycheck to paycheck would rather have a monthly payment(whatever the cheapest game pass sub is $15?) rather than having to buy $70 games for their kids all the time.

 

[mckmas8808]

Not only can you not get a 512GB SSD for $50 right now, even if you could, it also won't work cause xbox uses a proprietary drive... and those start from 1TB. The cheapest way to get a $1TB Series S, is to buy the 1TB Series S.

Exactly! That's why I was comparing the PlayStation 5 DE to the 1 TB Xbox Series S edition. Personally, I think it's fair considering the price of SSDs.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Exactly! That's why I was comparing the PlayStation 5 DE to the 1 TB Xbox Series S edition. Personally, I think it's fair considering the price of SSDs.

Oh, it's totally fair, a 1TB Series S costs the same as a 1TB PS5. Doesn't get any simpler than that.

Doesn't take away from the fact that you can still get a Series S for a $100 less, though, and an argument can be made that the only person looking to buy a Series S is a very budget-minded gamer to begin with, so they likely wouldn't be interested in the 1TB SKU to begin with. But if we go down that path, then that same gamer would likely seek out a used console lol.

 

[Wolzard]

The world you knew no longer exists.

 

[Topher]

Yeah I kind of feel the whole "The Series S and the digital PS5 are the same price" is kind of arguing in bad faith if you have to bump up to the 1tb S

No one is buying that 1 tb machine for an extra $100 when the 1tb SSD can be had for $50 more

But thats just me

Not following your point here. What 1 TB is $50 more?

 

[Zuzu]

PS5 Pro will be at least $1000 USD before next generation begins at this rate.

They might have to reduce the SSD to 1TB to get the cost down.

 

[RyanEvans21]

1. Not everyone cares about graphics.
2. As a parent, I can see parents who are living paycheck to paycheck would rather have a monthly payment(whatever the cheapest game pass sub is $15?) rather than having to buy $70 games for their kids all the time.

Or food instead of unnecessary stuff like console?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Look who is crying. Haven't heard anything from him for awhile

What was the bad news cycle for one day for Sony? As Sony is firing people from Bungie there's god knows how many studios within MS and Activision imploding lmao. The Xbox price wasn't even needed.

 

[Brucey]

Look who is crying. Haven't heard anything from him for awhile

Wonder if he was let go from Microsoft/Xbox?

 

[Tobimacoss]

Not following your point here. What 1 TB is $50 more?

It seems a bunch of yous misunderstood Sir HeisenbergFX4

He was saying, the comparison of Series S to PS5 Digital isn't completely valid, as most buying Series S would go for the $499 model. And they are better off buying the 1 TB memory card for $150, (or $50 more than the $100 bump for 1 TB model). Then they would end up with $1.5 TB storage IF they were wanting to buy a Series S with higher storage to begin with.

I personally still think Series S should've stopped production, unless they already had AMD contracts in place.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Ahhh yes, lol. To be fair I fully expect both Nintendo and PlayStation to raise prices *again* within the next 12 months. PS5 Pro bros who bought ours day 1 right now:

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Not following your point here. What 1 TB is $50 more?

I meant buying the 500 gb Series S and putting the saved $100 from not buying the 1 tb Series S and buying a 1 tb expansion card for another $50 plus the original $100 saved

 

[hououinkyouma00]

The world you knew no longer exists.

That ain't shit. I got my Series S (since sold it) for $149 via Verizon.

 

[Gambit2483]

The world you knew no longer exists.

 

[Tobimacoss]

That ain't shit. I got my Series S (since sold it) for $149 via Verizon.

Technically, I only paid $35 for Series S, which was $239 Black Friday deal, IF you take into account the savings from doing the Essential (Live gold) to Ultimate conversion at the time. This was when it was 1:1 ratio for the conversion.

 

[clarky]

 

[Topher]

I meant buying the 500 gb Series S and putting the saved $100 from not buying the 1 tb Series S and buying a 1 tb expansion card for another $50 plus the original $100 saved

I had to read that three times, but it finally clicked

 

[RoboCain]

"Just pretend we are not doing it because of GTA VI"

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I had to read that three times, but it finally clicked

Yeah I never did say it very eloquently

 

[adamsapple]

I meant buying the 500 gb Series S and putting the saved $100 from not buying the 1 tb Series S and buying a 1 tb expansion card for another $50 plus the original $100 saved

 

[Three]

It seems a bunch of yous misunderstood Sir HeisenbergFX4

He was saying, the comparison of Series S to PS5 Digital isn't completely valid, as most buying Series S would go for the $499 model. And they are better off buying the 1 TB memory card for $150, (or $50 more than the $100 bump for 1 TB model). Then they would end up with $1.5 TB storage IF they were wanting to buy a Series S with higher storage to begin with.

I personally still think Series S should've stopped production, unless they already had AMD contracts in place.

But that would make it $649. How would that help the comparison against a cheaper PS5DE? You're better off getting the actual 1TB Series S and not buying the proprietary card

 

[adamsapple]

But that would make it $649. How would that help the comparison against a cheaper PS5DE? You're better off getting the actual 1TB Series S and not buying the proprietary card

You're getting an extra 500GB SSD space for $50 more.

 

[Bondo]

Xbox is cooked
Its a shit console at its current price and in last place. But raise prices?
Might aswell fold and go third party for multitude of reasons

 

[Haint]

Series S now cost the same as Series X launch price is really crazy

What's really crazy is that historically speaking, Series S would and should be selling for $199 tops right now, with the Holiday sales at $149 or potentially even $99.

 

[Three]

You're getting an extra 500GB SSD space for $50 more.

Sure you're getting some extra storage and that might be wise if you were just getting a Series S specifically but my question is how does that help the comparison to PS5DE become more fair?

"$599" for PS5DE vs "$649" for Series S with 0.5TB extra? I think that makes it worse than just 599 PS5DE vs 599 Series S 1TB version.

I'd rather just delete a game I don't play on slightly lower storage than have the potato machine, plus I'd even be paying more for the system in total with that storage.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

I meant buying the 500 gb Series S and putting the saved $100 from not buying the 1 tb Series S and buying a 1 tb expansion card for another $50 plus the original $100 saved

You're getting an extra 500GB SSD space for $50 more.

This is a stretch... people don't think like that. Especially not someone who is in the market for the cheapest series S to begin with. It doesn't even make sense...

At the end of the day, you are either buying a 512GB console or a 1TB one. Very few people would buy a 512GB console only to spend $150 later to end up with a 1.5TB console.

There is a reason the Xbox expansion cards aren't in the video game top 100 on Amazon. Hell, they aren't even in the Xbox-specific top 100. And you'll be shocked what's on that list......

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

This is a stretch... people don't think like that. Especially not someone who is in the market for the cheapest series S to begin with. It doesn't even make sense...

At the end of the day, you are either buying a 512GB console or a 1TB one. Very few people would buy a 512GB console only to spend $150 later to end up with a 1.5TB console.

There is a reason the Xbox expansion cards aren't in the video game top 100 on Amazon. Hell, they aren't even in the Xbox-specific top 100. And you'll be shocked what's on that list......

Totally agree with you

My point was the whole the Series S is the same price as a digital PS5 is something a mouth breather like Jez would say because it sounds very stupid to just ignore the cheaper variant because it doesn't fit one's agenda

 

[pixelation]

Again, how can they justify exclusives?