Along with the release date of the next-generation consoles, the question was of interest to all their cost. Remembering the exorbitant price
PlayStation 3 at the start of sales, many players have suggested that
Orbis and
Xbox 720 It will cost no less. But analysts in this respect different views.
Baird Equity Research group suggested that the next home console
PlayStation and
Xbox It will be sold for 350-400 dollars. For this amount, analysts visited the exhibition CES 2013, where he talked with the representatives of all kinds of companies. They made it clear that the errors made at startup
PS3 and
Xbox 360, Will not be repeated.
If you forget, then launched in 2005 the console
Xbox 360 cost $ 400, while the price
PS3, Published a year later, it was recorded at around 599 dollars.
If
Sony and
Microsoft indeed designate its console price in 350-400 dollars, they will sell them at a loss, hoping for the multi-million selling games to them:
"Given the current market situation the gaming industry, we have assumed that at the exhibition
E3 2013 Both will be announced next generation console. Our studies show that cancer in the next generation of consoles will be built on the model of high-quality
PC. They will be presented to the hybrid model of the digital and physical distribution, voice control, motion control, and advanced multimedia features.
In addition, PC architecture (chips from Intel in the case of the Xbox), a number of advantages for both developers and manufacturers. Studios will have a completely new technology, with which they can work, the company - improved online services, including business model free-to-play and subscription. "