StaceyPowers Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 What is the most you are willing to pay for a console, whether new or used? $300-400? $500 or more? $600 or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanC Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Really interesting question. Personally, I’d be happy to pay upto £400/$450 for a PS5/XB Scarlett. Any more than that will be difficult for me (though I’d just try and save up before launch as owning a console is pretty important for those - like myself - who work in gaming media). Thankfully, as tech moves forward, parts do fall in price, obviously. But from the sounds of things, next gen is going to pretty expensive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) That depends. Are we talking next gen consoles strictly, or are we talking any console from any generation? If it's next gen, then it depends on all its capabilities. Is it reverse compatible? How far? Is it DVD/Blu-ray/4K DVD? What are the specs? Will a rerelease have more capabilities (think Xbox One X)? Are there any add-ons that I would have to buy? Previous generations, it depends on what comes with it. How many games, controllers, cables, memory, etc. If it's a cartridge system, say SNES, is it the first series or second series? Is it complete in box, or just a loose console? It really varies on SO much. Edited June 11, 2019 by The Blackangel StaceyPowers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I'm going with $450 dollars at most because you could build an excellent budget gaming desktop with $500 and have access to emulators which allow you to play games from older consoles. StaceyPowers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotato Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 300 dollars is the most I have paid for one and is the most I will pay for a console, maybe a few bucks extra but I prefer to wait until the console gets cheaper. killamch89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 15 hours ago, kingpotato said: 300 dollars is the most I have paid for one and is the most I will pay for a console, maybe a few bucks extra but I prefer to wait until the console gets cheaper. To be honest, that's a brilliant strategy because the life cycle of brand new consoles nowadays is 5 years or more so you can wait for a sale or its price to depreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 If I have any interest in new generation consoles, I always wait at least a year to buy one. The price will have gone down after that, bugs will have been fixed, and there will be more games available. It’s a win/win to me. killamch89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyPowers Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 10:36 PM, kingpotato said: 300 dollars is the most I have paid for one and is the most I will pay for a console, maybe a few bucks extra but I prefer to wait until the console gets cheaper. That sounds like my general approach. I figure I'll wait maybe a year after PS5 comes out to grab it. I doubt it'll be that cheap by then, but at least the initial high price should come down a bit. And since it is backwards compatible, it's like getting a PS4 at the same time for me, so that will justify the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Anything over 600$ can be a overkill in my opinion. I mean they are already adding cloud subscription, games and other stuff too. I guess we may have to consider that future consoles would have higher price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 11:58 AM, StaceyPowers said: That sounds like my general approach. I figure I'll wait maybe a year after PS5 comes out to grab it. I doubt it'll be that cheap by then, but at least the initial high price should come down a bit. And since it is backwards compatible, it's like getting a PS4 at the same time for me, so that will justify the price. If the PS5 is compatible with games from the PS2 up, I'd consider buying it because there were a lot of awesome PS2 and PS3 game that I'd like to play again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyxx Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Depends on the console. Personally I prefer buying consoles second hand near the end of their lifespan, so often I end up getting them pretty cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Alyxx said: Depends on the console. Personally I prefer buying consoles second hand near the end of their lifespan, so often I end up getting them pretty cheap. For some reason, I seem to get my hands on most consoles for free being that most of the gamers that I have the closest relationships with are console gamers. At some point, when they are ready to get rid of/got an extra console as a gift, I just happen to be lurking and BAM! A free console. Alyxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogman676 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 bout tree fiddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I wonder how people think about new switch and the pricing. I mean it would be interesting to see how people would react. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 What is the actual difference between the new Switch and the initial Switch? So far I haven't found anything that makes me think the new one is anything special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
