With how long console lifespans are nowadays I'd be cool paying 400. More than 400 would be tough unless it had a really strong launch and was truly revolutionary. It is also likely next gen systems could use a lot of current gen accessories so that should help cut down the price.
I'm going to wait a year before i get anything - at least. I don't need another expensive machine shitting the bed on me. I'll let them work their hardware out first.
$400 would be the highest I would go at this point. I'm getting tired of keeping up with hardware that costs $600+ and I don't think I would jump into the launch-date release anyway.
It's funny how revisions are a given now, we've all been well trained.
I think it's a positive thing, actually. Companies can't expect to get 8 years out of a console without refreshing it a bit from time to time. If I have to wait two or three years for Microsoft and Sony to tweak their consoles and for developers to master the hardware they are using, so be it. I'm willing to make the sacrifice.
I said $500 (which translates to roughly 5000 swedish kr) but honeslty? I'm not sure I even want consoles anymore. I am going to have two very capable gaming PCs soon. That should be enough for quite some time and I prefer gaming on the PC anyway.
I just picked over 700$ because I'm really not interested in what they cost, rather I'm interested in what they can do. I think it's interesting people think they will just build a PC. Once next gen stuff comes out, it's pretty unlikely you'll be able to run the new games satisfactorily for less than 1500$. I think it'd be more economical to buy nothing and just get the new games on the old consoles.
I voted $600. Hopefully it won't come to that, but I've got a full time job and this is my main hobby, so I'll spend whatever it takes. Considering I've used my 360 almost daily for the past 7 years, it'd be well worth the investment. Also, if it's $600, it better be damn good and worth the money.
I'm going to buy whatever Sony's next console is going to be. I'd like it to not cost me a ton, but I paid full price for the 60GB PS3 at release so there's not much use in pretending I won't shell out the cash for it. Assuming the value is there, I'll spend the money.
As for Microsoft's next console, I'll probably only buy it if it handles backwards compatibility well. The 360 has some games I'm interested in, but I haven't felt it was worth buying the system for. If I can get those games, plus the prospect of some great next-generation games for $350, then they might sell me a console.
If the lack of console exclusives, and quality of the PC ports keeps up then I won't spend anything on new consoles. Otherwise $300-$400 range. In the last year my 360 hasn't been powered on, neither has the Wii, and the PS3 was used for a couple weeks to play the new Tales game.
Only about $200. I've already got a PC that I do all my gaming on so it would only be for the odd exclusive, if there were any that I was interested in.
Realistically, the next console I buy will probably be a PS3 once the PS4 releases. I still haven't played any of the exclusives I want to.
If the lack of console exclusives, and quality of the PC ports keeps up then I won't spend anything on new consoles. Otherwise $300-$400 range. In the last year my 360 hasn't been powered on, neither has the Wii, and the PS3 was used for a couple weeks to play the new Tales game.
I'm pretty sure the lack of exclusives at the moment is down to the PS3 and 360 being pretty much done. Microsoft especially have surely just been holding things back.
If things keep going as they are, I'll definitely be sticking with my PC for the majority of my gaming. I'll probably get a Wii U after a price drop, just because it's the one system where the games won't be ported to the PC. 360 and PS3 have very little exclusives left that I care about.
I said $500. That's an expensive piece of technology, for sure. But since I'll be using my PS4 or whatever it may be nearly every day for a four or five year period, I don't think it's unreasonable.
This, but I'd even go up to $600 to be honest. Not saying I'd like to, but I would if the system is powerful.
I'd like to keep it at 30,000 yen (functionally about $300, practically like $400?) if at all possible. While I have a full time job and everything, over half my annual salary goes into my rent alone. There's not really any disposable income or savings, so anything more than that could take a long time to save up. I'll probably only be buying whatever Sony's next console is, so that will help save money.
The Vita should last me for handhelds (I assume it will last into the next generation) and the idea of a Microsoft console not flopping in Japan seems very slim. Nothing resembling interest for the Wii U.
I said $300. Even at $300, I could buy an SSD and a better video card for my PC--which already handles today's games on high settings. If new consoles are more than $300, they'll be a hard sell for me.
£300 I don't know how much not proper money that is.
A little under 500 dollars, assuming it came out now. Though it might cost more or less in the EU because they sell them for different prices in different areas depending on a lot of things.
I would pay up to 700 dollars for a console. Rather the manufacturers build truly powerful machines which will progress the state of games, than saving money on components and releasing another set of consoles sooner.
If the consoles would be priced 500-700 dollars I would probably just buy one at launch. However I suspect that we will see the price settle between 400 and 500 dollars. In that case I will probably try to get both at launch.
I don't think it's a good idea to release a $500- $600 in this economic climate. I personally wouldn't consider paying anywhere near that much. £350 is the absolute maximum for me.
I said $500. That's an expensive piece of technology, for sure. But since I'll be using my PS4 or whatever it may be nearly every day for a four or five year period, I don't think it's unreasonable.
Except the part where first run of consoles have a pretty bad standard of quality with PS3 having the Yellow lights and of course the whole 360 having the red rings.
I'm definitely sitting out from the next gen of consoles, I just built a PC that will destroy anything Sony or Microsoft might release and the ever expanding third party developer and shrinking first party titles means I'll pretty much nab everything I want to play along with tons of PC only games that could only ever be on the PC.
This gen I would have missed Uncharted 2, Gears of War, infamous, metal gear solid 4, Demon's Souls and Red Dead Redemption. That's pretty negligible, especially since PC got Dark Souls anyway.
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