Michael Pachter: Næste konsolgeneration koster under $500

Tekst: Mikael Jensen
Publiceret 2017-11-07

Xbox One X er netop udkommet, og selvom mange er kritiske omkring udvalget af eksklusive titler, er Pacther mere kritisk omkring konsollens pris.

I en debat angående den næste konsolgeneration bliver han spurgt om hvad prisen her vil blive, og han mener at den vil være langt under hvad Microsoft ønsker at få for Xbox One X:

"I don't think next gen consoles will be $500... though I guess the right answer is, let's see what happens with the Xbox One X."

"If Xbox One X is a phenomenal success, if it sells out, if overall Xbox sales rise to above the current level of 10 million a year, because everyone wants that power, then sure, the next gen can be more expensive. But if the Xbox One X sells 1-2 million a year, out of the 10 million Xbox sold every year, and after a couple of years, they satisfy demand and no one wants it at $500, then no.

Pacther understreger desuden, at han ikke har meget erfaring med konsoller i så høj en prisklasse, men understreger samtidigt, at ved udgivelsen af PlayStation 3 og Xbox One led de begge under den høje pris:

"Look, I don't have a lot of experience with $500 consoles, but what I have is bad. The PS3 launched at $600 and it flopped. The Xbox One launched at $500, and it didn't work, they had to drop the Kinect and bring it to under $400 before it sold. There's just some consumer obstinacy about spending more than $300-400 on a console.

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