@stelios: By all reports it will be anything but a huge box. It's using vapour cooling and has apparently been designed by the same people that did the Surface range...expect a One S size box.

@ermacos: You said you cannot understand why people would pay $500 for a console that is capable of playing 4k games as well as true 4k movies, when you could spend $700, source the components, assemble the pc, install Windows (dang, didn't include a copy did you..) and then play 4k games on a smaller monitor than most TVs (i know you realise 4k TVs don't do 150fps) and download pirated files because that's a better solution than a UHD player.
By the way, you also didn't include the cost of the HDD that you want to play the movies from.

Thanks, im still staying with a quieter, better looking, much cheaper, more user friendly, more stable console.

@runstalker: Of course you can. But I was replying to someone who said we should be spending $700 on a pc instead of a console. That $700 does not include a UHD blu ray (or an operating system and a joystick) and requires you to source the components and build the pc, which is why I said I'd rather go for a Scorpio.

@skrilla99: I can safely bet my house that Sony will not sell the pro at a loss, no matter what price MS sell scorpio for. MS can easily afford to lose money - Sony survive thanks to the money coming in from PlayStation.

@fedor: They just can't match it for that price.

@ermacos: Wait a minute .... wouldn't that be a PC then? Thanks ... but I'd happily pay 600 for scorpio instead, even though most put it at 500. You can a few things with Scorpio that you can't do with that tower thingy too - watch 4K Blurays with Dolby Atmos sound for example.

@hotwog21: Muhaha....what does how long I've been on GS have to do with the price of coffee in Brazil?

@heqteur: Analysts have predicted 499. Don't know how you missed all the articles on it 2 days ago.

@slypher9: "most cable/tv station are pushed out as 720p then upscaled".
Exactly. So for most people, a 1080p set is already overkill. 4k sets are selling, but it's mostly enthusiasts because the vast majority of people are still buying HD sets instead of 4k sets.

@yngsten: Not sure about that. By most accounts, Pro sales have dropped off very quickly. My thoughts on why are based on my own reasoning;
a) It's not a huge jump over my vanilla PS4 and would indeed only attract me if I had a 4k TV. By the time I got one, Pro had been out a while, and Scorpio was making a lot of noise. In terms of pure grunt alone, Scorpio @ $500 represents a better deal than Pro @400.
b) You buy a 4k TV nowadays in the knowledge that most media isn't 4K. A few 4K channels, quasi 4K streaming ... You also buy a 4k TV because you want the best image available. Not including a 4K UHD on the pro means I would have to settle for second best - upscaled or compressed 4k. Personally, having a 4k drive was a huge reason for waiting for Scorpio.
c) When Pro launched, 4k TVs were far from widespread - they still aren't. By the time Scorpio launches there will be a much bigger market and unless Pro sales pick up, that means there's a lot of people that will be looking at Scorpio as being the best place to get 4K content - games and media.