Ok that's what I figured. It added nothing to the discussion and it has us
well mainly me
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Kotaku Rumor: PS4 out in November, control with your phone/tablet, maybe $429/529
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Ok that's what I figured. It added nothing to the discussion and it has us
Dr. Zoidberg
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If the PS4 is not backwards compatible, where are the PS+ free games going to come from since there is no pool of year old games to pull from? Gakai?
Then don't buy the premium version, simple as that.
Why are you judging the price based on the premium version? It most certainly won't be as gimped like the 360 tard pack. It doesn't make any sense. Premium means exactly what it means, it if for people willing to pay extra for a few luxury features, but the lower priced SKU will certainly remain perfectly capable.
What? This doesn't make sense to me whatsoever. If they do charge online, wouldn't the choice be harder between Xbox 3 and PS4 instead of it being easier leaning towards PS4?
There is a reason why the non-premium version is called the turd pack. It just is too much of a downgrade majority of the time.
MikeE21286
Member
Gaikai streaming of PS3 games that come out around the same time of the PS4 launch? I'm thinking for the first month if the Gaikai stuff is actually going to work that way, if you have PS+ and are a PS4 owner, you could get access to 2-3 brand new releases. Just wishful thinking though.
Dr.Palutena
Member
There have been rumors of ps3 bc through streaming, so yea....
fse
Member
Currently not leaning to either.
TheExecutive
Member
Or the service wouldn't be worth a shit for 2 years or so... I could see that happening and more likely than your example. This is Sony!
Well... if Sony start charging for playing online which is currently free, then I will not get a PS4. They will flush all the goodwill that PS+/Instant Game Collection built-up for them; which was something great after their stupid launch price.
I will just stay on PC and dump all consoles, rather than get a PS4 like I planned.
I will just stay on PC and dump all consoles, rather than get a PS4 like I planned.
But you said sticking with MS, do you mean that you had your 360 as your main console this gen, and would keep the next MS console as your main console next gen? If so, then I guess that makes perfect sense.
That's not the case here though, sounds like this guy has some actual information, given the fact that he released the code names, and had new pictures of the controller to share.
TheExecutive
Member
I am guessing its more $400 and $500 price point and it stays at 4gb
TheExecutive
Member
Even if he is right I would still expect it to fall down to 400 and 500 by November.
iPad mini man. Apple gets their pricing right and I'm sure Sony has noticed.
The tard pack is referring the 360 arcade. You are talking about a system with no hard drive nor internal storage versus one that has. The PS3 and WiiU never had this issue. The only difference between and premium sku and a non premium sku may just be the difference in the amount of internal storage, and maybe a pack in game/peripheral.
Just to emphasize something, since everyone seems to be mostly talking about the price: we weren't kidding when we reported that while $429/$529 is the current plan, according to our source, that could change over the next few months. We don't expect a pricing announcement tomorrow.
Projectjustice
Banned
Dat Newegg mentality.
500 is a very ugly number.... again this will be entirely too much, especially when the massive games like COD, Battlefield, Madden, etc, will look nearly identical.
fse
Member
I have both this gen, wanted to just get one next gen console this year. So yea rather stick to one.
Tylahedras
Banned
All these rumors... next get is the worst gen of all gens.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Change could mean go up or down
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Just wanted to give you guys a heads up
All these Kotaku rumours are just BS . Dont believe in these things . Dont know why the site just hates SONY for like eons and isnt banned at Gaf
No , there is no plans for releasing an SKU above 500$. Last i heard , there was gunning for 470$ and a lower sku with 420$ price tag. SONY most probably upped the RAM in the final machine
I have some very concrete info but cant afford to lose my job as all these are just insider infos . Like i said PS4 was showcased to big investors last week . One thing could be right though the Xperia connectivity . But please dont believe in these BS
Good night and i am sure all of you will be happy with PS4 unveiling including the haters
Would you be willing to put your account on the line.
If any SKU is above $500 you get perma-banned.
mysteriousmage09
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AKA, spout bullshit with the safety net "it could change", all for the sake of site hits.
TheExecutive
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399 and 499 for the premium. Better?
Keep milking those hits bro!
Manmademan
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not really. go poke around in the RAM thread for why this is, then come back.
Puppet Shadow
Member
Stuff like this is annoying. I PM'd a mod so he can clarify and his good name can be cleared.
Also, I doubt Sony is going to announce any price at all tomorrow especially if it's on the high side. When did they announce $599 for the PS3? Was that at E3?
Pretty sure, the hundreds of engineers at Sony/AMD already considered this option. (and then trashed it)
You dont need to make bets anymore. People pretending to be insiders will get banned, they're all being watched by the mods.
+1. I still believe in the one SKU machine. If we do see two SKU's at those price points, I expect SSD, 1 year PlayStation Plus, and a larger hard drive packed in. The lower priced model will be beefy enough to not be known as the "tard" pack.
I actually laughed out loud at this.
It was E3 when the PS3 price was announced. I could see it being even later than that before we get a price this time around.
I'd hope for this too.
You said it yourself. Rumors. Just wait until everything is confirmed.
TheExecutive
Member
Has Sony ever launched at a price point that didn't end in 49 or 99? I don't mean to propose an appeal to history but I am willing to say there is no precedence.
Just wanted to give you guys a heads up
All these Kotaku rumours are just BS . Dont believe in these things . Dont know why the site just hates SONY for like eons and isnt banned at Gaf
No , there is no plans for releasing an SKU above 500$. Last i heard , there was gunning for 470$ and a lower sku with 420$ price tag. SONY most probably upped the RAM in the final machine
I have some very concrete info but cant afford to lose my job as all these are just insider infos . Like i said PS4 was showcased to big investors last week . One thing could be right though the Xperia connectivity . But please dont believe in these BS
Good night and i am sure all of you will be happy with PS4 unveiling including the haters
That'll be awesome if that is true...
Actually, we'd rather just be honest. We don't know everything, and there's no way for us to know everything until Sony makes their announcement. We are confident about everything we reported, but as we said in the report, the price may change. We'd rather share as much as possible with our readers than keep it to ourselves. And if you think it's all bullshit - including those photos of the PS4 prototype controller - then, well, enjoy your cynicism.
As much as I'll get hate for this, Nintendo had the best announcement scheduling with the Wii. At one conference they unveiled the unit. The next conference, they showed off the controller, but hinted that not all the secret's were revealed. The final conference, they revealed price points. It was enough to keep hype and conversation going.
MikeE21286
Member
Didn't they unveil it like 18 months before it went on shelves (E3 2011)? That seems far less than optimal.
we're all going to know tomorrow anyway, so nbd
BadAss2961
Member
They better not start charging for online features that are already free on PS3... As long as they don't do that, i'm buying a PS4 day 1.
mysteriousmage09
Member
You weren't the first to show the controller.
I love some of the posts in this thread by known trolls claiming to have been appalled at the price and pay wall. Corporate cheerleaders on both sides of the fence, shit is getting real stupid.
We almost definitely won't know the price tomorrow but we'll most likely get info on what the paid service entails, if that includes online play, and see the controller.
Nope. 2 Skus everybody looks at the more expensive model. Again people forget the 499 for ps3, all people remember is 599 US dollars.
All I am implying is, Sony needs to have a schedule of announcements. They need something for the day Microsoft announces Durango. They need something for E3. And they need something for the month before the machine launches. Conversation and hype needs to sustain itself.
TheExecutive
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People on the internets maybe but consumers and especially parents will eyeball the lower price point. So will everybody that can't afford the pricy model.
Glorified G
Member
we eh?
MikeE21286
Member
Oh yeah, definitely see ya there.
I actually think that's what really hurt Nintendo, because keeping the hype going for 18 months was basically impossible.
Did I say we were first to show the controller? No. But we have two new photos of the controller today, which is yet more evidence supporting the fact that we're not just making things up. Making things up for the sake of traffic would do more harm than good for a site as big as Kotaku. So the accusations make no sense to me. We want to share everything we know with readers, and sometimes that means saying "hey, this is what we hear about Sony's plan right now, but that could change." I'd rather we say that than keep secrets or not report things as we hear them.