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[bequietdrive]

Would be very surprised if it's less than £350, if true Nintendo definitely has a price drop coming..

 

[bobbytkc]

Man, Sony is really doing everything right, if the rumours are to be believed.

 

[fabricated backlash]

I don't see them pricing it at 400€ if the UK price is £299. Either way, as you said even 400€ would give Nintendo a hard time.

As if Nintendo needed anyone but themselves to put them through hard times. They're more than capable enough of digging their own grave.

At this point it doesn't really matter what MS or Sony do, Nintendo is the only culprit for their demise.

 

[ibun]

euro region = 449,90€ i guess. vat included+contiental europe extra+europeans buy what we sell bonus. bundle(game+controller+wired headset+3months psn+) 499,90€, but i wouldnt bet on that game.

 

[Durante]

Hopefully they will not fuck europe with $=€ again.

$400
£300
350€

Excellent pricing. I hope they will use it.

No way, it will be 400€=$, we'll get it 3 months later and we'll still buy more of it than any other region.

 

[Mojojo]

waiting for the price in €, we always get the shaft anyway

I don't expect it to sell like crazy at that price, with a cheaper PS3 and many "cross-gen" games for Q3-Q4 2013

 

[Sendou]

Man, Sony is really doing everything right, if the rumours are to be believed.

Yeah, but above all: only "leaking" positive things about your upcoming product.

 

[Tobor]

Are you an expert?

We're all experts.

 

[Amir0x]

Europe is Sony's cash cow still, right? I mean, they can choose to charge more in Europe because Europeans are paying the price, no?

 

[Zen_Arcade]

$450 is passable. I'm hoping for $400, but $450 is probably the max I'm willing to pay.

 

[Loudninja]

Yeah, but above all: only "leaking" positive things about your upcoming product.

What?

 

[shinobi602]

Taxes. About 20% in UK I think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax

£299 would most likely mean $400, maybe (but unlikely) $350 if they go $=€ and decide to not go overboard with the European price.

20%

Value Added Tax. Ranges from around 15% to 25% in Europe. Equivalent of sales tax in USA.

Value Added Tax, a 20% (currently) tax on luxuries.

Value added Tax, it's on all 'luxury items', roughly equivalent to sales tax I'd assume.

It's currently at 20% in the UK.

Sales tax. 300£ = good

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this? It's definitely not equivalent to sales tax in the states, at least not where I live, it's 6.5%.....

 

[Acquiescence]

Holy shit, that would be fantastic. Too good to be true almost. I'm there day one for £300 as long as the launch titles are at least halfway appealling.

 

[Orayn]

And the PS4 is way more powerful, has move integrated into the controller, touchpad, dual eye camera etc packed in and god knows what else. I cant see this going below 400$ unless Sony has decided to take massive hits on each hardware sold and going for the extreme lossmaker strategy again like they did with the three Playstations prior.

None of what you mentioned is very expensive, though. The additions to the controller entail a pretty trivial increase in price, and the Orbis itself doesn't contain anything terribly exotic like the Cell. If they play their cards right, Sony could shoot for $400 and sell it at or near cost.

 

[BlackJace]

I still smell $450 USD.

 

[Little Old Man]

Yeah, but above all: only "leaking" positive things about your upcoming product.

And a lot of these very hopeful rumours probably won't happen anyway.

Sony definitely isn't coming into this generation so arrogant this time though.

 

[Bgamer90]

I'm expecting $400.

 

[Omikaru]

There is now way GAME will sell this for £299. No way on earth.

£399 bundled with the crappiest launch game, controller cover, third party pad, PS Eye stand, USB charging cable (RRP £19.99), and checkout pressure to buy GAMEcare warranty.

"£450 value for £399!"

 

[Jezbollah]

There is now way GAME will sell this for £299. No way on earth.

Of course they wont. They will bundle it with three games and accessories you dont want and sell that for £500

 

[doniewhalberg]

Holy shit ha, £300 would be golden. That's the cost of the Wii U premum bundle at regular price. No way, but I'd love if it happened.

 

[Amir0x]

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this? It's definitely not equivalent to sales tax in the states, at least not where I live, it's 6.5%.....

Tax is higher in these other places because they offer services which the United States does not, such as Universal Health Care.

Contrary to popular belief, these things are not free. We simply lower the pain of these services by spreading it more evenly across the entire population.

 

[Wes]

Heck I thought it'd be a more expensive than that. £299 seems decent to me.

 

[Ephemeris]

I'd be down for $450. If it's cheaper, even better.

 

[cyberheater]

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this? It's definitely not equivalent to sales tax in the states, at least not where I live, it's 6.5%.....

Yes. People wonder why the economy is bad and no one is buying and we have a 20% tax on most goods. It's great living in the UK.

 

[tinfoilhatman]

optimistic

This, if that price is correct it will be a great deal for the rumored specs.

 

[Mpl90]

Actually, looking at Vita launch price in UK (Wi-Fi: 229.99; 3G: 279.99), it seems...impossible for PS4 to be priced at 299.99, just 20 Pounds more than what a portable PS3 + 3G device was priced at.

 

[Jezbollah]

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this? It's definitely not equivalent to sales tax in the states, at least not where I live, it's 6.5%.....

You'll get some shitgiggles at our Fuel Duty

 

[tsab]

probable 400€ price tag?

 

[Little Old Man]

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this? It's definitely not equivalent to sales tax in the states, at least not where I live, it's 6.5%.....

Got to pay for higher government spending over here somehow. The usual rate was 17.5%, and it did hit 15% as an attempted stimulus boost. Wait till you see some of the other taxes heh.

Another way for central government to fill the coffers.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this? It's definitely not equivalent to sales tax in the states, at least not where I live, it's 6.5%.....

The UK at least had a variable sales tax depending on the goods, then they dropped that in favour of VAT set at 10%, its been gradually increasing ever since.

 

[Bojanglez]

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this? It's definitely not equivalent to sales tax in the states, at least not where I live, it's 6.5%.....

It allows us to not leave people in the street dying because they don't have health care

 

[Dead Prince]

it'll be $599 because people want BC.

 

[Nealand Liquor]

If it were $399 in NA I would be very happy.

 

[grimshawish]

If it were we are talking PS2 level sales again.
Kaz rises.

 

[Sickboy007]

Good grief...15-25%!!?? I'm surprised this is acceptable. What's the purpose of this?

A welfare state. (Currently dismantling)

 

[Liamario]

Don't you see!!!
They set the PS3 price at an unfathomable price, so it would make the PS4 price super cheap and thus fly off the shelves.

Of course, it could be that this story is a complete fabrication and at best this is an educated guess.

 

[njr]

$400 sounds like the perfect price, but I wonder if there will be 2 SKUs again..

 

[CadetMahoney]

Closer to $450

Indeed, and that's probably for the lower end model.

It's mpossible for PS4 to be priced at 299.99, just 20 Pounds more than what a portable PS3 + 3G device was priced at.

This too, they'll probably spin it at a later date - "we meant without taxes".

 

[CrunchinJelly]

I would be surprised if they got hold of launch price in GBP. Likely they just converted from USD or JPY in to GBP which we all know isn't how it works for these things.

 

[pants]

No way in hell this thing is 300 pounds. I'm still expecting the euro butt hammering to take place.

 

[Amir0x]

A welfare state.

Until of course you consider that the amount of savings people make from not having to worry about their health care expenditures are far more than people are paying extra in taxes.

but I digress; PS4 should come in at $399.99 if Sony wants a fighting chance in the States.

 

[TONX]

Surprising. I don't think Sony would announce a price on Feb 20th. One would think they would wait until the competition shows their cards first. E3 would be a better time to announce it, but hey, who knows.

 

[L1NETT]

Heck I thought it'd be a more expensive than that. £299 seems decent to me.

Yep, this. If this turns out to be true, and Wednesday/GDC/E3 show a good smattering of games, sign me up Sony!

 

[Jal]

Was expecting £349, £329 if we were lucky.

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

I'd bite at £300. Can't see that happening though.

 

[tapedeck]

Uh, $399.99. Exactly what I said.

I'm reacting to the OP which says "it will be far cheaper than many experts had expected", because $400 is exactly what I expected. So it wouldn't be surprising at all

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[Kouriozan]

That's really a good price and hopefully it's true.
Sadly it won't be 350€ because in the beautiful world of business $=€.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

It's interesting if Sony announces the price at all, but these rumors have to be coming from somewhere. I assumed price reveals would come at E3 at the earliest.

 

[Elios83]

399$/€ is the only entry price which makes sense.

 

[Bojanglez]

I would be surprised if they got hold of launch price in GBP. Likely they just converted from USD or JPY in to GBP which we all know isn't how it works for these things.

So $465.63?

which would result in £465 ouch I hope this is not what happened.