well your making it seem that Sony is over-delivering on some sort of value when they're not. the console is lacking backwards comparability, so by design it is already cheaper, Sony stated themselves the hardware in the machine isn't causing much lose on each unit sold. ps-plus is now mandatory, which it wasn't before, so now if you are a PS gamer you need to pay for PS-Plus to even play most games online,. so there's an added cost for consumers that didnt
anyway other than the immediate value of a decently priced consoles, im not really understanding all this "value" that you see Sony offering with the PS4. its a good consoles, but the PS Plus games and free to play really aren't a big deal.
My comment was more about how the machine is marketed and perceived.
It's advantages over their competitor generally could be described as being the greater value proposition with a hint of "lots of free stuff."
PSN is known as the more generous service. Sony has attracted more really cheap or free games, etc.
Whether you personally find a ton of value in these thing a is anecdotal. You are also failing at comparing the device to it's more expensive competitor.
It's one of apples advantages for instance in their markets. They know for a fact their customers are willing to pay premiums for what could be described at "less." It's then in turn not shocking their App Store revenues dwarf Android despite Android having far more users.. Android being the standard for anyone looking for any sort of deal or to save money.
Same goes for their anti-DRM campaign last year. The company that instated online passes to try to curb lack of revenue from used game sales turns around and markets their device to anyone who is into buying used games, putting down the completion for doing something to meddle with their ability to sell used (and then sheepishly canceling their unprecedented online pass program, no other manufacturer had one, only pubs.)
Note that nothing I'm saying is actually my opinion of the value proposition; I'm discussing who the device would have appealed to, and who represents the lopsided numbers against the Xbox One.
A lot of those people are cheap gamers is all I'm saying; by design. Sony clearly wanted the most consumers possible without regard to how much those customers plan to spend once they buy the device. Build it and they will come.