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Sony Flexible on PlayStation 4 Cost
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Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
$299?
Seriously, could you imagine?
Anyone who compares an iPad or iPhone to a PS4 needs a reality adjustment. Each is technologically impressive, but one side of the alleged equation does significantly more than the other side.
I'm anxiously awaiting the price announcement. Should be interesting either way. Pricing it high or low will be very telling.
fvng
Member
They don't seen interested in that strategy anymore
Aggressively trying to put themselves out of the games business.
PoweredBySoy
Banned
$499. And I'm in.
michaelius
Banned
One of them is already doing it - only diffrence is you can't buy ads free higher priced xbox SKU
Can't see it happening.
Everything that they showed yesterday makes me think that the PS4 will be more than $400 (which is in my opinion the max price that a console should be).
A controller with various features and a system with 8GB of RAM? Yeah... I'm thinking around $500-600 to be honest.
So possibly a PS4 without contract for $549.99 and one that's $300 with a 3 or 4 year (PS World) contract.
That thing needs to be in every box. Really.
Not a chance in hell but people would literally go crazy, even the PS3 still has bundles that are pretty damn close to $299
Actually, the new Red PS3 with the new GOW is $349, for comparisons sake.
Beermeister
Banned
Price is irrelevant. I'm there day 1.
Pagusas
Elden Member
LMAO at the idea an HDMI cord will be included. You crazy.
la flama blanca
Banned
Yeah, prob not, but it should be a non factor these days. I love that a (mono) headset is included.
Like what?
I don't think Sony wouldn't now that HDTV penetration is pretty much a thing of the past.
Viola of the Abyss
Member
Excellent, I can believe in the $430 rumor now. I hope it goes for something like that.
$450 with a game would be perfect.
Just, which game?
$450 with a game would be perfect.
Just, which game?
And perishes in flames about two years in.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Makes sense to me. CELL and Blu-ray were huge investments for Sony and they didn't take off like they wanted them to. They weren't in a position to sell PS3 at an affordable price and could not drive down costs as much as they could for a more "normal" console. It was a big risk that did not pay off.
Sony took a lot of flack (and rightfully so) for everything that led up to the PS3's infamous pricing model, but I think they are fully aware of the position they are now in and will price PS4 aggressively knowing that it won't bite them in the ass because they're not depending on new, expensive, and less widespread technology.
Sony took a lot of flack (and rightfully so) for everything that led up to the PS3's infamous pricing model, but I think they are fully aware of the position they are now in and will price PS4 aggressively knowing that it won't bite them in the ass because they're not depending on new, expensive, and less widespread technology.
They can't afford to subsidize a lot of the cost this time around. Plus, it would be too risky given that the success of next-gen consoles is uncertain.
I don't think they'll subsidize more than $100 of the cost per unit at launch. Any more than that and they're setting themselves up for annual losses in the billions, which may not be possible to recover from.
I think Sony has made a misstep by announcing first and revealing such high specs. Microsoft can easily position themselves at $100 cheaper by simply adjusting their RAM spec. They'll still get all the same games, the mass market audience won't be able to denote an appreciable difference in graphics, and they'll sell more consoles by virtue of having a cheaper asking price.
And even if Sony waits for Microsoft to announce a price before they follow suit, Microsoft would still have a competitive advantage. They can nail down a solid estimate for what each PS4 will cost Sony to make, and then choose a price that forces Sony to subsidize more of the cost than they would like.
Sickboy007
Member
$349: PS4 + DS3 + 3D Eye + Headset
$549: PS4 + DS3 + 3D Eye + Headset + Vita + Move + 2 months of PSWorld
$549: PS4 + DS3 + 3D Eye + Headset + Vita + Move + 2 months of PSWorld
fvng
Member
It appears to be intentional
I think they have to now but I felt the same way about PS3 so what do I know.
Baconsammy
Banned
As an aside, I think it's funny that the avatar from post 37 appears to be doing bad things to the avatars in 38,39,40.
Also 400-450 for the PS4, please, Sony.
Also 400-450 for the PS4, please, Sony.
Considering the specs they've shown this would be a very fair price just as long as they include a decent sized HDD in the $399 SKU.
This is 2013, even the Wii U comes with an HDMI cable.
KojiKnight
Member
I'm waiting for the proprietary storage announcements that come with the "affordable"" console.
This happened with the PS3 too. People are just clueless about how much pricing decisions can affect a company.
Good catch, that's pretty cute.
It comes with a HDD.
And really I think that's our best bet, unless Sony manged to get a really great price on the RAM.
Frankly, my only concern is that MS is going to introduced a subsidized console in exchange for a 2-3 year commitment of a Gold subscription. I don't think Sony could compete with that or be willing to offer the same pricing structure. I was hoping that Sony made such an announcement last night, but it looks like we will have to wait. I feel the only good spin on the no price is that I think they CAN be flexible. If they are indeed waiting for MS to announce pricing, I think the PS4 will be sold at a very attractive and valuable price. Sony doesn't want to price too high, which is a good thing. I don't want to see them make the same mistakes as they did with the PS3. We already have a developer-friendly console. Now all we need is a consumer-friendly price.
It's going to ship with a built in hard drive so I don't care if replacement drives are proprietary.
shinobi602
Member
$399, come on Sony.
Baconsammy
Banned
So does the 360. It's still proprietary.
If they go that low, I would be very concerned about Sony unless it's being subsidized somehow.
stuminus3
Member
That was 7 years ago, dude.
I'd say the difference between HDD sizes would be along the lines of....
250GB vs 500GB
or
320GB vs 750GB
All depends on how they want their cost structure to work, and what size HDD they are using in the machine.
Hypereides
Member
My main concerns now at the moment are:
1. Price?
2. Will it have a tendency to overheat?
3. Will online MP remain free?
Thats probably true, but Sony is a hardware corporation first and foremost, so they should be able to reduce the variable production costs.
1. Price?
2. Will it have a tendency to overheat?
3. Will online MP remain free?
Thats probably true, but Sony is a hardware corporation first and foremost, so they should be able to reduce the variable production costs.
Freezie KO
Banned
You'll only need 1.5 jobs for this one.
Felix Lighter
Member
It is in their best interest to have as large a HDD as possible in these things because they won't want storage to be an obstacle for DD purchases and I imagine partial game installs will be the norm.