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[Effigenius]

Great news! The pressure is on Microsoft now. Can they go to $299?

 

[RedAssedApe]

The 20$ cut on COD is hilarious

It's the only 1tb bundle on the list no?

 

[wachie]

50USD ~ 20CAD

WTF Sony.

 

[GravityInsanity]

 

[Carl]

Shocking news

 

[Mpl90]

Since it's just a 50$'s price cut, and it doesn't mean that the console goes under 300$ (thus, breaking a psycological barrier), while it will help in October and for Holiday deals (I'm sure we'll see bigger bundles at 349.99 or classic basic bundles at 299.99), I don't know if it will generate a huge increase compared to current sales, or a long-standing important increas of the baseline in 2016. I could definitely see a slight increase going into next year, though. Quite interested in next month's NPDs.

P.S. Also, good decision by Sony to announce it not that far from the day it's effective. Maybe the day before is a bit too imminent, a week before would've been more ideal (to let the news spread even more and, above all, make it so people were ready for the new price), but it's also true that news spread much quicker than in the past, and that, this way, they maximised sales before the cut. Good decision, all in all.

 

[lumi7890]

Wow kinda thought they would've held this announcement for pgw but awsom none the less

 

[Markitron]

This is why they won't need the exclusives this year.

 

[neurosyphilis]

Great. Had a PS4 since day 1, and love it. Now this will force MS to do another price drop most likely to 299, then on Black Friday I may see that 250 dollar XB1 with Halo I was hoping for.

 

[dddooozzz9]

YES! This is a great news!

 

[terrible]

Lol man. A $20 CAD drop is basically a $15 USD price drop. At least they didn't raise the price again. I guess.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Thats so Phil Spencer

 

[Bornstellar]

*Good*

 

[J-Skee]

Just in time for people to get into Uncharted. Great timing.

 

[Umibozu]

and $80 or did you miss that?

In case you couldn't tell that was sarcasm, any Canadian knows how sad the situation is.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

It's the only 1tb bundle on the list no?

80$ more than Battlefront for a HDD size increase?

 

[lupinko]

50USD ~ 20CAD

WTF Sony.

Well, crappy Loonie and the fact there's like a bunch of other fees and taxes thrown onto many imported goods into Canada.

Companies and retailers (the latter especially) only stomached the fees when the dollar was on par mainly to compete with cross border and Internet shopping.

Launch PS4 owners in Canada stay winning I guess! Lol

 

[AniHawk]

this isn't a bad thing, but $299.99 would be a lot better. at least, i've always been of the opinion that the first digit is more important than the others. i believe the psx, ps2, and ps3 all dropped by $100 to start too.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Sweet. Give me a $299 Black Friday bundle with something like Bloodborne and I'm in if I have the extra cash on hand.

 

[Inuhanyou]

I didn't expect that at all, i was thinking they would wait until E3 of next year at the least

 

[LostMyNarbles]

Kind of odd that the Destiny bundle isn't on that list. I bet it's so people who got the $50 GiftCard deals don't go Price adjusting tomorrow.

 

[adamantypants]

The Canadian dollar is weak. It's not that hard to understand. dealwithit.gif

 

[stryke]

Is there some sort of inside joke to this that I'm missing?

 

[toythatkills]

this isn't a bad thing, but $299.99 would be a lot better. at least, i've always been of the opinion that the first digit is more important than the others.

$0349.99

 

[Wario64]

Is there some sort of inside joke to this that I'm missing?

Pokemon is coming to PS4

 

[Bitch Pudding]

Well, there it is. Not temporary, I asume?

 

[KainXVIII]

This is why they won't need the exclusives this year.

 

[UberTag]

In case you couldn't tell that was sarcasm, any Canadian knows how sad the situation is.

I paid $399 CDN for my PS4 at launch two years ago. I'm sure the current system will get down again to that price point... some time. But not yet.
Although I suppose technically it's close if you want to account for the value of the game being bundled in.

 

[RedAssedApe]

80$ more than Battlefront for a HDD size increase?

Uh no it's $30 more. The LEs are more expensive than the standard console bundles.

399 Vader
429 cod 1tb

 

[big_z]

50USD ~ 20CAD

WTF Sony.

Sony will blame it on the dollar which sucks but they are definitely taking advantage of Canadian consumers.

Has there ever been a console that had an official price increase above launch msrp before?

 

[timlot]

No surprise. Should see some $299 black friday deals.

 

[Proxy]

Nice.

Shame it's not a $100 price cut though.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

So funny bro.

 

[Withnail]

this isn't a bad thing, but $299.99 would be a lot better. at least, i've always been of the opinion that the first digit is more important than the others. i believe the psx, ps2, and ps3 all dropped by $100 to start too.

Great insight.

 

[BulletBees]

Boom. There it is.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Uh no it's $20 more. The LEs are more expensive than the standard console bundles.

Okay. 80$ for 1tb and some orange stripes?

It's the only COD bundle and the non Vader PS4 SW bundle will by far be the best selling PS this holiday.
What I'm saying it it should have been 50$ cut across the board but for some reason COD, the only COD bundle they are producing, gets only 20$ and that sucks for the dudes buying that edition.

 

[Hidden One]

Xbone to be as low as 299.99 in deals this holiday confirmed. lol

 

[Carl]

Sony will blame it on the dollar which sucks but they are definitely taking advantage of Canadian consumers.

Has there ever been a console that had an official price increase above launch msrp before?

Wii got one in the UK (i think)

 

[jester_]

BOOM!

 

[Toki767]

Definitely wouldn't be surprised if they gave the go-ahead to maybe go down to $299 for Black Friday only. Or if stores gave a $50 gift card on top of it.

Would definitely push a lot of sales on that day.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Sony will blame it on the dollar which sucks but they are definitely taking advantage of Canadian consumers.

Has there ever been a console that had an official price increase above launch msrp before?

Canadian consumers should blame themselves for electing the same shitty government since 2006.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

What about Europe?

 

[Carl]

Okay. 80$ for 1tb and some orange stripes?

Limited editions always cost more, this isn't a new thing

 

[AniHawk]

Great insight.

point is, this could have been a drop to $329 instead of $349, but i don't think it would matter much. $299.99 is more of a mass-market price.

 

[foxbeldin]

Wow. Really?

 

[jmaine_ph]

Definitely wouldn't be surprised if they gave the go-ahead to maybe go down to $299 for Black Friday only. Or if stores gave a $50 gift card on top of it.

Would definitely push a lot of sales on that day.

I'm sure that's the plan.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

So funny bro.

Wow. Really?

edits of old ps3 has no game jokes are nothing to get miffed over

 

[Shining Sunshine]

oh no doubt, but still you are now paying the equivalent of about 330 USD

Man, you don't get it. We're earning the same rate and paying more for everything.

Whatever, at least I got my launch PS4 at $299 thanks to company incentives.

 

[dddooozzz9]

Yes, I like this news!

 

[tim.mbp]

Target vindicated.