PS4 gets a new, lower price starting Friday: $349.99
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Obliterator
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So October will be Halo 5 vs $50 cut.
Dude NPD is going to be so much fun / crazy
Dude NPD is going to be so much fun / crazy
DustyVonEric
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4 days of Halo 5 (and pre orders) vs 3 weeks of price cut and Uncharted collection actually. Oh, and Battlefront beta.
Sony did time this right it seems.
The October NPD will indeed be Interesting (tm).
Well, yes, that would an ideal world, but unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world.
For example, where I live, the minimum monthly salary is the equivalent of 700 US$, but we're not getting cheap PS4s, or any other product, I would love for products to reflect on the minimum salary here, but unfortunately that's not how business works.
Obliterator
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4 days of Halo 5 vs 3 weeks of price cut and Uncharted collection actually. Oh, and Battlefront beta.
Sony did time this right it seems.
The October NPD will indeed be Interesting (tm).
I wouldn't guarantee this as a PS4 victory yet. Halo 5 is gonna move some hardware
Yeah I literally will not buy anything this holiday season in terms of games because of how insanely expensive they become here in Mexico. Actually, this new $349 tag price for PS4 will not benefit Mexico at all. If they lower the price in here, it will probably be just like $200 pesos (Like 10 dollars) and right now the damn PS4 is around $460 dollars in here D:
That sucks. Actually that's even worse than Canadian pricing because at the current conversion rate of 1 USD = 16.52 peso, you should only be paying 991 peso for a game. You're getting hit with some extra taxes and fees it seems on top of the exchange.
Luckily for me, I got my PS4 when dollar was at par, and I paid the $399 launch price.
Also, I have all my pre-ordered games ordered under the Amazon.ca E3 sale which was honestly highway robbery. I got MGS5 for $56 after tax as an example, where most stores are charging $79.99 + tax.
Yup going to be crazy good. Even this month. I still give the edge to Xbox because of halo but interested to see how close things are.
Hmmmm I wonder if starting tomorrow Sony will start to aggressively market this price cut? Walking Dead and football are on this Sunday. Would be a good place to start.
I think it's really cool the Star Wars LE I preordered is only $400 now
Yeah of course I'm not saying I expect to make more income because our dollar is lower. I'm just saying that US residents have more buying power with their dollar, yet people saying we are technically getting hardware cheaper because of the exchange are not taking our income into context. To us, it's simply a price increase. It has nothing to do with what the US people are paying.
mejin
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Interesting month indeed.
Obliterator
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Yep also people need to remember the Halo5 bundle will have longer than a couple days on the market. The system launches on October 20th not the 27th
A bit hyperbolic, but I think Star Wars has a more mass appeal than Halo does. So going up against each other for new customers, I'd give the edge to Star Wars - too bad they won't be directly competing in the same month.
RocketRacoon
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I assume this has been covered, but it didn't actually increase in Canada, at least not Southern Ontario. I haven't seen a PS4 for less than 450$ in ages, this is a decrease. Thank god I got mine at launch while our dollar was still on the edge of the cliff and not free falling.
My job doesn't magically pay 30% more when the Canadian dollar drops by that amount.
The Mad Draklor
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4 days of Halo 5 (and pre orders) vs 3 weeks of price cut and Uncharted collection actually. Oh, and Battlefront beta.
Sony did time this right it seems.
The October NPD will indeed be Interesting (tm).
Actually, the Halo bundle comes out on the 20th since the game is not given out physically.
Yeah, you have a right to be frustrated, but that's not how economy works, unfortunately.
OverdriveOtaku
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I have a buddy who is getting some limited edition PS4 soon and is asking if I want his launch day PS4 for $250. He takes great care of his stuff. Sounds like a deal I should take?
Branniganz Love
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Looks like I'm going to have to jump on a PS4 bundle soon. I never owned a PS3 so it looks like the Nathan Drake collection, TLOU remastered and Bloodborne are going to be in my future sometime before Christmas.
Randolph Freelander
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This is interesting. I wonder, does it seem like Battlefront will actually be playable when it first ships? I recall bad headlines for Battlefield.
I'm tempted by Battlefront, though.
I'm tempted by Battlefront, though.
RowdyReverb
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Star Wars does have more mass appeal generally, but I can't even remember the last big-selling SW game, whereas Halo has been a consecutive hit-maker for over a decade. Then again, this is the Year of Star Wars, and holiday shoppers will be attracted to this game for their newly SW-obsessed kids. It tough to say!
Kenzodielocke
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Can't canadians just import a PS4 from Japan ? Both seem to have pretty bad currency right now.
Most people seem to agree that the new recent PS4 model is much better hardware-wise than the first.
Dead Prince
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will the taken king bundle not receive a price drop? i saw a few at best buy. and i like the white ps4..
pixelation
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I hope you're right, and i really wish that they'd hurry up and release the standalone white PS4.
Iorv3th
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They probably just didn't list it because it was a limited run I think.
OverdriveOtaku
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I've forgot about this, but yeah, seems like that's the consensus...
What is generally better about the newer hardware though? Surely if he's had it this long he should have run into issues with it already?
PumpkinSpice
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I actually seriously looked at doing this. If my in-laws luggage wasn't so full when they were came here a few weeks ago I might have tried to snag the white one. Then of course the price went down there anyway.
At this rate, I might as well just wait for a hardware revision or two, and buy late like I did for PS3. Get it for $250 with a much larger hard drive and more reliable hardware.
PeterLegend
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The real question is will Microsoft go down to $299???
VincentMatts
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The Halo and Elite xboxes are 550.79$ at BB in Canada. They're supposed to get more affordable, not more expensive.
reSpec Gaming
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SRP for Canadian was $449, so $429 is less. It's just on sale at $399.99 all the time. This is a decrease in SRP but retailers of course may sell for less.
autoduelist
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I like Star Wars but am not a super fan...
I already have a PS4...
and yet I still want a Star Wars bundle.
I already have a PS4...
and yet I still want a Star Wars bundle.
EventHorizon
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That makes absolutly no sense. Your 50,000 CAD would convert to the following amounts in other currencies. Ok, so what.
Code:
Afghan Afghani: 2,471,750
Iraqi Dinar: 45,577,000
Mexican Peso: 634,000
Swiss Franc: 37,000
Brazilian Real: 146,500Simple fact is that from a Japanese company's point of view, 350 US dollars is worth 41,975.50 yen while 350 Canadian dollars is only worth 32,207 yen. To even things out the Canadian product has to cost more.
deejay8595
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Nice! Price drop on my B-day
Oh I agree, no guarantee. Either way imo
Aceofspades
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Here we pay the equivalent of $420 after the price drop, but you don't see me complaining about it ... You know why?
Because I have a basic understanding of how multi-national companies handle mass produced products, there are massive differences of costs, taxes and rules imposed that can effect increasing and decreasing the price of the product in each country or regional market.
PS4 being $350 in the US doesn't imply it should be the same in Canada or everywhere due to different factors I mentioned earlier and much more.
The exchange rate conversation here is super funny really and really highlight some people ignorance to some basic economical and financial situations encountered by large companies.
I don't have a problem with paying higher prices because our dollar is lower. I understand the economic reasoning behind it. What I do have a problem with is:
1) Sony not applying this same logic worldwide. If the USD represents the base dollar value, Europeans should be paying substantially less for their purchases since the Euro is worth more. But they aren't, which is bullshit. Also, the Yen-USD conversion as someone posted earlier.
2) People making ridiculous statements like "American's are actually paying more due to the conversion rate". USD has more buying power than the Canadian one. Salaries in both countries are very similar, but the compensation they receive is worth 30% more on a global scale. Unless you do a lot of international purchasing, there's no reason to compare dollar values when evaluating the cost for an item. At the end of the day, for a Canadian, it will set them back $429 for a PS4, while a US resident will only be shelling out $349.
Considering Xbox announced like 6 bundles last week I think it's a little too early to respond. Maybe closer to Black Friday
ChronotriggerJM
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Do we have any information on Halo 5 pre-orders? My gut tells me it's losing cultural significance among gamer's due to market saturation, but I'd love to be wrong on that, Halo is dope 
The Mad Draklor
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Going for that 7-10k difference, eh? xD