Cause I don't like mid gen upgrade.
If they give me a choice, I would rather they make 2 SKU from the beginning. 399 for 1.8TF PS4, 599 for 3.5TF PS4+ in 2013.
That's basically what they're trying to set up for you here. Every three years, you'll have the choice of a ≥$500 "enthusiast" model built with the latest tech or a ≤$300 "mainstream" model built with something a bit older. "Older," being, "Whatever we were selling as the enthusiast box three years ago."
Don't take everything that you read as a fact by the way, same thing for the second Neo design with upgraded CPU or the Q1 release, that was just speculation.
No, it was NOT speculation. It was real information relayed to Osiris by Sony. Sorry to get snippy, but this constant warping of reality is tiresome. Those were legit leaks from legit sources, not random speculation. I'm not saying it means Q1 and Option B will happen. I'm saying that stuff isn't baseless forum speculation.
In fact, the holiday launch is the baseless forum speculation. Yes, the PDF from March says be compliant by October, but it also says prototype kits won't be returned to Sony until sometime in 2017, after production kits are made available at a date still TBD. And besides, the window for October compliance seems to have come and gone, but nobody actually has the final kits yet.
Sony learned the hard way that $599 is not the way to go...they once tried to offer a console at that price and even though it was an absolite steal (stand alone bluray players were $900+ at the time) it was still a disaster...
PERSONALLY I bought a PS3 at launch...and I would have paid the same price for a launch PS4 with better specs...bit the average consumer WILL NOT...
That's the beauty of the three-year tick-tock. They always have a product to available satisfy both groups the enthusiasts who will gladly pay $500-$600 for bleeding edge tech, and people who just want an affordable way to play games. Previously, each group was only
truly satisfied at the beginning or end of the generation, respectively.
Production always starts slow before ramping. I believe I recall reading that only 50,000 PS4s were assembled in the first month (August 2013), but by the end of the year they'd made five million or so. Plus, the number we have is from only one assembly site. Sony used multiple lines in China and a plant in Japan for the original PS4.
Yeah, that's why I asked what "full production" meant. At first I assumed it was just a loose translation, but apparently they're still producing the same 5k-6k/day, so I'm wondering when this ramp-up will begin, or if maybe "full production" really
did mean full production. Sure, they're able to build tons, but that doesn't mean they will. I'd argue their forecast doesn't indicate they expect to sell tons of Neo before the end of March in any case.
Sony didn't undercut MS based on the pricing MS set. That was just MS being really, really damn stupid and valuing their console as if it was offering some tremendous value to gamers when it remotely wasn't.
The PS4 launched at $399. It's now at $349 with a great value of a game bundled in. 3 years later.
Given that, the likely scenario is that PS4 Slim will be $299 with a game bundled.
Yeah, I think $299 bundles make sense, but I think that also allows them to hit $249 without a game, and the leaked slims haven't had a game
To me, mid gen upgrade is fake upgrade and it make the real upgrade took even longer.
Actually, it will probably ensure we don't have any more 9-year generations, and it will additionally give you the ability to upgrade more often than ever, if you so choose.
