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[GribbleGrunger]

Phil Spencer said they were ready to counter Sony's decisions, I wanna see what they come up with. I would imagine holiday deals will be insane for both consoles.

Yes, but when he said that he thought the price drop would be announced at PGW. That means he expected to be countering it with a Halo bundle. Now he either gives Sony the rest of the month or he drops the price of the XB1 and loses a lot of money on the ridiculous amount of bundles they've already got.

 

[jet1911]

430 Canadian dollars = 329.16156 U.S. dollars

According to Google

Yeah too bad I'm not paid in US dollars. :/

 

[Swass]

Man, Sony must have good announcements in store for Paris Games Week and PSX to announce this now and not at those events.

Tempted to get another PS4, but have no idea how that will work since do I download everything twice? Just choose a primary?

Doesn't seem like a strategically sound move to wait until the end of October and even less so December missing out on all those sales just so you can make the announcement at a show. Holiday shopping season is already beginning here in the states and this move will not make the Xbox One an instant choice for the price conscious shoppers.

 

[biglittleps]

Hope Sony will do good marketing around BloodBorne(+expansion), Until Dawn and Tearaway unfolded this holiday to fill the first party games.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Now all they need is a No Man's Sky bundle.

 

[ShamePain]

Yes, but when he said that he thought the price drop would be announced at PGW. That means he expected to be countering it with a Halo bundle. Now he either gives Sony the rest of the month or he drops the price of the XB1 and loses a lot of money on the ridiculous amount of bundles they've already got.

I think they have things planned far in advance, and Halo 5 should sell quite well regardless of what Sony is doing. Bigger overall install base benefits everyone.

 

[Swass]

Curious as to why they are staggering the price drops rather than just a global reduction if that is what they had planned all along.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Now all they need is a No Man's Sky bundle.

This assumes No Mans Sky will be ready any time soon.

 

[biglittleps]

Now all they need is a No Man's Sky bundle.

I dont think this is getting released this year (If it was already sony would have announced with a bundle as this is a big game). We wont be seeing new bundles anymore except special bundle for Black friday with a 20$ -50$ price cut + one more free game.

 

[ps3ud0]

Expected once the official cuts started elsewhere but props to those who called it even earlier than that.

The division between PS4/XB1 sales really was getting too narrow in US and it felt like time for Sony to use price directly to drive further demand.

Should be interesting holiday period. I still figure XB1 will sell more in US but that doesn't really matter so much as what the gap is if they do. So long as Sony remain overall ahead by decent margin come 2016 they're in good shape IMHO. Being ahead over 2 years into the gen in US should mean they can hold the lead throughout so long as they remain competitive in the market.

Post holiday period the lower price with bigger exclusives finally starting to arrive (U4) should help them too.

I think XB1 will do well too and enter 2016 in respectable position in US but while the lead isn't huge I'm really thinking Sony is going to manage to hold them off fully closing the gap now.

Although there's still plenty of years to go yet so who knows MS might still find a way of closing the gap in the end.

I seems self-serving for Sony to distract MS with US sales leadership while it cleans up pretty much everywhere else, indeed winning the US isn't as important to Sony as it is vital to MS.

I expected the price cut for PGW so surprised they've announced globally already

ps3ud0 8)

 

[IvanJ]

Now all they need is a No Man's Sky bundle.

I expect NMS to be in a PSVR launch bundle. Doubt it will be released sooner.

 

[iceatcs]

Thing I learned, that Canadians are so blind.

 

[biglittleps]

I think they have things planned far in advance, and Halo 5 should sell quite well regardless of what Sony is doing. Bigger overall install base benefits everyone.

Sony is not trying to stop Halo 5 sales instead they are trying to gain more sales by stoping the gamers who want to play 3rd party games mostly (they may tempted to go for XB1 which was cheaper before this price cut and has big exclusives over PS4) with a price cut and gain some momentum.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

This assumes No Mans Sky will be ready any time soon.

I dont think this is getting released this year (If it was already sony would have announced with a bundle as this is a big game). We wont be seeing new bundles anymore except special bundle for Black friday with a 20$ -50$ price cut + one more free game.

I expect NMS to be in a PSVR launch bundle. Doubt it will be released sooner.

And here I was having a good time. Thanks.

 

[allan-bh]

With good bundles and price drop PS4 is on track for a great holiday. Let's see what Microsoft will do.

 

[GeoramA]

Nice move for Sony. Uncharted bundle for $349 is going to soar up the charts now.

And the Star Wars bundle looks even more tempting now, I'm just not interested in BF.

 

[DSix]

If you're in Europe, wait for Paris Games Week conference at the end of the month. I bet that's when it's announced and applied for us.

 

[DieH@rd]

Man, Sony must have good announcements in store for Paris Games Week and PSX to announce this now and not at those events.

Tempted to get another PS4, but have no idea how that will work since do I download everything twice? Just choose a primary?

It's better to get the price down now in the US than at the end of the month. US is already ramping up for their holiday sales season, plus Sony wants to have good price when MS's only heavy hitter lands in the US [Halo 5]. Majority of Halo fans are in US, so that game will not be such a big threat in the EU.

EU's "peak sales" month is not November, but December. So Sony can wait for a while before dropping the price there.

 

[DaMasta113]

My goal is to try to get a PS4 Black Friday bundle for $300. It's time to put the PS3 away.

 

[Elandyll]

And there it is...

Not gonna say "I told you so" to all the skeptics that kept telling us there wouldn't be a price drop till they were blue in the face but ...

I told you so.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Wow, sooner than I expected. Right in time for uncharted too.

 

[Ombala]

Nice but now I'm waiting for a drop in Europe, It should come at PGW.

 

[BadWolf]

Oh Canada

 

[jadedm17]

Can we get some Destiny LE PS4 $299 deals now?
Best buy and amazon have dropped it to $349 already.

 

[travisbickle]

Those same revisions could be used in a newer model/case.

I feel like 2016 is when we see the slim version.

Summer 2017 at the earliest, it hasn't even hit $299 yet. PS1/PS2 slim versions were like 4/5 years into the lifecycle when it was cost effective to change production toolset. PS3 needed a revision to save money whereas PS4 is in profit so it would be stupid to lose profits by revising early.

 

[Nemesis121]

MS counter should be for the Holiday only $329 no games, or $379 bundle comes with Forza Horizon 2.

 

[gtj1092]

Feels good to be right. Also the idea of them dropping the price at PGW just because that is Halo's launch day always seemed like console war fan fiction. Always maintained it was better to drop before Halo even launched to maintain momentum.

 

[Swass]

My goal is to try to get a PS4 Black Friday bundle for $300. It's time to put the PS3 away.

You might even do better, I mean last year you could get a PS4 for $300 if you hit the right sale, so $250 isn't that insane.

 

[Miles X]

MS counter should be for the Holiday only $329 no games, or $379 bundle comes with Forza Horizon 2.

They've already got their bundles, they're planned months in advance. They're not gonna react to this.

It's obvious they're gonna do a retread of last year, late October announce a $50 drop across the whole bundle line. TBH it needs to be $100 if they want to compete.

 

[Pearson]

If I didn't already have a PS4 I'd be excited and get one!

 

[jayu26]

$20 drop in Canada! Well, it's a drop I guess. Is PS4 technically cheapest in Canada currently?

 

[thelastword]

Should be $250. $350 is way too much, especially considering their exclusives output up to this point.

So you're saying it should be much cheaper than the Wii-U and the XB1. Current Wii-U bundles are $329-339 on Amazon.

 

[Swass]

Should be $250. $350 is way too much, especially considering their exclusives output up to this point.

There comment seems a little salty.

 

[Miles X]

So you're saying it should be much cheaper than the Wii-U and the XB1. Current Wii-U bundles are $329-339 on Amazon.

He's crazy. Those WiiU prices tho, woah.

 

[punkmaggit]

Those looking for awesome holiday games should go grab Tearaway at Best Buy while it's $29.99.

Brofive.gif

 

[Servbot24]

I still say they didn't need to do it.

There are many reasons why they would drop the price.

If they had some exclusives they wouldn't have needed to.

At the same time, just because they don't need to doesn't mean they shouldn't. Keep the pedal down.

 

[Black Republican]

the CAD price, bahahaaha

i guess phil was right on the price drop tho

 

[DustyVonEric]

Hmmm, I'm not sure if Microsoft have much hope to ketchup now.

Halo 5 will mustard the faithful.

Mayo ass be right, for MS' sake. I still say MS takes that month though. I mean it's Halo.

 

[thelastword]

the CAD price, bahahaaha

i guess phil was right on the price drop tho

Didn't the CDN dollar depreciate in recent times?

 

[Sjefen]

With this price drop Sony is positioning the PS4 for the mass market. Black friday deals will be crazy good

 

[Sjefen]

Mayo ass be right, for MS' sake. I still say MS takes that month though. I mean it's Halo.

Haven't many Halo fans already bought the xb1 too play Halo mcc?

 

[Castef]

Gotta fight Lara and Master Chief.

 

[valkillmore]

Sony must think we'd rather be getting into snowball fights up here than get a PS4. I am so glad I got mine at launch.

 

[driver116]

They should do a special offer for BF/Christmas too - ie gift card or something

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Sony must think we'd rather be getting into snowball fights up here than get a PS4. I am so glad I got mine at launch.

Why don't Canadians order their PS4s from Amazon?

 

[GameWhisperer]

People saying all year ps4 would not get a price cut, it was obvious it would, 50 is not enough though IMO.

Sony must think we'd rather be getting into snowball fights up here than get a PS4. I am so glad I got mine at launch.

Sony cannot control exchange rates.

If they had some exclusives they wouldn't have needed to.

At the same time, just because they don't need to doesn't mean they shouldn't. Keep the pedal down.

Exclusives would not change anything..... Price, bundles, xmas shopping, third parties are why consoles sell so much in the holidays. People still have not realised this?

 

[GameWhisperer]

They've already got their bundles, they're planned months in advance. They're not gonna react to this.

It's obvious they're gonna do a retread of last year, late October announce a $50 drop across the whole bundle line. TBH it needs to be $100 if they want to compete.

You think MS is going to drop 50 every year? So it will be free in a few years? They cannot keep doing this every year.

There it is. That'll help counter the lack of exclusives Sony has this fall.

Exclusives have nothing to do with it...why are people posting this? Do you think it was sunset and forza that sold x1's last year instead of 329, assassins creed and 3-4 free games with the system? Many years 360 had no exclusives and ps3 had plenty yet 360 won easily.

 

[DustyVonEric]

Haven't many Halo fans already bought the xb1 too play Halo mcc?

You may be right. But lettuce not forget the draw of a brand new entry to the series. Those Halo fans who didn't jump in for MCC, may finally upgrade for this.

 

[purpletentacle]

Why don't Canadians order their PS4s from Amazon?

Because it's the same price in the US and Canada (with conversion), also Canadians would be hit with massive tariff fees for the import. You'd be paying more than picking it up in Canada or Amazon.ca

 

[The Flash]

Awww yeah. $300 Black Friday deals here we come.