PS4 gets a new, lower price starting Friday: $349.99
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I'll be buying my Xbox one in eight years then
GameWhisperer
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I don't get the Canada prices...MS didn't only drop 20 in canada.
GameWhisperer
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Thanks for letting me know I can sleep now..good to see games that don't launch in Oct/Nov don;t exist. Sony will be allright. Sont has exclusives, just didn't launch them in the holidays...if that is a thing then LOL.
No, MCC sold 600k, a mainline Halo title sells ~3 million in its debut month.
Good move by Sony.
I think they've timed this just perfectly and the new $349 price will drive sales through the holiday. A $50 price cut might not seem like a lot and it certainly isn't going to get super casuals on board any time soon but it will cause a boost to sales, similar to what the Xbox One saw last year with its price drop.
I don't see Microsoft dropping the official price further this year so we should pretty much have both consoles at the same price this holiday (barring retail specific deals) and so I believe this holiday will be a lot closer than last year.
I think they've timed this just perfectly and the new $349 price will drive sales through the holiday. A $50 price cut might not seem like a lot and it certainly isn't going to get super casuals on board any time soon but it will cause a boost to sales, similar to what the Xbox One saw last year with its price drop.
I don't see Microsoft dropping the official price further this year so we should pretty much have both consoles at the same price this holiday (barring retail specific deals) and so I believe this holiday will be a lot closer than last year.
great move, they're selling every unit they can deliver to my country (Spain) and there's no competition at all, they don't need to adjust price but to ramp up production lol, anyway it's a great move and of course expected, I can see Battlefront bundles literally flying off shelves.
GameWhisperer
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Read the OP man lol.
eerik9000
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CAD exchange rate against USD has weakened alot in the last year. Sony really can't ignore that.
Given the way MS has priced its bundles, it "looks like" a $50 overall price drop is very likely.
Now when and for how long is gery much in the air, but my guess is that it'll be official starting Nov 1st, and last till a few days in January (whether it'll continue then, not sure).
Imo, count on $299 Lego and Gears bundles for the Holidays, which honestly aren't that appealing in and of themselves but at least they'll be priced right.
At $349, those are duds currently vs PS4 Battlefront bundle @ $349.
If they play it right, and they are right now with the timing, I think Sony is taking October, yes.
I think they will. $349 bundles are very weak right know with Battlefront bundle at the same price.
And ltd it has sold at least 4-5m.
There probably already are a ton of Halo fans with a XB1, which makes sense really.
Nice bundle prices.
I wonder if Microsoft has been able to cost reduce as much as Sony since launch. It was more expensive to make from the start. Haven't read anything about changes like Sony have done with the PS4. Price drop and game bundling must eat into their margins and they went all out the first two years.
I wonder if Microsoft has been able to cost reduce as much as Sony since launch. It was more expensive to make from the start. Haven't read anything about changes like Sony have done with the PS4. Price drop and game bundling must eat into their margins and they went all out the first two years.
With current exchange rates:
CAD$449.99 = US$345.07
CAD$429.99 = US$329.73
CAD$399.99 = US$306.71
I don't know what people expect Sony to do.
Swass
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Price drop starts tomorrow, though it does makes little sense to not make it immediate..
Friday.
Americans are celebrating, meanwhile a 20 dollar price drop is meaningless to Canadians. I'm glad I didn't wait to buy a PS4.
Hopefully Harper gets ousted so our dollar will recover as quickly as it tanked. But it's not like economic recovery will cause Sony to cut prices once they're already so high. The same thing happened during 2008 when our dollar skyrocketed (aka didn't drop as much) in comparison to the U.S. Dollar.
Obviously Sony made the most common sense decision, and for Americans it definitely makes sense. But to Canadians, our prices are skyrocketing even though we aren't being paid more, and it's really tragic.
In our minds the dollar is still on par with the U.S. Dollar because they were really close last year. Suddenly spending 10-20 dollars more per video game with the same salary is really difficult.
Hopefully Harper gets ousted so our dollar will recover as quickly as it tanked. But it's not like economic recovery will cause Sony to cut prices once they're already so high. The same thing happened during 2008 when our dollar skyrocketed (aka didn't drop as much) in comparison to the U.S. Dollar.
Obviously Sony made the most common sense decision, and for Americans it definitely makes sense. But to Canadians, our prices are skyrocketing even though we aren't being paid more, and it's really tragic.
In our minds the dollar is still on par with the U.S. Dollar because they were really close last year. Suddenly spending 10-20 dollars more per video game with the same salary is really difficult.
TheSpoiler
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I don't see how they'll take over Oct with Halo coming out, but I reckon it'll dampen the blow quite a bit.
And people still aren't satisfied! LOL!
twinturbo2
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Good thing I waited. Now I can get the Battlefront bundle at Gamestop, trade in the physical copy of that game for PS Store money, and use it to buy songs for Rock Band 4 on my new PS4.
ArkhamFantasy
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A $350 battlefront bundle should do well.
It's all about context. It's not like we buy a PS4 and think "oh wow this is actually a good deal if you look up the current exchange rates!"
We think "Why did they increase the price of a PS4 by 50 dollars overnight without telling anyone? Why are games 70-80 dollars now? Where's the consistency?"
Randomizer123454444
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Companies rarely use exchange rates to have equivalent prices in each country. For example, on Steam it's common to have a $1 == 1e rate when pricing games.
We can't be 100% sure what Sony logic was. But it does seem a bit weird that one country gets only a $20 reduction while other country gets $50.
Wii U dropped from $350 to $300 within a year IIRC
-Pyromaniac-
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lol Canada. Getting a ps4 at launch was a good decision.
Jawmuncher
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Wonder when/if xbox will announce their price drop, since that was the big rumor based off all of those bundles they announced.
The differences, a Euro is worth more than a US dollar, a Canadian dollar is worth less than a US dollar.
Dead Prince
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To be fair. 2 years being the market leader this gen though
Wii took forever to get a price cut.