Tretton Talks PS4: “We’ve Never Been First, Never Been Cheapest”

[Kantor]

Sal.Paradise said:

Kantor said:

d21lewis said:

Nah.  N64 launched at about $250 and the PS1 was $299 at the time.  Plus PS and Saturn launched for about $400 in the US (I think).  Nintendo was actually kicking all kinds of ass until they started hitting software droughts.  Months would pass without a decent game to play.  The two were so close in sales that Nintendo and Sony both claimed to be the best selling console.  In the end, PS1 pulled away and never looked back, though.

I thought that, at E3 1995 or so, Sega came up on stage, and announced the Saturn for $399, and then Sony walked on, said "$299" and walked off? That's probably just an urban legend, but I think the PS1 launched at $299.

Not an urban legend! Here's the video.

Go to 7:50. 

That was incredible.

Whoever plans Sony's conferences nowadays could learn from that.