pezus said:
DanneSandin said:
pezus said:
DanneSandin said:
i don't think sony can and will take a huge loss on ps4. they cant afford a 100 dollar hit on every system imo. one year and a $399 price tag ain't gonna be enough for the ps4 to be a significantly jump over wiiu...
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$399 is $100 more than $299, subtract the difference in production price between WiiU's controller and a Dualshock 4 and the difference grows more. Add in hardware cost to the PS4 and the controller business is almost balanced out. Nintendo are probably making a very small loss on this, so we'll assume $50 per $299 machine. Sony will likely be losing more from the start. That makes 1 year at least in hardware advancements plus $110 plus the difference in losses. Even if they sold the PS4 at no loss, the difference would still be over $100 and a year at least in development.
Why would that not be enough for a significant jump? Consider that they are selling the PS3 at $250 or so and profiting while they're at it. Next year they'll be selling it at $199. A $200 jump from PS3 in pure power will (and it should) be very noticeable, even from the start. Wii U has shown very small jumps over PS3 games (some look equal, some look worse, some look slightly better, exclusives are not graphical beasts either). So, assuming a $200 jump from PS3 to PS4, why wouldn't the jump be significant?
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First and foremost, you can't make any argument using US dollars.
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What, yes I can, I was arguing against your points and you used dollars. Why are you changing between US and Japan all of a sudden? Selling the PS4 at $399 would be $100 more expensive than Wii U in USA. Japan has nothing to do with that.
Of course, all of this is just speculation. The PS4 could cost more than $399 for all we know, although I'm expecting around a $399 price.
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Yes, I have to admit I was quite inconsistent. I used dollars in my first statement because it's easier, but if we are to compare 2 Japanese consoles we have to start to think and speak with the Yen in mind.
I think we'd be better off if we compared the differences between the Japanese price tag and the US price tag; how much cheaper will the consoles be in the States compared to the price tags in Japan?
