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sethnintendo on 09 June 2013
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KBG29 said:
sethnintendo said:
KBG29 said:


Who would buy a PS3 in this example for $200 when a PS4 is less than double at $350? I think the 12GB is the perfect way for them to put out a unit at $150, and stay profitable while keeping PS3 viable. They should then team with a HDD maker to sell an HDD for $50 for those that want to add an HDD, but lack tech knowledge.


PS4 will not be 350 at launch and if it is then Sony will be losing just as much money as they did with the PS3 at launch.  You talk about teaming up with HDD maker but why not just do what the Wii U does and allows a 1-2 TB external hard drive to be hooked up via USB port?  I suppose that would be too convenient to the consumer for added storage space?  At least they don't try to rape your ass completely like Microsoft did with the 360 add on hard drives that barely added any GB worth of space for the price.

We will have to see what happens on PS4 pricing. I don't see the base unit being more than $400 maximum. At $400 they should be damn near break even with the hardware announced, and that is with a camera in every unit. I don't see how it could be anywhere close to $600 to manufacture and ship.

As far as the HDD situation goes, I don't have that much faith in consumers. If they did not have something that clearly had playstation on it, internal or USB, I think people would be to ignorant to figure it out. Plus, They could easily make 10 -15 bucks on it selling at $50, which IMO is good business a company struggling to make money. 



I was thinking costs were more close to 500 for PS4 but you have some analyst saying below 400 now. I'm thinking 450 still is probably more correct. We will have to wait and see on a teardown estimate after its release.

The only thing we know for sure is they won't be taking losses like they did with PS3 at launch.