PS4 is cheaper than PS1 and PS2 (inflation adjusted)

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Michael-5 said:

the2real4mafol said:
Xbox 360 started at $399, no wonder it did so well against PS3

$399 with no hard drive. You had to buy a $60 memory card ontop of that.

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Anyway, I was really surprised that they plan to sell the PS4 so cheap. I mean PS3's still cost $250 or so, and when you look at inflation, yes the PS4 is the cheapest home console Sony has ever sold. I really think the PS3/360 will get price cuts next year, but I dunno about this year. Sony announced a GTAV bundle for $299, which is indicative of no price cut on the PS3.

I think Sony priced the PS4 so low, to kill off the PS3 faster and have people move on quickly. PS3 was hurt by PS2 selling 50 million units after it's termination, Sony doesn't want that for their PS4.

Wii U is the most expensive Nintendo LOL.

Sony definitely don't intend to kill the PS3, but they might encourage people to move on in major markets. The 12GB that they inexplicably don't sell in America is an example of that. Here in the UK, I have seen it being sold for ~£150 which is only slightly more expensive than the 4GB 360 and more importantly less than HALF the price of the PS4 when it comes out (£350).

Sony is going to keep selling the PS3 for a long time, especially in "less mature markets". I am sure a little part of them wants to end the gen as the number 1 seller, which is far from impossible. You also have to remember that Sony will probably be making more a profit on each PS3 sold than a launch PS4

Also and most importantly, a year with Ni No Kuni, The Last of Us, Beyond and GT 6 as exclusives is remarkable {there are probably others}, there is still a lot to come from the PS3.

The PS4 is priced so low because it doesn't come with a Kinect. They need to get off to a fast start this generation, they don't want to have to play catch up as they did with the PS3 for all those years