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Solid-Stark on 30 June 2015

We may see a temporary price cut during black Friday and December. A permanent price drop will come sometime next year if and when they shrink the APU to 16nm.

I think I may be the only one who actually liked the glossy finish of the drive cover.



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Conina on 30 June 2015
Conina said:
LuckyTrouble said:
Mr_No said:
This is some good news. Though I prefer the one with the glossy finish. Oh well... better get ahold of one before they discontinue them. 1TB though sounds tempting.

It's really easy to replace the drive, and a 1TB internal drive only runs around $50 or so depending on where you look.

1 TB ain't much improvement, instead of ~400 GB (~100 GB for the OS) you get ~900 GB available space... so only 125% more space.

My 1.75TB-Spinpoint M9T arrived today. After the data-restore it showed 1577 GB (1.54 TB x 1024) available for data (OS excluded).

Here is a comparison of available space for different HDDs:

standard PS4-HDD (500 GB) = 400 - 410 GB available... depends on the firmware

1.0TB-HDD = 850 - 860 GB available, so 2.1x capacity, ~110% more than standard

1.75TB-HDD = 1570 - 1580 GB available, so 3.9x capacity, ~290% more than standard

2.0TB-HDD = 1800 - 1820 GB available, so 4.5x capacity, ~350% more than standard



OnlyForDisplay on 30 June 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
JRPGfan said:


This sounds like they found ways to reduce the price of the PS4.... by designing it to be cheaper.

Yep. They're clearly sitting on a price drop and are just waiting for the perfect time to do it.


I would say either Paris Game Week or Tokyo Game Show. Both are usually Sony's strongest events; the months they are in no less.



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thismeintiel on 30 June 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
JRPGfan said:


This sounds like they found ways to reduce the price of the PS4.... by designing it to be cheaper.

Yep. They're clearly sitting on a price drop and are just waiting for the perfect time to do it.

I'm guessing at Gamescom, like they did with the PS3 price cuts.



 

GribbleGrunger on 30 June 2015
thismeintiel said:

I'm guessing at Gamescom, like they did with the PS3 price cuts.

They're not having a press conference there this year though. If it's going to happen it will be at the Paris event.



 

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thismeintiel on 30 June 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
thismeintiel said:

I'm guessing at Gamescom, like they did with the PS3 price cuts.

They're not having a press conference there this year though. If it's going to happen it will be at the Paris event.

Ah, didn't know about that.  So, yea, it'll be then.  Just in time for the holiday season.



 

sabvre42 on 30 June 2015
thismeintiel said:
GribbleGrunger said:
thismeintiel said:

I'm guessing at Gamescom, like they did with the PS3 price cuts.

They're not having a press conference there this year though. If it's going to happen it will be at the Paris event.

Ah, didn't know about that.  So, yea, it'll be then.  Just in time for the holiday season.

They can just do a press release too you know.  It doesn't have to be at a keynote. 



GribbleGrunger on 30 June 2015
sabvre42 said:

They can just do a press release too you know.  It doesn't have to be at a keynote. 

Yeah, I know that but it would make a bigger splash in a conference. I'm still not entirely convinced there WILL be a price drop ... It's just the revision that's making me consider the possibility.



 

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