Well, whatever it costs, I will buy it because they always have great games on Playstation consoles. If I had to guess, it will launch at $400, And they should actually be making a profit from the start with that one at that price. Mainly because most of the R&D costs would be from the PS3, of course this is assuming the use a cell processor and Blu-ray, which they probably will.

If ps4 launches at $299 then i will buy day 1.

A capitalistic society such as the one we live in would collapse if everyone earned in the hundreds of thousands each year. Capitalism depends on poverty, and sad as that may be, it's preferable to Communism.

More to the point, Sony has always been a high end company and the PS1 and PS2 both launched at an affordable $300, while the PSP hit at $250.

True that, but you gotta be proud of Sony, PS3 is the third fastest selling console, and the fastest most expensive

selling console in the world! If any other company launched at a price like the PS3, they probably wouldnt have been this

succeful.

O.T. I think they will re-use alot of the PS3 parts, and maybe just stick 2 C3LLs in the PS4, so they can profit off that console,

AT A LOW PRICE :).

Well.... I work for an IT consultancy firm and our job is usually to forecast technology leap. For fun at work, here's what a consultant predicted:

PS4 Specs: 

Launch Date: July 2013
CPU: Cell Broadband Engine with 32 Cores (well, that really depends, he's thinking it's gonna be pretty cheap compared to the price of the current CBE when it came out)

RAM: 8 GB Graphics:

RSX GDR 2GB HDD: 4TB or 1TB SSD

OPTICAL Drive: Blu-ray (probably 400+ GB capactity)

VI: PS Eye 2.x

Controller: PS Wand / DS4

The actual launch price of the PS4 will be $399 - $499 depending on bundle and features. Both Version will include PS Eye and Controller. Surprisingly, if the PS4 does come out in 2013, the PS3 would phase out in 2015 in line with Sony 10 year plan. The PS3 is now over 3 years old.

On a side note, he claims that Natal will be huge but only with the X-Tri (His code name for the next Xbox - Which I think is catchy and MS will jump on)

" Wow, Xxain. That was a great rebuttal.

That made me laugh uncontrollably.

I agree with that, the PS3 has never been an expensive electronic device, maybe an expensive console but not an expensive piece of electronic. I also want them to innovate and sell it as much as it worth it. The peoples that have less money can buy it a while after. But this can only work if the competition doesnt release a cheap console with good games, this was the problem this gen. Xbox is pretty cheap but almost the same console as before, the games are good so it is selling really well. But for core gamer, encouraging xbox instead of PS3 slow the rate at which we will get better game (technologically speaking). With all the multi platform crap, developers developing on 360 so they dont have to learn how to program on PS3 (saying its easier and faster on 360 but in fact just dont know how to do it on PS3), and in the end sell as much or more is surely slowing what can and should be better by now. I know there is 360 fan all around shouting the 360 can do the same as the PS3, but this is fact far from reality. The thing is that we still didnt had a lot of chance to withstand that by now because developers doest need to push the limit when they know they will sell as much by releasing their title on 360. If you want HD console and gaming in general to grow better but your also a core gamer like me, stop encouraging Xbox 360 the more you can, and only purchase games on it when it is exclusive.

It never ceases to amaze me how much people take for granted the existence of a "next" Playstation. Also, anyone who says Sony has learned their lesson about pricing hasn't heard of the PSPGo.