Sony’s PlayStation 4 has been confirmed for a $399 November 15th release in North America, and a €399 November 29th release in Europe (£349 for those still trapped in the UK), disappointing those who still hoped for an October release – to say nothing of the Japanese, who did not even get a date.
The irony of Sony hosting a release conference in Europe only to announce the US would be getting the console 2 weeks earlier and $130 cheaper (and not even mentioning what sort of release Japan would have to endure) has not gone unnoticed, although with Microsoft obligingly doing everything it can to scupper its own release it seems unlikely to pose much of a problem.
Sony also confirmed further price drops for the PS3, which is dropping to $199.99 and €199.99 in the US and EU. Of more rather more use to existing gamers was the confirmation of discounted pricing on PS4 titles for the owners of existing PS3 versions.
Japan is there homebase weird US might get it ahead of them
Dissapointment not disapointment -.-
The price difference isn’t big if you consider VAT (maybe it takes two weeks to add that value).
“£349 for those still trapped in the UK” Do I sense a hint of Anglophobia there?
It’s a bit to say the US is getting the PS4 $130 dollars cheaper since you’re not taking into account the sales tax. Depends on the US state but the average sales tax is somewhere around 8.5% which would elevate the price of the PS3 beyond $430. At least all sales tax in Europe are already included in the 400 Euro price tag.
Yes its still cheaper in the US but not $130 cheaper.
It makes it closer, but not by a significant margin. It’s still $100+ more expensive (and numerous states have no sales tax so it is $130 less there).
I was going to make the same comment, but you beat me too it… all’s fair in love and tentacles. ＞ヮ＜