Even at $499 for the main hardware, you save on not paying for Live to play MP, and you get objectively better hardware. I think $499 is still a better deal than the Xbox One at the same price.
Yes, to be fair, $499 gets me to buy a PS4, just maybe not as soon as I’d like. If they come down to $399 (somehow, that DDR5 is expensive, Gendal is correct and I had forgotten about that) I will probably pre-order one and look forward to it (depending on how this presentation in a few hours goes).
$399 is preorder territory. $450 means I wait till it’s $399. I’m going to go ahead and assume they won’t be pricing it at $499 simply because they should know better (but do they?)
If they start the PS+ Instant Game Collection out on the PS4 at launch there’s a decent chance I’ll be there day one. I’m not asking for their top of the line AAA game, but something that can show off the system would be huge.
Absolutely $499 at least. It’s Sony though so I could see $549. One favorable thing is that the value of the yen has dropped a lot so they don’t need to charge so much to meet their target (although on the other hand they may have to pay for hardware in dollars).
Personally, I have no particular price point, but I am interested in what games are available at launch. If they’re just so awesome looking that I can’t wait for a price drop, that’s about the only way I can envision myself ponying up day one. Still, mighty intrigued at what Sony is going to show me. I loved the PS1 and 2, just had no interest in what they were doing with the PS3 plus all my friends had Xboxes, so there you go. I’m feeling a sea change may be coming.
