PS4 is the cheapest PlayStation home console (when adjusted for inflation)

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• TL:DR "Our new product is not quite as overpriced as our old product" : watcherxp
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  Price adjusted for inflation isn't the only factor. My yearly income hasn't increased enough over the pas... : rtrson
  • Heh damn, you beat me to this. : bigimp
  • In other words, THANKS OBAMA. : squigiliwams
• Except the income of lower and middle class people (i.e. the 99%) haven't been going up with inflation fo... : bigimp
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  I hope cheap doesn't imply inferiority. As the saying goes you get what you pay for. Like to see the co... : finalSpart4n
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    It's not really exclusive to the Xbox One. You can play Titanfall on the 360 and PC, as well. : TylerJSmith
    • It's his preferred controller. We all know mouse and keyboard is inferior for FPS games. : pyide
  • new angle. I like it! : Chipwarrior
  • But... 360 was cheaper than PS3 at launch too. It held its own. : kingdepork
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  Good luck actually finding $399 console anywhere near the launch window though. Prediction: either Sony o... : uncleanmonkey
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    how do you know they don't have much money to lose? : pgharavi
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      They're a publically traded company. : uncleanmonkey
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        lol, I know SNE is. How much do they have to lose? : pgharavi
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          Well there's this: http://ycharts.com/companies/SNE/cash_on_hand
          
          Given how poorly most of their businesses are doing right now I'm not sure they want to blow through a couple of billions of that before they see any profit.

          Jul 01, 2013 12:43pm PDT
          Well there's this: http://ycharts.com/companies/SNE/cash_on_hand Given how poorly most of their busine... : uncleanmonkey
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    ...We've been able to pre-order launch day $399 PS4 since E3. : cetra00
    • I was going to post just this but he did qualify his post with "launch window." We're not in that window... : pgharavi
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      Didn't they run out of supply pretty quickly? They obviously have to offer some kind of $399 SKU, but I c... : uncleanmonkey
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        Why are you making the assumption that they are going to lose money at $399? Estimated BOM puts it well ... : cetra00
        • Where did you read that? 8 GB of GDDR5 is going to cost them. Even if they barely break even (I doubt it)... : uncleanmonkey
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        The $399 launch day sku is OOS on amazon, however they do offer game bundle launch day editions. PS4... : ant_hillbilly
        • Yeah that's what I was thinking. : uncleanmonkey
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          I don't have a problem with the 1 game bundle. I mean really, you need a game to play anyway. : rtrson
          • Sure, if they have the game you want as a bundle there's no problem. : uncleanmonkey
          • Not with PSN+!!!!!!!!!!! : mancide
          • Unless you are going the digital only route. The only use for an optical drive is blurays for me. : ovrlrd
      • They're using the same idea they used when creating the Vita: set a price point, select hardware to come... : zigaroo
  • I don't think it's really a huge problem. It's not like either of these two boxes have smash hits right ... : Peanut Fox
  • Have you always been a fanboy or did I just miss the memo? : MercFox1
• I was about to post that I read an article on Ars Technica about this same thing three days ago but then ... : Sailor of Fortune