Sony declined to bundle PS4 camera in order to best Xbox One price

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Sources close to IGN have said the PlayStation 4 camera was nixed a bundled add-on with every PS4 in order to knock $100 off the original price of $499. Which is the same price as Xbox One.

Sony only informed its retail partners the camera would not be included, but never specified a lower price point in order not to tip off Microsoft before its own reveal, according to the report.

This goes against what various Sony execs have previously said, particularly Shuhei Yoshida.

IGN notes that it may have ‘beaten’ Microsoft by making the camera optional, but it has also diminished consumer adoption of the product, not to mention creating an inconsistent software support.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/26/sony-declined-to-bundle-ps4-camera-in-order-to-best-xbox-one-price-report/

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Fuzzeh_XPosted:

Oasis Kinect v1 = where this PS4 eye toy will be in a year.

They should of made it better/included it with console.

Lol my laptops webcam is better than the Kinect 1 if your were smart you would actually look into the product you were talking shit about, the Playstation Camera literally does just about everything Kinect 2 does plus it has two HD cameras that record at 60fps not just one. The only reason idiots like you think you know about it is because Sony hasn't shoved down peoples throats like MS.

BashfulPosted:

Blerp
slapshot101 People are going to care a lot more about the price then the Kinect/Eye that comes with it especially when it is a $100 difference.


I don't understand. $100 is not a lot of money. I make that in 2 days and for something that is going to give me many hours of fun I think it's worth it.


I guess it's the principle. I for one, could care less. I make that in less then a day.

MattRyanPosted:

$100 is the difference between a lot of things, a new game or a few used ones, a shiny new headset, etc.

GossipPosted:

So it wouldve been the same price but they took something off

HarmfulMushroomPosted:

Blerp
slapshot101 People are going to care a lot more about the price then the Kinect/Eye that comes with it especially when it is a $100 difference.


I don't understand. $100 is not a lot of money. I make that in 2 days and for something that is going to give me many hours of fun I think it's worth it.


For some though, (most on this site I'd imagine), that is a lot of money.

BlerpPosted:

slapshot101 People are going to care a lot more about the price then the Kinect/Eye that comes with it especially when it is a $100 difference.


I don't understand. $100 is not a lot of money. I make that in 2 days and for something that is going to give me many hours of fun I think it's worth it.

HarmfulMushroomPosted:

Well the price is one of the only major things it has over the Xbox One now since Microsoft abandoned several of the stupid things they were planning, so I'd say it's a smart move on their part.

slapshot101Posted:

People are going to care a lot more about the price then the Kinect/Eye that comes with it especially when it is a $100 difference.

aimiami12Posted:

This. And the fact that nobody likes motion gaming anymore...

WageringPosted:

Well that's just a given.


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