PS4 price shows Sony is serious, says Level-5 boss
Akihiro Hino told Japanese magazine Famitsu that the PS4 RRP was "the number-one surprise of E3".
"I think anyone can look at that and think this is cheap! Putting cutting-edge PC specs into a game machine that costs just a few hundred dollars really brings across how serious SCE is about this generation," he said (via Polygon).
During its E3 press conference in June, Sony confirmed a Christmas PS4 release date in Europe and the US and a PS4 price of £349 / €399 / $399, undercutting the Xbox One price by $100. The PS4 price is also some $200 cheaper than the original PS3 RRP.
Hino, whose studio is working on an unannounced, 'network-focused' PS4 title (which some speculate is Ni no Kuni 2), also complimented Microsoft for its Xbox One price.
"I think the Xbox One is pretty cheap considering what you get with it as well, but with this PS4 price point, they'll have to do something to oppose that."
In June, Microsoft's former chief executive Don Mattrick defended the Xbox One price by claiming the corporation is "over-delivering value against other choices".
The Xbox One will launch at £429 in the UK and $499 in the US, and comes bundled with the next-generation Kinect sensor. Sony, meanwhile, is believed to have removed the PS4 camera from its release day bundle to keep the PS4 RRP far below Microsoft's.
Meanwhile, Capcom producer Motohide Eshiro also spoke with Famitsu about E3 and the state of the industry. Though he said new consoles were exciting to witness, he remarked that western developers "showed off a lot of FPSes and third-person shooters that pursued photorealism and endless detail".
"As for the gameplay, I felt there wasn't much innovative," he added.
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MinistryofteabagPosted:
gtapro151RATFGmlukens Yah Sony is serious theyre a big company
microsoft are even bigger...
no there not sony goes beyond gaming as well as Microsoft all Microsoft does outside of gaming is windows and a little piece of the cell phone/tablet market....sony does tvs (4k),car audio/video,cell phones,home theater really just any electronic you can buy sony has a part in they even own some rights to blu ray... witch Microsoft has no choice to use and pay them for every xbox one console sold. not to mention sony studios that produce movies that you go and see in the theater all the time id say there even on terms of "big" and if not i know Microsoft is defiantly not the bigger one.
Sony is bigger as in their company have so many different parts of development. However, Microsoft is worth much more..
gtapro151Posted:
RATFGmlukens Yah Sony is serious theyre a big company
microsoft are even bigger...
no there not sony goes beyond gaming as well as Microsoft all Microsoft does outside of gaming is windows and a little piece of the cell phone/tablet market....sony does tvs (4k),car audio/video,cell phones,home theater really just any electronic you can buy sony has a part in they even own some rights to blu ray... witch Microsoft has no choice to use and pay them for every xbox one console sold. not to mention sony studios that produce movies that you go and see in the theater all the time id say there even on terms of "big" and if not i know Microsoft is defiantly not the bigger one.
RuinsPosted:
xCeeTeeFuzzeh_XRATFYou realize the PS3 was over $600 right?GooooooooooooogleRATF sony has always made their console cheaper
Hello, stupid kid that knows nothing about the past of Sony and their pricing.
i have bought all of Sony's consoles and most of them are cheap you ******...
PS3 on release day cost me 500 - I've bought all of Sony's consoles too, and they've been the most expensive. And I hate to say that the PS3 was also the worst out of the two major consoles.
actually yes i just realised that i got all of sonys consoles at a discount because they were too high priced lol my bad. Still am going to get both consoles though
StonerzardPosted:
Fuzzeh_XRATFYou realize the PS3 was over $600 right?GooooooooooooogleRATF sony has always made their console cheaper
Hello, stupid kid that knows nothing about the past of Sony and their pricing.
i have bought all of Sony's consoles and most of them are cheap you ******...
PS3 on release day cost me 500 - I've bought all of Sony's consoles too, and they've been the most expensive. And I hate to say that the PS3 was also the worst out of the two major consoles.
Fuzzeh_XPosted:
RATFYou realize the PS3 was over $600 right?GooooooooooooogleRATF sony has always made their console cheaper
Hello, stupid kid that knows nothing about the past of Sony and their pricing.
i have bought all of Sony's consoles and most of them are cheap you ******...
RuinsPosted:
Aggie Take a class in college or buy the PS4, btw its the same price.
Im going with the class.
lol i don't have to pay for my college course
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