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Did Sony just make the Xbox One slightly more appealing in Canada?
Sony PS4 closes the price gap with Xbox One!
Wait you ask? Wasn't Microsoft's Xbox One more expensive than Sony's PS4? Well yes, yes it was. Now it is slightly less expensive as Sony just raised the cost of the PS4 in Canada by $50 cutting their price advantage in half.
Stolen from Joystiq:
- The Toronto Sun reports that starting today, the PlayStation 4 will cost $50 more in Canada, up from its previous price of $399.99.
Unfortunately, the bad news doesn't end there. The PlayStation Camera and DualShock 4 are also rising in price, from $59.99 to $64.99. Two games exclusive to Sony's system - Infamous: Second Son and MLB 14: The Show - are also getting bumped, from $64.99 to $69.99.
A quick scan of websites shows that the prices have gone up at Future Shop and Best Buy. Walmart and EBgames were inconclusive.
This price change seems odd in a newly launched console and appears, to me, to be the first major mis-step I have seen by Sony.
Still. Only in Canada, eh?
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Now we just have to wait to see the Xbox 360 version...
I think i'll do the PC version and put that controller to good use!
On a side note...there was only 80,000 people playing ghosts on 360 last night! Matchmaking took forever, even by Alberta standards, and I kept playing with mouthy teenagers.
I think that is the biggest promise that makes me want to switch to PS4...the lack of mouthy, modding teenagers. There are some, but everyone I know who are avid PS3 players say there is far, far less of them on PSN.
Because the REAL gamers are on Xbox.
I was, quite literally, about to pull the trigger on PS4 this week. If I can find it here for $399 I will...if not, I'm going to hold out until the holiday season I think.
Sigh
Sony was handed the advantage when Microsoft blinked. Then Sony blinked too.
All I can think of is short term greed, just because the other guy is getting away with charging more. Same with the PSN/XBL comparison (free vs. paid), where they always had the advantage.
Seems like both companies are in a holding pattern until the holidays, since no clear winner is emerging yet. Then they can "cut" prices back to where they should be!