Sony has just announced the cost of the PlayStation 4 when it goes on sale later this year. It’ll be $US399.
That’s $US100 less than Microsoft’s Xbox One.
In Europe, it’ll be €399 and £349.
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42 responses to “The PS4 Costs $399”
Is that the Australian price?
No confirmed AU pricing…yet. 😉
EB Games have it listed at $549
considering the American price doesn’t include sales tax and our price will include GST, i think it’s a decent estimate. . .
personally I’m hoping for around $499-$520
Wow. This is impressive pricing. Hope we don’t see it above $460.
Once you add TAX and shipping, it will probably be closer to $500.
Remember all US prices are BEFORE Sales Tax is added.
Yeah, but most US states don’t charge sales tax on internet purchases and most companies will ship for free if it’s over $50 and not too big, so it will still be $399 for most people ordering online. I live in the US, so I know how it works.
Unless you live in the state in which the seller is based, right?
I know how it works, I was just trying to take the edge off a bit 😛
Shipping costs to Australia are a myth. As someone who works in the import game, I can tell you for bulk cargo containers like what Sony would be bringing in for PS4, it would add max about $10 USD per console to get it from Foxxconn in Taiwan/China to JB Hi Fi in Melbourne or Sydney. Remember it also costs money for them to ship it from China to the US too, which is included in their price, and the differences to cost in that will be minimal.
I got a PS3 slim bundle sent to me from Amazon.com for $15 delivery.
I did the exact same thing! Hoping to do the same with the PS4 😛
I don’t know why people keep saying shipping in trying to justify our pricing……im sure the boat from china takes longer to sale to the US than it does to Sydney…It doesnt go to the US and then back here, that’s just stupid…
The sales tax you are correct though
yes but what about Australia, tell us please
No price for Aus yet, but I’m expecting between $500 and $550.
Sony just punched Microsoft in the balls. Hard.
No, I would say they cut them off.
And the world explodes
I would expect Wii U to have a massive price drop right before the XBone and PS4 launch in November.
I was not expecting it to be that cheap. Iv already put $800 away for it, now I guess I can get a few games too
EB Games has it for pre-order for $549
$549 according to the EB Games website
Well given the current exchange rate +10% GST is $465.82AUD…$499 is my hope. Any more than $550 would be a kick in the teeth.
Wow
I really really want to see AU pricing for this now.
This has just come up on my radar as a possible purchase now.
Wd Sony. wd indeed 🙂
so thats One million Australian dollars??
XBox One just got served.
Does anyone know why EB games is pricing it for 900?. That seems insanely high considering getting one shipped from over seas would probably work out cheaper. They also had these prices up way before the annoucement
What about the iron price?
$550 at the moment on EBgames
Sony are playing the pricing game so they’ll undercut Microsoft for sure over here. $499 I reckon so with a year’s PS+ that’s still cheaper than the Xbone.
All I’m waiting for now though is the mandatory ‘supply probelms’ that plague every Sony console launch and restricts demand. Still, tomorrow I’m off to EB Games to put down my deposit. $899 holding price. Pfrt
https://www.ebgames.com.au/featured/e3-2013/?utm_source=ebgames&utm_campaign=site-skin&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=1071+-+E3
$549
Means nothing, they’ve just readjusted their guess.
better than $899 though and cheaper than the Xbox One
$549 AU
I’m picking $499 as the AU price for the PS4, which now makes my obvious move to the XBone a less obvious choice. As usual I think collectively my friends and I have a hard decision ahead.
Yes, i’m one of the people that wasn’t automatically ‘boycotting’ the XBone console because of the DRM/Internet connectivity concerns.
EB website is showing $549
WOW. That is… CHEAP considering what the bloody thing can do. Defo getting one now, and with KH3 on the way… I can’t wait!
EB Games seems to be guessing $550 for AU, but I second the thoughts that it’ll probably fall to $499.
this is awesome! 😀 it’s waaaay better than PS3 launch price!
The European pricing of 399 Euros / 349 Pounds puts it in the $560-580 price range over there… Maybe a $549 price tag in Oz is pretty close
If the AUD price was $499, I’d definitely buy one at launch. Higher, and I’ll wait a while to see if any retailers knock $50 off it. Or make … alternative arrangements for sourcing it.
Well played, Sony.
JB Hi-Fi has done that right at the launches for 3DS XL and Wii U, so they’d probably do same for PS4 too.
Sony Australia have confirmed PS4 to be $549AUD……only $50 cheaper than Xbox1 which Microsoft Australia just confirmed will be $599AUD…hmmmm……whats the playstation eye worth? if they don’t include it in the pack like Xbox1, could be more expensive…interesting.
shit just got real