Sony's marketing technique is amazing, when i heard there was a sub fee for online I was like eh, doesn't matter to me, but when I saw there exclusives I cried and was really excited.
[QUOTE=Evil_Knevil;40991649]
also, a video about the PS4 UI:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OegYm1dM9g[/media][/QUOTE]
aww no great Steam Big Picture keyboard :c
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;40990793]You can play games as long as you're connected once every 24 hours. That's the end of it, there's no "You have now played 1 hour. Shutting down". So while you can't take it with you on a hike, you can play if there's some kind of long internet interruption. It's bad, but it's not [I]that[/I] bad.[/QUOTE]
The "You have now played 1 hour. Shutting down" thing occurs if you're playing on a console that's not your "main console" without an internet connection (i.e. you're round somebody else's house or bought the thing second hand.)
[QUOTE]- $399 / €399 / £349 for the console.[/QUOTE] ???
is the conversion allright?
$399 = 300€
£349 = 408€
or im just silly..
[QUOTE=showtek;40994185]???
is the conversion allright?
$399 = 300€
£349 = 408€
or im just silly..[/QUOTE]
Console makers, for some reason, don't understand what a euro is.
The conversions for currency are all wrong and basically made up.
marketing logic dictates the two best price points are for some reason x99 or x49
Am I the only one that doesn't care too much about how a console looks unless its outlandishly ugly?
[QUOTE=showtek;40994185]???
is the conversion allright?
$399 = 300€
£349 = 408€
or im just silly..[/QUOTE]
they will sell a lot of units in America/easier to ship maybe, therefore it's cheaper than Europe, but I don't know why the UK is screwed... maybe dumb regulations in getting it here.
PS4 is going to be Region Free, so basically everybody should just buy it from the US. I'm sure shipping is less then what they are charging for it.
I wouldn't know though, since from what I'm told taxes are really bad over there.
[QUOTE=Period;40995448]PS4 is going to be Region Free, so basically everybody should just buy it from the US. I'm sure shipping is less then what they are charging for it.
I wouldn't know though, since from what I'm told taxes are really bad over there.[/QUOTE]
for australia is works out much cheaper, and even for the uk its about £30 cheaper than buying from the uk
[QUOTE=Evil_Knevil;40991649]
also, a video about the PS4 UI:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OegYm1dM9g[/media][/QUOTE]
Well, they've definitely put some serious thought on that. That's pretty much how I use PC when playing. If I'm playing something and get a message etc. I alt-tab out of the game and check it out then alt-tab back and continue.
Also the quick-switching between game and messages and such is a massive improvement over PS3's
"Oh a message"
*PS-button -press*
*Menu loads a while and is laggy as shit*
*Check the message, resume playing*
[url]http://cdon.no/spill/playstation_4-14751557[/url]
4490 NOK = $775
>announced as "€399 in Europe"
>actually sold for €580
I'm seriously disappointed
[editline]11th June 2013[/editline]
Hopefully it does change. But then again I did buy the PS3 for $1000
[QUOTE=Mr.Egg;40996392]399$ = 2627 SEK
[url]http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/playstation_4/135975-playstation_4_basenhet[/url]
4490 SEK = 682$
:suicide:[/QUOTE]
Time to make my first purchase from Amazon.
[QUOTE=paul simon;40997317][URL]http://cdon.no/spill/playstation_4-14751557[/URL]
4490 NOK = $775
>announced as "€399 in Europe"
>actually sold for €580
I'm seriously disappointed
[editline]11th June 2013[/editline]
Hopefully it does change. But then again I did buy the PS3 for $1000[/QUOTE]
Many online stores here were listing the PS4 for 500-900€ before the price was even announced just to stay on the safe side and say that the price will change once it's announced. Some online stores that have updated are now selling it for 400-420€ here, so it's pretty close and our VAT is 24%.
Meanwhile cdon is still listing it at 600€ here. I doubt they have updated the price yet.
[QUOTE=paul simon;40997317][url]http://cdon.no/spill/playstation_4-14751557[/url]
4490 NOK = $775
>announced as "€399 in Europe"
>actually sold for €580
I'm seriously disappointed
[editline]11th June 2013[/editline]
Hopefully it does change. But then again I did buy the PS3 for $1000[/QUOTE]
Special oily Norway prices.
[QUOTE=paul simon;40997317][url]http://cdon.no/spill/playstation_4-14751557[/url]
4490 NOK = $775
>announced as "€399 in Europe"
>actually sold for €580
I'm seriously disappointed
[editline]11th June 2013[/editline]
Hopefully it does change. But then again I did buy the PS3 for $1000[/QUOTE]
the solution is so simple omg
i m p o r t
[QUOTE=Mr.Egg;40996392]399$ = 2627 SEK
[url]http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/playstation_4/135975-playstation_4_basenhet[/url]
4490 SEK = 682$
:suicide:[/QUOTE]
Probably a placeholder price. Wait for it to get updated.
[editline]11th June 2013[/editline]
Or just import like everyone else.
I'm very tempted to import mine to England, I need to find out how much shipping will be though.
Sony really kicked ass with this. Hopefully they can fully redeem themselves for that shit they pulled with Geohot and OtherOS.
So this will be the first time I will ever be buying a Playstation. I had the original XBox and then the 360 - but Micro$oft really fucked up. Bye bye...
It's going to be strange getting used to those analog sticks - I loved how the XBox controller had them offset. But oh well, small price to pay for the better console.
[QUOTE=Mr.Egg;40996392]399$ = 2627 SEK
[url]http://www.webhallen.com/se-sv/spel/playstation_4/135975-playstation_4_basenhet[/url]
4490 SEK = 682$
:suicide:[/QUOTE]
PS4 is region free; buy a US version
Minimum wage is higher in the UK compared to the USA.
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;41001965]Minimum wage is higher in the UK compared to the USA.[/QUOTE]
that somehow justifies it yes
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