Starting from February 12th through February 25th, Sony is dropping the prices of select PS4 Slim bundles in the US to $249. You can get the Uncharted 4 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare bundles with the updated Dualshock 4 and 500GB HDD at that price. No info so far on a price reduction in Europe.

The Nintendo Switch launches on March 3rd in the US for a suggested retail price of $299.

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[Deleted User]

PS4 Slim? Lmao I guess they really aren't promoting the new boost mode and PS4 Pro.

Fuck off consoles. Take your exclusives with you.

 

[duffmmann]

PS4 Slim? Lmao I guess they really aren't promoting the new boost mode and PS4 Pro.

Fuck off consoles. Take your exclusives with you.

That's literally what they've always done lol.

 

[DrkBeam]

I'm surprised they end the promotion before the Switch launches. It seems like if Sony really wanted to hurt Nintendo here, they'd have the promotion last another week or so.

Maybe is the saturn effect, they cut the price of ps1, after the saturn did the same they went on the price contest until sega became third party

 

[Joe88]

Mother. F***ers. I just got the uncharted bundle last week. Are you kidding me. Wtf. I still have the receipt... possibly return for full refund then buy it $50 cheaper??? lol be nice if I can.

depends who the retailer is, you might be able to get a price adjustment (give you the $50 back in store gift card) or just return it as you said assuming it hasnt been opened yet

 

[duffmmann]

Maybe is the saturn effect, they cut the price of ps1, after the saturn did the same they went on the price contest until sega became third party

Well Nintendo has enough money for at least 3 or 4 more failed consoles before they have to worry about going third party. Beyond that, no matter how badly the Switch may do, there is no way it will ever be as obscure as the Saturn, for starters the Switch already has a long of very strong games coming to it. Only Saturn game of note I can think of is Nights.

 

[DrkBeam]

Well Nintendo has enough money for at least 3 or 4 more failed consoles before they have to worry about going third party. Beyond that, no matter how badly the Switch may do, there is no way it will ever be as obscure as the Saturn, for starters the Switch already has a long of very strong games coming to it. Only Saturn game of note I can think of is Nights.

Im Just saying Sony might done this tactic before, I'm not sure if it was intentional to ruin more the other company by doing that, but what I read I think Microsoft is more provable to leave the console market

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

They seem like they give up on the pro, no discount is disappointing. for 300 I might have bought it. Some bad marketing decisions, i already mentioned that before.

 

[anthony001]

what did sony update on the DS4?

 

[Hells Malice]

Would be nicer if they put a Pro bundle on sale. I need one exclusively to play Nier Automata.
So much sadness in my world not being able to play that game at launch.

I can't stand buying a shitty PS4 when the better one exists and isn't much more expensive.

 

[flame1234]

The light bar is visible from the front, through the touch pad. This does not matter at all for games. It helps slightly: 1) making sure the controller is charging 2) making sure the controller is connected at the start of a play session
The way the controller communicates when connected via USB has changed, but I'm not sure how. I think now it works the way you would expect - the radio is turned off and commands are passed bidirectionally over USB, and that wasn't the case before, but I'm not exactly sure.

PS4 controller has a gyroscope and a touchpad that the Xbox One controller does not have, and a whole lot less battery life, about half, as compared to the Xbox One controller.
I would rather have the battery life as multi-platform games, which is most of them, can't use the touchpad or gyroscope because of least common denominator. PS4 exclusive games will usually use both the touchpad and gyro, but they don't make a huge difference for gameplay.

When I bought the Pro is was $400 for the Pro and $300 for the Slim + a game I don't want.
Now you could consider purchasing the Slim during this special sale because the price gap is big enough. You could get half a switch for that price difference.

Lowering price increases demand! News at 11.

 

[netovsk]

OMG Sonya is desperate!!!

Nah not really, 2017 is going to be the first decent year for the ps4 regarding exclusives. Switch or not, they should be good

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The light bar is visible from the front, through the touch pad. This does not matter at all for games.

PS4 controller has a gyroscope and a touchpad that the Xbox One controller does not have, and a whole lot less battery life, about half, as compared to the Xbox One controller.

Front light bar helps a lot for certain games. In RE revelations 2, for instance, light is your health indicator and I often found myself rotating the controller to check health.

Saying that PS4 controller battery life is half Xbox would be too much generosity towards Sony. With the official Xbox One Battery pack (play and charge kit) we are talking about 20-30 hours battery life here.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Lower prices is always good for the consumer, not sure how this will affect (effect?) Switch sales...

I get the feeling that Sony is actually kind of worried about the Switch if they are doing this.

 

[linuxares]

OMG Sonya is desperate!!!

Nah not really, 2017 is going to be the first decent year for the ps4 regarding exclusives. Switch or not, they should be good

Well it's 22 as far as cheatsheet.com mentions. And on that list personally only one game speaks to me and it's Persona 5. Rest is meh (I know I know, the last of us 2 but I haven't played the first one and I'm not a superfan of stealth games.)

 

[netovsk]

Well it's 22 as far as cheatsheet.com mentions. And on that list personally only one game speaks to me and it's Persona 5. Rest is meh (I know I know, the last of us 2 but I haven't played the first one and I'm not a superfan of stealth games.)

I'm also excited for Ni No Kuni 2, Divide and Nier Automata, let alone titles released in January like Gravity Rush 2 and Tales of Berseria. As much as I despised my PS4 until now, 2017 is looking good.

 

[Hielkenator]

Seems SONY is afraid, lol!
Could this be another "Wii" hit? they are thinking....

It's time for something else, something different, it;s time for a switch!!!!!

 

[Foxi4]

I don't understand the complaints. You get a good deal on a system bundle with games, guaranteed support and an extensive library - if you don't want it, don't buy it.

 

[Pachee]

Seems SONY is afraid, lol!
Could this be another "Wii" hit? they are thinking....

It's time for something else, something different, it;s time for a switch!!!!!

They are not afraid of anything, they are doing exactly what they did with the PS2: Make sure it will not just win, but crush anything Nintendo has to offer.

 

[mgrev]

We are proud of PS3 and PS4 owner (Sorry Wii U). Anyway.. Nice try, Sony and it is still ugly than we have for PS4 2 years ago. So ugly slim looking, sorry.

who needs a wii u when you have a pc and cemu anyway

 

[spotanjo3]

who needs a wii u when you have a pc and cemu anyway

That's true. I am waiting for the Mac version.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I got a idea, no one buy it and then see if sony drop price on the pro system.