The Times technology reporter, Murad Ahmed, has quietly dropped a bit of a scoop. His latest entry on The Times’ paywalled website starts by claiming that Sony is considering a price for the next PlayStation that would be something of a pleasant surprise.
The figure quoted is £300. That’s over £100 cheaper than the price of a launch day PlayStation 3 and would probably equate to something like $400 in the US.
Obviously, we’re all hoping for something as awesome as possible for as cheap as possible when Sony announces the future of PlayStation this week. Personally, I had been hoping for something like £250-£300 but expecting something more like £400-£500 for what is sure to be a very powerful machine. Of course, the other option is that Sony is planning a couple of bundles, including a limited one, perhaps with a small hard disk and a DualShock 3 rather than their fancy new controller.
I’d be surprised to hear anything about price on Wednesday so perhaps we can expect this area to be the next big rumour roundabout, once the actual console is unveiled.
How about you, obviously we’d all like to spend as little as possible but do you have any personal upper limits to what you’re willing to spend? Do you think this kind of price is fair or are you sure that it’ll be more expensive? Sound off in the comments section below!
blarty
I’d hope in light of the separate peripheral of the Move, that bundles don;t come with a DS3 – part of the problem with introducing new controllers, ways to control games is that there is a separate expense, hence why the Wiimote wasn’t derided quite as much as it should have been because people had no real option other than to use it.
andymclelland
I won’t be a day one adopter. Don’t know how I could justify spending anything more than £300 on it. I’ll probably wait until the summer of 2014.