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PS4 Launch Date: November 15th
Today Sony announced the official release dates of the PlayStation 4 console: November 15 in North America and November 29 in Europe. From the article:
"The system will be available for $399/€399/£349 in 32 countries by the end of the year, the company said. The date comes just days before the Black Friday post-Thanksgiving sales, but given the strong pre-order interest for the system already, the PS4 might be hard to find on store shelves in the days after it drops. Sony revealed that one million PS4 systems have already been pre-ordered worldwide. The company notably did not mention a release date or price point for the system's launch in its native Japan."
What is a PS3 w/500gb HD worth on trade-in...
I hate when they launch their device that late in the year. Sometime it snows at those date.
At least if the console has problem with overheating we can put it outside and play inside with long HDMI cable
Why?!?!?!
It's actually 1 EUR == 1.3425 USD! 1 GBP == 0.638 USD! WTF!!!!!
Exchange rate is about 1,34. No European country that I know has 34% tax. They do usually mandate a two-year warranty though. Both together kinda even the difference out.
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yep, and when the PS3 came out they all went back to the store while the wii sold out to real people
Wow, based on current exchange rates ... the Europeans are getting screwed on that deal. (Assuming, of course, that Slashdot was capable of showing the euro and pound symbols, that is)
It looks like in real currency, they'll pay more for this. Is that typical?
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I wouldn't be so sure. Ask people how that worked out with the WiiU. I'm sure a few made money but I don't think people will have any issues finding PS4s or XBox Ones this holiday season.
Given Sony's habit of disabling features, having the playstation network crash for days on end, and adding copy protection as a mandatory software upgrade, is anyone really interested in their next gen gaming system?
OK, so the PS4 will launch on November 15th.
When will the games that make it worth owning launch?
As far as I know, the majority of the PS4 launch titles are ports of games from other platforms. The only one I'm even remotely interested in is Watchdogs, but there's no chance I'd try and play that on consoles. (Or buy it without first finding out what horrible DRM scheme Ubisoft is going to inflict on it.)
I've still yet to hear of a game for the PS4 that makes the console worth buying.
And even if there were, I'd still want to wait a couple of years to find out what horrible launch problem the PS4 will be saddled with and what features Sony is going to rip out after launch.
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Even forgiving all of the dumb-ass scams Sony has pulled over the years that have alienated me as a customer, the one thing that keeps reminding me why I hate them so much is the forced updates that I have to endure almost every single time I turn on my PS3. I only use the thing a couple of times a month (for movies, usually), and it seems like almost every time I turn it on I need to apply some update, and if I refuse the machine refuses to let me do whatever it is I wanted to do. Why??? Because of this, almost every movie I want to watch on the thing becomes 15-30 minutes of dicking around with updates, rebooting, etc, followed by 90 or 120 minutes of movie. WTF. I've never seen any other product that was so antagonistic towards its user. It's a constant reminder that Sony doesn't give a shit about me and would gladly throw me under a bus if it meant they could make another dollar off me. I'm sure other companies think the same way, but at least most of them have the decency of not being so blindingly obvious about it. Up yours Sony, you can keep your PS4.
No one bothered with the WiiU because console makers artificially make sure all stores are out at Christmas to generate grassroots buzz on how they can't keep them on the shelves etc.
However, both Microsoft and Sony are acting different this time with very low cost and partially commoditized componets that make profit rather than a loss on each sold so who knows maybe this year it wil be different.
I would not doubt an illegal agreement somewhere which is good for the industry actually as MS only made money for the last 2 years of the whole XBoxes lifetime and I am sure Sony barely has broken even after what the crap they tried to pull with expensive proprietary ram and cpus.
Personally I hate fucking Sony still and do not want to do business with them! The drm rootkit and what they did with destroying speakers of MP3 listeners by booby trapping mp3s and others makes me root for Microsoft this time around. At least Microsoft is trying to make it more open and friendly to developers and no BAH $10 million up front fees or we wont publish YOUR GAME!! Crap that Sony pulls that makes only the big boys elgible. Ms did this a little too with the 360.
Hell, I have bills to pay and not enough time and money for a console so what the hell cares anyway. PC for life!
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The upcoming consoles, PS4 and XB1, seem quite exciting otherwise, but I think they totally failed at the enclosure design. Both of them have an ugly 80s VCR look...
was wondering when the Playstation 4 would come out. $399 USD is a bit pricy for me. will wait for the price to go down.
Google tells me that with the current exchange rate, the PS4 should sell for 414.44 Canadian dollars. You can bet your ass that it won't be as low as that, I'm expecting at least 429 or even 449. And every Canadian pays a sales tax which varies from 5 to 15% depending on the province.
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A better question is: Will Sony allow people to run Linux on their old, worthless PS3's once the PS4's are available?
(Hint: The answer to this question will affect the answer to your question.)
You could quickly check Futureshop, or Bestbuy's web sites and find out that it is $399.99, or after tax in BC $447.99. Different provinces will vary in taxes.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
When will the games that make it worth owning launch?
I can't remember a single launch title in the past two generations that made me want to buy the system when it came out. Launch titles are always "me too" games, ports, and sequels that can be churned out quickly with a handful of "in house" quirky games as exceptions, especially nowadays since video game budgets have gotten out of control. I haven't seen an awesome launch title since the 16-bit generation (e.g. Super Mario World).
Usually the good games come over the year after.
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
people in the UK get the console 2 weeks later and have to pay £100 more because that's the exchange rate from £-$
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STARCRAFT II PATCH 2.0.11
StarCraft II, Patch 2.0.11
General
Fixed an issue that caused in-game Victory screens to display incorrect fonts.
English strings are now properly displayed in the enGB version of the Split 1v1 and Streamlined custom observer UIs.
4v4 matches no longer result in losses for both teams.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause players to encounter an “Input Limit Reached” error when loading map lists on the Custom Games page.
Army Value is now the default graph displayed in the Graphs tab on the Score Screen.
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