PlayStation 4 Price Mistakenly Leaked?
A German site alleges that it caught a glimpse of the PS4 price on the Sony India website.
According to German gaming site Playfront, Sony India mistakenly had the price of the PlayStation 4 listed on its website. Though the entry has since been removed (if it was there at all to begin with), the site alleges that the PlayStation 4 was priced at 399 Euro for a console packed with a 250 GB hard drive.
Unfortunately, Playfront was unable to grab a screenshot. For now, we're going to have to treat it as a rumor, especially in light of all the PS4 hype that's been generated by Sony's teaser trailer showing off the PS4 (though blurry) on video.
Sony is expected to reveal a little more about the PS4 at this year's E3. Hopefully, price point will be one of the things announced.

And we all know when HDD fills up 70% or more, the inner portion of the platters causes performance to plummet drastically.
And we all know when HDD fills up 70% or more, the inner portion of the platters causes performance to plummet drastically.
399 euros is $514 dollars, though the price would likely be less than that in the US due to the markup in other countries. That price doesn't seem that far-fetched to me, maybe even a bit high. The PS3 is likely being sold that high to try and make up some losses from earlier, when the expense of the Cell CPU and the blu-ray drive had Sony selling at a big loss. Rumor has it that the PS3 will be dropping to $150 for the base model and $200 for the premium model when the PS4 launches. The Wii U costs $300 for the base model, not $400, and nearly $100 of that is said to be due to the cost of the tablet controller, and most are saying that Nintendo needs to drop the price, though they are still sticking with launch prices despite slow sales.
Being an ALL-in-ONe CPU/GPU saves a ton of money. When you price a motherboard, CPU/GPU combo, RAM, HDD, and the cost of packaging. A comparable desktop PC costs about the same. I would expect the PS4 to eventually cost less since it'll be sold in bulk and all components purchased in mass quantity.
If you buy one at retail... if you buy 30,000,000 factory direct it's probably $20
And to put 8 core CPU with 7850 eq graphics its about 400€
And I didnt include mobo, case, cooling, blu-ray... Its more € or this is HDD (which shouldnt be 250Gb but more like 750Gb).
Price will be about 500€ (and about the same $/pounds)
The only benefit to having an SSD in a console is faster game loading time. If it is not the price being to expensive thahits the fact it is not using an SSD.
399 Euros for a system is an excellent price with a standard a hard drive. They drive may also be a hybrid drive. Who knows..