PS4 Slim price listed by CEX as Sony struggles to contain leaked console

From PlayStation Universe: "Sony’s as-yet unannounced PS4 Slim console has appeared on U.K.-based used goods retailer CEX.

The PS4 Slim price is listed at £380 on the company’s official website, which is how much the retailer will be flogging the system come release day. Right now, it doesn’t have any stock available, obviously."

[jonnyvito]

Can't say I'd pay £380. Will be hanging on to see what the price is for PS4 Neo.

[naruga]

offcourse such type of product would have the same price as the original , it a canonical PS4 after all ...og pS4 probably will be replaced by slim and Neo will be there to satisfy the most elitist audience...Slim will retain the 350-400 $/Eu price and Neo will be a tad pricier imo...to be honest never expected price cut on PS4 (in comparison to what it offers-has fair price/value analogy) let alone a Slim version

[Aenea]

But 380 pounds is higher than a PS4 now retails for!

And in Euros a 500GB PS4 without any extras goes for around the €330 mark, not €400 and certainly not €450 what this price translates into.

[neutralgamer1992]

Admin note: updated this to rumor since the price could be a placeholder by the retailer and not an official price from Sony.

some of you who comment at top should see your comment after some m,ore clarification

i think sony would be stupid to charge that and they know the value of a lower price. i still say in USA ps4 slim will cost $249

Neo $399

[KiwiViper85]

The most "elitist" audience would be playing on PC, but if your meaning Elitist console audience, then ye there's Scorpio, so...

I hope the Neo has better specs that the NX... could you imagine?

[starchild]

@neutralgamer1992

I agree. I'd say $249 for the Slim and $399 is about right.

I'm really looking forward to the PS4 Neo. I also am interested in the new Sony handheld rumors, although I'm not getting my hopes up too high.

[GameNameFame]

@KiwiViper85

I think elite gamers will own PC and Console both. With Xbox not having exclusives, beats the point of even owning one.

Xbox not having exclusive basically turn it into Steambox and you know how that turned out.

[Aenea]

This is not the actual retail price of the Slim!

[Eonjay]

Without correct pricing it is always recommended going high because if you go to low and the price is higher... that is a far far worse situation.

[rainslacker]

Happens everytime there is some new thing to release. Price is listed high, then is changed on the sites once an official price is announced. Happens so regularly, I'm still surprised that people act like these will be the actual price points.

If it is the price point, then Sony better have done something pretty impressive to make it a higher price.

[starchild]

I agree. This is just a placeholder price. There's no way the slim will cost this much.

[medman]

@jonnyvito
I agree...the slim, of what little we have seen, appears to be a chopped down, or "budget" version of the launch ps4, and the base unit appears to still have a 500gb capacity. It shouldn't cost anywhere near what these rumors are suggesting it may cost, especially considering there will be an xbox one S with 500 gb available for 299 that has a 4k blu ray player and hdr capability, which, apparently, this slim ps4 does not.

I'm console agnostic...I pretty much buy everything. I didn't buy the Xbox One this gen, but certainly not because I don't like Microsoft or want them to fail, I just didn't much like the console from the beginning and there weren't enough exclusive games for it that made me really want it, while my ps3 had been delivering fantastic exclusive after exclusive late last gen while my 360 sat quietly with no real exclusives of value late last gen....and I knew the ps4 would give me those same quality exclusives I loved for my ps3. I will buy the Scorpio, despite the fact I plan to also buy the Neo, NX, and I also game on pc. So I say this with no bias.....if Sony screws up the pricing for this console and the pricing of the Neo, I would see that as a sign they are starting to slip and make some significant mistakes this gen.

When you also consider Sony is increasing the pricing for psplus across the board, that to me indicates they are starting to go in the wrong direction. If you're going to increase pricing, you should demonstrate how that money will benefit subscribers. Personally I've been finding the psplus monthly games offerings lacking for quite a few months now, but to Sony's credit we haven't seen as much down time for the service as of late. If Microsoft were so inclined, they could announce a decrease in the price of xbox live. Cut it by ten dollars. Cut it by 20 dollars. I doubt they would go that far, but any price cut would be seen in such a positive light, and give them more momentum going into 2017 and what's coming with Scorpio. Little gestures matter. Sometimes I think these companies forget that.

[mark_parch]

this must be bullshit that's £130 more than a xbox one s with 2 games. I was expecting around £150-200

[XanderZane]

How much is that in US $$$$? $350?

[Aenea]

Did you know Google can do exchange rate calculations for you?

Anyhoo, it's about $500

[XanderZane]

@Aenea
Yes, but I didn't feel like checking Google and was about to leave my home at the time. I figured someone would have the answer by the time I got back. I was right. Thx.

[SniperControl]

"The PS4 Slim price is listed at £380 on the company’s official website, which is how much the retailer will be flogging the system come release day. Right now, it doesn’t have any stock available, obviously."

lol, £380!, not even brand new PS4's on Amazon go for that price. the New PS4S will be around £180 - £199 when released.

[yomfweeee]

Then go on their site and "sell" 10 of them. Then buy 10 of them for your £199 price, ship them back to CEX for quite a profit.

[Aenea]

That's the thing, he can't buy 10 of them since you can't buy them so easily, and that right there is the reason a seconds hand shop is willing to pay more for one and sell them for a higher price than the actual future retail price...

[yomfweeee]

You can't buy them right now because no one is selling it and it isn't official. Once it becomes official, he can buy 10 of them. Since he already confirmed his trade-in for £304, he can ship the ones he bought. As long as they give you like 30 days to ship back the console you sold to them... it should work right?

Also, don't take this so seriously... cause I was just busting his balls.

[showtimefolks]

Sniper

This is a place holder price no way Sony will even try to charge that. But the hate on ps4 is at such an absurd level right now that anything Sony related gets hated on. Neo was leaked and Xbox fanboys said Sony is betraying their loyal fans and the moment Scorpio is announce talk changes to neo isn't as powerful as Scorpio

So let people over react we only have few more days before Sony officially unveils what they plan to do with both ps4 slim and neo

[MasterCornholio]

This is probably just a placeholder. 380£ seems a bit much to me.

[Aenea]

It's a used goods store, not a regular retailer, since this version of the PS4 is scarce at the moment it's natural they are worth more to them and their customers...

[IamTylerDurden1]

C'mon, this is a nonsense article, common sense will tell u that. Aenea said it better than i ever could, listen to him.

[ziggurcat]

"Aenea said it better than i ever could, listen to him."

her, actually.

[Aenea]

LOL! 380 quid? For the cheap looking PS4 Slim? That can't be right!

Wasn't the PS4 at release £349 or something in the neighbourhood? Then the Slim can never ever be more expensive!

Ahh, now I checked up what CEX is, it's a used goods store, more like a pawn shop. Why is this news? It's not a normal retailer, they probably know that these are out in the wild way before release and therefor pay more for one and sell them more for then they normally would!

I just checked the UK prices they use for a regular boxed PS4, that's around £210, so this is just because right now they are worth more 'cos of scarcity...

[fatsodubmo]

Who approves this crap?

[Liqu1d]

Click the little cog and then click info.

[psplova]

lol. That's over $500 USD!!! I think not.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Pretty scary that stuff like this is thrusted to the top. It's literally tricking ppl into thinking this is what the actual price will be when it officially releases.

[Urzusix]

As someone who worked there I can tell you that this is a placeholder Price, They did the same with GTA 5, Charging £70 for early copies. So No £380 is no where near the retail price

[DragonDDark]

Can you give a hint if you know the price? :P

[Urzusix]

I don't Sadly but at a Guess £200 if we are lucky or £250 if we are not ;p

[Nu]

CEX you later

[SoulWarrior]

Take this with a huge grain of salt, CEX are a largely pre owned electronic/game shop here in the UK, great for selling stuff to them but most of the stuff they sell themselves is always massively overpriced.

This could also be a placeholder or based on the fact that it's rare with the only one we have seen is from the leak, so if they get a hold of one they will make a tidy profit for whomever buys it.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Wow, what a jk article being passed off as official news. Yea, bc the PS4 Slim will cost more than the PS4 did at launch...

This isn't a legit retailer like Gamestop or Best Buy, they are raising the price due to scarcity and this article headline is making ppl believe that this is the actual msrp. No way in hell the slim will be anywhere near this price.

[mrbojingles]

This isn't real news. Cex marks up price on rare items. Xbox One S is like 460 euros there ATM. The guy on Twitter (shortman82) said he paid 220 euros for his

[WongAidan]

Guess if another slim to happen to be sold before release date and to CEX hands they then could get that purchase to sell because some people have more money than sense.

[LexHazard79]

This has got to be a mistake.

[corroios]

Lol. Fake, super fake, mega fake. How was this approved. I think the slim will cost 1000 euros because it bring dual 1080 gpu...

[kenpachi]

CEX don't know how to price correctly
https://ie.webuy.com/produc...

[spoilerjerk]

Perhaps they listed the retail price of the Neo in the wrong placeholder? $500 USD would make sense on that end but clearly that slim won't be anywhere close to that.

[lastking95]

So much for those saying it would be a cheap, cost effective ps4.

I doubt it will be $500 clearly a placeholder but anything $300 or more isn't what I'd define cheap.

[Errorist76]

You XBts believe every crap, right?!

[XanderZane]

It obviously won't be $500. Most likely $300 I would think. There are people who think the Scorpio will be $700+ as well. lol!! People need to relax and just wait for the official announcements. Some retailers do put in placeholder prices and dates that aren't official. So just wait fr Sony's announcement on Sept 7th.

[milohighclub]

this is cex's price, it will be cheaper in stores. cex charge over the odds for new items. they are a second hand retailer.

[OB1Biker]

Even second hand hardware is quite pricey in that shop. Only used games are worth it.
OT I dont think realistic to believe it would be more expensive than ps4 at launch 3 years ago.

[asmith2306]

"Sony struggles to contain leaked console" - writes article that leaks more about the console...

[rainslacker]

Found that amusing. Sony doesn't seem to be doing much to contain the rumors. Sure they may not be happy about them, but have they done or said anything to actively try to downplay, dismiss, or reject the rumors?

Seems publicly, Sony is pretty indifferent to the rumors. For all we know, they're the one's who actually leaked the pics. Maybe just to get everyone to expect it to be something not that great, then surprise them at the actual reveal probably coming on the 7th.

[ocelot07]

I think the £199 RRP might be real. CEX are a second-hand store here in the UK. When the XB1 S released they wanted over £500 for a console that costs £350. Look at the Pokemon Go Plus wristband. They want £125 for something that cost £35 from the Nintendo shop.

[IceKoldKilla]

I still expect this to be sold at $300, 300€, £250 (or whatever they convert it to). For some reason € are never less but £ are. Anyways, I'm getting that new PS4K/Neo no matter what. Unless they truly fuck it up which is impossible. I really want a better PS4. Buy a 2TB HDD this weekend too. The new PS4's HDD won't be better than what I get. They'll probably keep some standard 1TB HDD.

[DeeBeers]

looks cheap, no improvements, costarottamoney, Xbox wins.

[Errorist76]

Still a lot faster than the X1S. No improvement was needed. Dream on.

[DeeBeers]

I will dream on. Thats exactly what I'll do. Thatll show you!

[Errorist76]

No way it's going to be more expensive. This is BS!

[fanboysmackdown]

I call bullshit, no way is it going to cost more than the original. I'm taking a stab at $300 U.S.

[1060FX8300]

A slim budget version of a three year old console going on sale for more than the OG PS4 on release date, £350? No. The PS4 Slim will not be £380. Current brand new OG PS4s in the UK are going for around the £280 mark. The PS4 Slim will not cost anymore than £280. I can promise you that.

[Mr_Luke]

I really hope it's not the price of the slim... what's the point of a slim, besides being "slim", if you don't cut the price? I want to see the official news from Sony.

[Artemidorus]

380? Half the price I can get a used one.

[daynnight365]

That converts to $500! Wtf

[Inzo]

I highly doubt it, thats more than the current PS4.

[neutralgamer1992]

Admin note: updated this to rumor since the price could be a placeholder by the retailer and not an official price from Sony.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

will wait for the neo if this thing isn't under 400$ in canada.

[ziggurcat]

if the price happens to be $299 USD, it's guaranteed to be $399 in Canada.

[quent]

Maybe its the 2tb model, but I still wouldn't pay that price for a current gen console, technically soon to be last gen console, knowing there's a better version on the way at a slightly higher price point.

[JMyers]

I think the price will be $299. Maybe $249. Neo may be $399 if Sony wants to dominate.

[VoodooProject]

So thousands of regular Playstation 4's left over will be at $199? Or will Sony buy it all back and just trash it?

[JMyers]

What? Left over ps4s? What are you talking about? Regular PS4s will drop to this price. I.E. the price of the slim and regular ps4 will be the same. Neo will be higher.

[migh_and_highty]

Wtf firstly CEX sells second handed items

[ziggurcat]

This is not official until Sony has actually announced the price. It seems like a placeholder to me as all of the other rumours have pointed to the price being somewhere in the $249-$299 range. there's no way the price would be back up to the original retail price of the console. at worst, it'll be the same price as the current retail price of a PS4, and then the'll drop the price of the OG PS4.

[esmittystud101]

We will take a "Neo" leak anytime now.

But everyone should be pumped for a PS4 Slim..............that has identical specs as the regular PS4............oh.....you' ll save a whole $2.37 on your total energy bill for the year.......snooze.......wake me up when Neo specs are here.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Looking more like the price will stay the same.

[SpaceRanger]

And how is that??

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Would you drop the price if sales were meeting or exceeding expectations?

And if you've reduced your costs of making the product?

You wait until the demand curve flattens.

Economics 101

[kelmards]

edt

[SpaceRanger]

I think you mean kindergarten economics.

Economics 101 would be knowing that you adjust price based on supply and demand. Whether or not you're meeting sales expectations. Not only by profit margin (as you described) like MS did initially with the Xbox One being $500 at launch but costing less than $350 to make.

If anything the price will be less than the competition to undercut them this holiday season all while opening up a much deeper market at the lower price range. There are a large sum of people that can't afford a $350 console.

[Elda]

Imo the price will definitely be $299 but it may go low as $250 but knowing Sony I doubt it.

[Yetter]

Thats gotta be a placeholder. No way the slim is gonna cost that much unless Sony hates selling consoles

[DarXyde]

So I seriously doubt this is a real price (unless it's a bundle) but, hypothetically, if it was, how would you feel? Would you still buy it if you were planning to?

Personally, it'd be the last thing I'd need to convince me that Sony is screwing up royally. No reason for a slimmer console that still doesn't do 4K in any capacity (allegedly) to be more expensive than an Xbox One S.

But I think Sony will knock it out of the park with Neo. If it's natively backwards compatible and 4K ready, I'm very interested in seeing what that may do to the price.

The slim leaks, I'm sure, were intentional in some capacity. They did a great job of keeping a lid on E3, so I seriously doubt this was a true effort to keep things hush.

Furthermore, it's impressive and suspicious how we've yet to see Neo. Aren't they supposed to be launching around the same time?

[rainslacker]

If the slim is actually the neo, and it's significantly improved in many areas, then maybe.

As it stands, assuming the slim is the same specs as the current PS4, and they haven't added any features, then who in their right mind would pay that much? Even adding in a UHD player wouldn't warrant the price. Sony isn't that stupid though....I hope, and likely it'll be the same price as the PS4 now, or cheaper, depending on if the UHD feature is added or not....which I think it will be because Sony has a vested interest in doing so.

Neo, I'm kind of tired of thinking about it until it's actually revealed. The slim has enough rumors and speculation surrounding it as fact without throwing in the Neo as well.

[iNathan]

That is most likely Neo price lmao

[_LarZen_]

There is no way the PS4 Slim will cost that much. Placeholder price for sure.

[Onenyte]

Guys this is not the retail price for the slim, CeX ONLY deal in the second-hand market , everything they have that is before release date is hiked up extremely, take a look at the gtx 1060 or even the on the site , the price is ridiculous

[Master of Unlocking]

Impossible, on mainland Europe that would work out to 446.50€, that is to say more expensive than the PS4 when it launched 3 years ago!

[Cueil]

probably a 1 or 2 TB model no?

[sanosukegtr123]

I already own a ps4 what the point of buying a slim. Unless you don't own a ps4 then maybe.

[UKmilitia]

its cex,they add about 25% on to things usually becasue most trade in to buy

[NohansenBoy]

Didn't Sony remove some hardware in this ugly model?

[wheresmymonkey]

Note to admin - CEX don't sell new consoles or games they're basically a pawn shop that only deals in electronics and games.

[wotta]

How stupid is this? CEX don't sell new things, they buy second hand and they bump the price up based on demand. You'll never get anything new in CEX.

[Mr_Writer85]

With the Neo right around the corner they should be looking to drop the price of this slim.

£249.99 is a big drop in price and could mean a £399.99 for a Neo.

Big difference in performance and price could make either a very attractive prospect.

[Orionsangel]

$249 or $199 should be the price for the core system pack. If not what's the point of the PS4 Slim if you can buy a regular PS4 for the same price?