The PS4 could hit retailers a month before the Xbox One
Sony’s PS4 release date could be held on October 21, up to a month before the Xbox One arrives, a retailer’s leaked stock listing system has suggested.
While Sony has to date only confirmed that the eagerly awaited PS4 release date will be held during the ‘2013 holiday season’, latest reports have claimed that the PS3 follow on could hit retailers up to a month before the Xbox One release date. Microsoft has revealed its next-gen gamer will launch in November.
Although we must stress that these slightly questionable PS4 release date rumours be taken with a considerable pinch of salt, they fit with further recent reports which have suggested Sony will beat Microsoft to market in the already tantalising battle of the next-gen consoles.
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Speaking via the NeoGaf forums, an employee of an unnamed large electronics retailer in the US has suggested that October 21 will be the date wannabe PS4 owners will need to add to their diaries, claiming the pre-Halloween arrival will see the PS4 precede the Xbox One.
“Our internal product release schedule from head office dropped yesterday and on Oct 21st an unnamed Sony console will be launched,” the anonymous tipster wrote.
They added: “Fyi all console revisions like the ps360 slims and Wii Mini were listed as ps360 & wii mini. Previously the wiiu, 3ds and vita were also only listed as Nintendo/Sony Console in the product name column.”
Although the forum has obviously been unable to validate the accuracy of the claims, it is reported that a moderator has confirmed the tipster’s place of work.
It is widely expected that the PS4 release date will be formally announced during Sony’s Gamescom press conference in Cologne, Germany next week.
Despite the PS4 being on the horizon, Sony has revealed there are currently no plans to introduce a PS3 price cut to make the aging console a more tempting option.
"There's no plans as yet," Fergal Gara, Managing Direction for SCEE UK said in a recent interview discussing the possibility of a PS3 price cut. "The PlayStation 3 is a system where it hasn't been particularly easy to get the costs down.”
He added: "It will certainly be a more keenly priced machine in relative to PlayStation 4. It will sit there as a viable entry level machine for years to come. It will be different by territory as to how long its life is. There's still a lot of love for PS3."
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