Gamers in China who prefer PlayStation 4 over XBox One would be pleased with Sony's pricing. However, the rivalry between the two gaming consoles doesn't seem to exist in the Chinese dominion.
Sony is expected to launch PlayStation 4 in China at the end of the year with $130 difference compared to its competing gaming console XBox One, Kotaku reported.
Chinese media sites reported the pricing details, claiming that Sony's gaming console will retail for 2999 Renminbi, which is around $570, according to Kotaku. The base model of Xbox One without Kinect will be sold in China with a price of 3699 Renminbi, which is around $705. Purchasing the gaming console with the motion sensor will cost 4299 Renminbi, or about $820.
However, Sony has not officially confirmed the speculated prices.
Besides the affordable price of PlayStation 4, Sony has also planned to release 50 games on deck for the Chinese launch to invite more consumers. The games are supposedly Chinese-translated versions of previously released titles.
On the other hand, Microsoft has also promised a great deal of games for Xbox One's launch. It was speculated that Sony contacted developers, who have published games for Xbox One in China, to work on their games as well, according to reports given to Kotaku.
The collaboration of game developers from the two gaming platform doesn't come as a surprise though, since PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are operating under the same name in Chinese territory.
While the two gaming platforms are competing in the other parts of the world, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are not rivals in China since both are functioning in the same company, which is Shanghai Media Group.
Shanghai Media Group's chairman Li Ruigang made a statement that the goal of merging the two gaming platforms was to unite game developers in China "to bring more games to home consoles," according to Kotaku.
"Bringing foreign games into the country doesn't make BesTV money," Ruigang said mentioning Microsoft's console partner in China. "Doing development and operating the sales platforms ourselves provides the biggest profits. The people who make money selling game discs are companies like Sony and Microsoft, so relying on selling discs is definitely not what we want."
Ruigang's message shows that the company intends to create Chinese games rather than importing foreign games in the market.
There has been no official date for Sony's PlayStation 4 release in China as of the moment.
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