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Will the PS4 get a price cut before 2016?

Yes. 228 65.33%
 
No. 121 34.67%
 
Total:349

I checked to see if this question was asked already and didn't see it.

 

So here's my question: 

 

Will the PS4 get a permanent price cut before the end of 2015? $299? $349? Or none at all? 

 

I think if the One gets another price cut (even promotional for limited time) I think the PS4 can only ride the $399 for so long, and maybe that time has come. I'm aware of the UK temporary cut to $299, which is why I raise this question world wide. 



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I'm almost sure Sony will sell >15M PS4s this year without a pricecut with every unit sold at a profit (?), so i don't see why they should do it, considering they're not as good as they should be financially.

I'm guess they will, to compete with the XBOne's potential pricecut.  



Definitely gonna happen, were already seeing temporary price cuts and I remember reading them making different models and cutting the cost of producing the PS4, with it already been sold at profit and them cutting costs I'm sure they can cut the price and still sell it at profit.

Plus we know Microsoft is gonna go crazy during the holiday season and Sony lost Uncharted 4 so they need a price cut.



Yes.
I don't know when, but i predict PS4 at 349,98 $/€ .



fory77 said:

I'm almost sure Sony will sell >15M PS4s this year without a pricecut with every unit sold at a profit (?), so i don't see why they should do it, considering they're not so good financially.

No.

Haven't been paying much attention to Sony financials lately, have you?  Granted, they're not completely out of the woods, but, if things continue as they are, once the restructuring completely slides off the books after the 2015/16 fiscal year, they should be fine.

Beyond that, it's common knowledge that consoles make more money from games, periphery and other revenue streams associated with the consoles, than they do the upfront profit off of hardware.  Dropping the price to encourage faster growth, only increases overall profit for the brand.



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KingdomHeartsFan said:

Definitely gonna happen, were already seeing temporary price cuts and I remember reading them making different models and cutting the cost of producing the PS4, with it already been sold at profit and them cutting costs I'm sure they can cut the price and still sell it at profit.

Plus we know Microsoft is gonna go crazy during the holiday season and Sony lost Uncharted 4 so they need a price cut.


Sony lost uncharted 4? What happened?



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I think they will price cut in the end of year 2015. Maybe $299.



Hobson said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:

Definitely gonna happen, were already seeing temporary price cuts and I remember reading them making different models and cutting the cost of producing the PS4, with it already been sold at profit and them cutting costs I'm sure they can cut the price and still sell it at profit.

Plus we know Microsoft is gonna go crazy during the holiday season and Sony lost Uncharted 4 so they need a price cut.


Sony lost uncharted 4? What happened?

It wasn't lost, it was just pushed back into 2016.  So, for the purpose of this thread it's lost for 2015.



Historical precedence indicates that Sony will do a pricecut this year. So the question is not a matter of if, but when and by how much.

There are pros and cons from doing a $50 vs. a $100 pricecut. Sony can either opt to cut the price by $50 since that will allow the company to reap in more revenue per console. However, a $100 pricecut has the potential to actually earn Sony more money. Yes, less money will be earned per console, but it will generate more hardware sales than a $50 pricecut and consequently, increase software sales and PS+ subscriptions.

So it really boils down to what Sony sees. If the company thinks higher software sales and PS+ subscriptions from a $100 pricecut will generate more revenue than a $50 pricecut, then $299. Otherwise, $349.



I can see a price cut near the end of this year.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."