Will the PS4 get a price cut before 2016? | |||
| Yes. | 228 | 65.33% | |
| No. | 121 | 34.67% | |
| Total: | 349 | ||
| Drakrami said: Ps4 is outselling the next competitor by almost 3:1. Remind me why they need a pricecut? |
Because then they'd likely be outselling their nearest competitor by even more. If Sony believes that cutting the price will increase sales by enough to make it worthwhile in the long run, they will.
mornelithe said:
Was that all models, or specific SKU's? Could be they're just trying to get rid of a certain bundle(s) to make room for new ones/different iterations etc..? |
Well amazon was said to be running out of base PS4 stock, and the rumours were going strong then that they were potentially clearing stock. Though its still a while till E3, so perhaps they will just replace it shortly with new internal update build.
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Madword said:
Well amazon was said to be running out of base PS4 stock, and the rumours were going strong then that they were potentially clearing stock. Though its still a while till E3, so perhaps they will just replace it shortly with new internal update build. |
Yeah, should note that's 100% theory on my part, based on zero actual data, rumor etc...
| Shadow1980 said: This subject again? *le sigh* Well to reiterate myself yet again, except for the Wii, no major console released in the past two decades has gone for more than two years without a price cut (and even the SNES got one in less than 10 months, though the Genesis may or may not have just missed the two-year mark), and except for the 360 no system that launched at $300 or higher received an initial price cut of less than $100. Here's every major console released since the fifth generation, with the time until their first price cut and how big said cuts were: Saturn: 5 months (-$100) The PS4 will almost certainly get a price cut this year, and it'll most likely be for $100. |
I agree totally, I'm pretty sure that every Playstation home console has been released at a loss, PS4 was breaking even at launch and was already stated to be profitable within a few months of it's release.
It's doubtful that any of those systems were making as much money off of hardware alone as PS4 is right now and a $100 price cut down to $299 would spike the install base numbers up harder than anything this year. Bigger install base means Software sales will move like crazy.
Considering Dell's current PS4 promotion, PS4 can be had now for $299 if you include the gift card. Everyday the $100 price drop looks more promising.
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Considering the fact that all three of the previous Playstations had their prices' cut by $100 (or more) by the end of their second year on the market I'd say that the prospect is pretty good. Also, the PS4 will certainly fail to match the PS1's and PS2's third fiscal year sales totals (19.37 and 18.07 million respectively) unless they cut the price before the holidays.
I hope so. I can't see one for more than $50 though. $100 would just be ridiculous--it's got to be more gradual than that or everyone will just wait around for cuts.
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