Reading this article, I've been thinking of the PS4 ecosystem. With the PS4 pro coming very soon, and probably some sort of PS4 Pro Slim and PS4 Pro Ultra (you never know) the PS4 family seems to be evolving into a very varied bunch. That is going to affect the original PS4 and its slim version. Do you think that, if we keep getting more and more powerful versions, will we see the original drop in price to 99$ or very close? Or will Sony discontinue it before that to keep the profits high?

Doesn't Sony believe in generations? I think after the ps4 pro, the next one will be ps5 which might be bc with ps4 games but ps4 wont be fc with ps5 games

So no

PS3 isn't $99 yet

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thats because its powerPC and Nvidia. IBM isnt investing anymore to reduce the size of their CPUs

Not getting a PS4 at 99 bucks anytime soon. Hell, can't even get a PS3 for $99 bucks.

Not as fast as the Xbox One family.

You cheap, damn.

Nope, chances are if/when Sony will discontinue the original PS4, it'll all be sold out before it hits $99.

Those cheap enough to wait for it to be $99 will just be out of luck because it'll all be gone before it hits that price. Maybe it'll all be gone by the time it hits $149-$199.

It is possible. A PS4 with no disk drive, built in storage, and an external power supply and Sony opening up External Storage for games could be $99.99. A device like this could be the size of a PSTV by 2020 when the 7nm FinFET APU's should be ready. I think the biggest factor in getting down that low is storage though. No matter which way you go about it SSD, HDD, on board, if you are up at 500/512GB it is expensive.

I think the bigger push will be having the PS4 system on a chip in all Bravia TV's, and eventually in tablets, a handheld, and a Phone. The PS4 platform is definitly here to stay for many, many more years. There is just no viable path to PS5 tell at least the mid 2020's and sub 7nm FinFET. So they have time to expand and reduce cost.