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AlfredoTurkey said:
JRPGfan said:
PS4 takes it.
To many big titles comeing, and a 199$ price point.

Who at Sony told you it's going to be $199.99? 

Everything is pointing towards it there are already bundles with 2 controllers and a new game for 299. Which bring the price of the actual PS4 down to 200. These are store offerings but by the holiday Sony will hit that $200 price point.



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i still believe switch will slow down a lot soon



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Why would things like Destiny 2 boost PS4 sales ... most Destiny fans already have one, IMO stuff like that is not going to boost sales so release list pissing wars are pointless.

$199.99 would be more significant at this stage of the game. 



Soundwave said:

Why would things like Destiny 2 boost PS4 sales ... most Destiny fans already have one, IMO stuff like that is not going to boost sales so release list pissing wars are pointless.

$199.99 would be more significant at this stage of the game. 

I agree, games like Destiny, Battlefront, Call of Duty, etc will all sell a ton and move hardware but they wont do anything to change the existing trajectory, same goes for a price cut.

At this stage in the systems life these things likely wont cause YOY increases, instead they will just reduce the YOY declines.



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zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:

Why would things like Destiny 2 boost PS4 sales ... most Destiny fans already have one, IMO stuff like that is not going to boost sales so release list pissing wars are pointless.

$199.99 would be more significant at this stage of the game. 

I agree, games like Destiny, Battlefront, Call of Duty, etc will all sell a ton and move hardware but they wont do anything to change the existing trajectory, same goes for a price cut.

At this stage in the systems life these things likely wont cause YOY increases, instead they will just reduce the YOY declines.

Price cut would cause a boost, I'm just saying the IP themselves probably not so much at this stage. The PS4's trajectory is already one of success anyway so there's not much reason to change it. 

The one IP I think people are really waiting for on next-gen is GTAVI, that will be a big one. 



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Qwark said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

Who at Sony told you it's going to be $199.99? 

Everything is pointing towards it there are already bundles with 2 controllers and a new game for 299. Which bring the price of the actual PS4 down to 200. These are store offerings but by the holiday Sony will hit that $200 price point.

So in other words, it's conjecture.



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Soundwave said:
zorg1000 said:

I agree, games like Destiny, Battlefront, Call of Duty, etc will all sell a ton and move hardware but they wont do anything to change the existing trajectory, same goes for a price cut.

At this stage in the systems life these things likely wont cause YOY increases, instead they will just reduce the YOY declines.

Price cut would cause a boost, I'm just saying the IP themselves probably not so much at this stage. The PS4's trajectory is already one of success anyway so there's not much reason to change it. 

The one IP I think people are really waiting for on next-gen is GTAVI, that will be a big one. 

Price cuts typically have a lesser effect the more of them there are and the later in the life cycle they occur.

The 3rd or 4th price cut that occurs 4 years after launch isnt likely to cause YOY gains.

What i mean by trajectory is the typical sales curve of a console peaking in its 2nd or 3rd full year followed by a steady decline.



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abronn627 said:
Azuren said:

Because a low week is one anticipating a big release the following week, right?

 

Fact remains that a brand new console still experiencing the "new product" sales figures is struggling back and forth with a 3+ year old console.

Struggling? The Switch have a base line of 200k+ while the PS4 was in the 170k+ at same period in it's first year.

That is true, but the Switch also had a global launch, PS4 didn't launch in JP until week 15, aka over 3 months later, and still the PS4 is ahead.

It's the first month and a half of sales still, Switch needs more time on the market, before comparisons can be made.  It's off to a great start, but so was XBO, 3DS, and Wii U until they fell off a cliff sales wise.  3DS dropped price $90 a few months after the launch window (3 mo period) and shot right back up.  XBO waited too late to remove Kinect and had almost a full year go by, before recovering.  Wii U never really cut price, and struggled the whole way through.

We won't know how Switch truly performs until Summer rolls around.  If sales are still up during the Summer and it's batteling for the Number 1 spot weekly, then Switch is on track to be somewhere between 3DS and PS4 sales wise.  If sales fall off and it moves down to a consistent 2nd place on the charts, then it's looking at 3DS as a direct sales chart competitior moreso than PS4.

I also think this will be PS4's peak year, espeically if a price drop happens (which likely will this holiday seaons) even if it's a temporary one.



Ps4, because of the great games what will released this year