flagstaad said:
And at $600 it struggled a lot and even with a $500 edition it had many problems selling at the beggining, some developers were delaying their games and it was the previous market leader with the console that "almost everybody" was waiting for. I think no console creator wants to reach that price ever again. $400 seems to be the sweet spot for new consoles, and for a console to generate some profit (even a small one) the cost of the parts have to be around $220-$250 and those parts will not make a very powerful device. |
Good point. PS3 went out of the tunnel at $400. With an entry level model at $400 Sony (and obviously its competitors too) could also be able to offer a premium one at a higher price, to get some more money and maybe even be profitable or at least not losing money since launch even with slightly more expensive components, but a $400 or lower launch model is of the essence to avoid struggling.
