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Jaywood2010 on 11 December 2012
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happydolphin said:
JayWood2010 said:

Ok, so  if I read this correct you are saying they bundle games too soon rather than let them stay on the market for a few years?  If that is the case then I don't know.  Maybe they should maximize profits from those games before bundleing them.  That would make the most sense so I do agree with you on that.  Some games will bundle during releases to sell consoles though like Halo 4, Gears of War, and Final Fantasy.  I find this to be ok though because these are big games and they also amp up the price on these consoles. They just put more memory in it to make it seem like a better deal but in reality that memory is pretty cheap.

I guess I understand your point and you are probably right that they should try maximizing a games profits before making bundles.  

Exactly. Prof was saying Sony have analysts to do this for them, well I wanted to talk about it since OP made the thread for it, and we're a video game sales site. That's the kind of thing we talk about.

The question then becomes, has Sony properly maximized its profits without affecting the perceived value of their IPs and games. For that, we would need to look into some sales trends (which I tried to do), but it would be difficult without having a prior gen to compare to for those same games, and also the sales conditions between two gens fluctuate (leading platform, economic situation and readiness to purchase games, genre interest variation, and so many more). I guess sometimes we ask to discover the impossible with sales numbers, but it's worth at least exploring.

Well if you want a good discussion thread about this then you will likely need to make a new thread.  This thread has been ruined because he targeted Sony directly in the title.  Some people don't even read the OP.  Even then he didn't ask it the way you did.  If you want a better discussion with multiple people try making a thread about it with some data backing it up.  You would just need to figure out how soon each game got a bundle to see if what you are saying is correct.  I admit what you are saying does sound correct though, but I don't know sony, ninetendos, or microsoft's bundleing strategy or how soon they bundle.