January 2014 NPD Thread! - PS4: 271k, XBO: 141k, WiiU: 49k

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Blood_Tears said:

AshKetchum1992 said:
The PS4 kind of almost killed the PS3.

Nah, PS4 didn't do that specifically, the PS3 price did though. Seriously, over 7 years in and it's still $249.99-$269.99 for a decent model. No one's buying that crappy 12GB model. Both Sony and Microsoft should have dropped the price on the higher end models last year.

Not going to happen unless Microsoft and Sony can at least break even on the PS3 and 360 as I doubt either are interested at selling them at a loss anymore.

No CPU/GPU fabrication companies (apart from Intel) have been able to dieshrink there manufacturing process in over 2 years so no cost saving there.

While memory prices have doubled since 2012.

Bluray player price has bottomed out at about double DVD price. (infact there's been a bit of a price increase because of demand for the PS4 and Xbone).

And HDD's don't really go below $40, the HDD companies discontinue lower capacity's and shift there range instead.

It's why Sony used 12GB flash it was the only thing they could do to get a cheaper model out.