Will We Ever See PS3 Or 360 Go Below $199?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

kowenicki said:

BHR-3 said:

kowenicki said:
there are approximately 75m 360's and PS3's in the US... whats the point of a price cut?

may as well cream a decent profit on last few consoles sold.

where are you getting 75M?

vgc shows 42 + 25=67M even with that you have to assume some consumers rebought there console over there gen at least once using vgcs numberes i wouldnt be suprised if 360 +ps3 is at less than 60M users

the point of the price cut for both would be to stimulate and or maintian sales, both still have and will have meaningfull SW releases

global yearly sales

2011

ps3 14.7M

360 13.8M

2012

ps3 12.1M

360 10.6M

2013

ps3 8.2M

360 5.8M

Sorry, North America.

Point stands.

2014 sales will crash. Not due to price, due to saturation.

Well, they'll cut prices in other, still unsaturated countries, but then they'll have to cut it in the USA too, because if they can't have the best price in the world, Americans go cry to their mamas.
But unless new superslim models are launched soon, I expect it to happen later, both to maximise profits and to not disturb PS4 and XBOne respectively with new offers on old models that would surely catch the attention of the most casual potential buyers. Anyhow, USA may be rich, but there are lots of people with mid-low income that could consider buying a console only when it will be abundantly below $199.
Not to mention EU's eurozone (except maybe only Germany and Netherlands), where middle classes are more and more pushed down, after they pay all the taxes, to mid-low net income.
Then, in every country, there is a constant flow of parents that will buy a console to their children only when they're past a given age.