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Mr Puggsly said:
Kerotan said:


They could possibly have made more of a profit but they could have just as easily have made even less. Who's to say Sony wouldn't match the drop and absolutely whip them even more in sales. 

The price was not the only thing that made it easy for people to choose PS4. The DRM fiasco and the weaker specs were a huge talking point. Easily as big as price if not more. 

Honestly, I don't think Sony could afford to price match $299 if MS attempted it with X1. But I'm just speculating.

Again, all those reasons you mention is more of a reason they should have been more competitive with price. They should have done something drastic to keep their market share. MS took no risks and their launch was a disaster.

If the X1 can achieve a userbase of 40 million lifetime, I'd be impressed. Because they're gonna have to be very competitive to achieve that.

Sony is already profiting quite a bit off of the PS4 so don't be surprised if they stay aggressive and drop the price just as much if not more than the Xbox One in order to bury it.

For instance if MS dropped the price to $350, I wouldn't be surprised if Sony dropped the PS4 to $300.



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]