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Intrinsic on 06 May 2016
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SvennoJ said:
Intrinsic said:
I really don't see Sony selling the PS4 and PS4n together. Just makes zero sense. I see the PS4n to be what the PS4 slim would have been. just not a slim. Per say. The PS4n is just a PS4 with 4k output support. kinda like how 360 became a 360 with a dedicated HDMI output.

This theory will be confirmed if the Neo is announced at $350-$400. The PS4 will be phased out and then the Neo becomes $350. Probably dropped to $299 around when the NX is launched.

I agree that the ps4 will likely be replaced to limit overhead. The Neo likely exists because of problems shrinking down the current design, requiring a switch to a different hardware process, ie finfet.

I doubt it will hit 299 by next March though. Why would Sony start losing money on the hardware now. Being more than comfortably ahead they can afford to stretch the generation somewhat by cooling down the sales pace. 14nm finfet process is still brand new, I very much doubt it will be possible to make a profit at 299 in less than a year. First Polaris GPUs are set to launch in June. Maybe the ps4 will need to co-exist for a while if they can't produce enough NEOs.

Hehehehe..... finally something we agree on!!!! You see? We are becoming digital friends!!!

Yh I do agree with you. Maybe the Neo and PS4 coexists for a while until all the kinks with finfet is ironed out. A luxury Sony can afford now keeping Neo at a higher price ($399). Also probably one of the reasons Nintendo pushed back the launch of the NX cause it would probably cost them too much trying to get as much units out as they feel they need using the still new and buggy finfet tech.

Around the time the NX is released, Sony will likely have shipped around 60M consoles. at that time, they could easily afford to drop the price of the Neo to $299 even if it means them taking a loss of $50 per console for an entire year just to undercut the NX. they did it before with the PS2 and XB. And now they will be in an even better position to do it again than they were then.