May 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software numbers up!

[JRPGfan]

Dadrik said:

Mazzy said:
I guess I had never really considered, but PS4 sales are going to be nuts once it hits that $299 price tag especially with the upcoming lineup.

Assuming NEO doesn't throw a monkey wrench in and somehow negatively impact sales, I could easily see 2017 being PS4's strongest year by a good margin.

Yeah, if they really don't "segregate" the regular PS4 owners, I don't see why it would change anything negatively though.

It could even boost the overall sales a lot:

- regular PS4 keeps selling because it's the cheapest and it still runs every game nicely

- PS4 Neo sells because it's the "PS Hype", previous PS4 owners will upgrade, and newcomers will straight buy the newer, better model if they have the money.

I think Sony takes a page outta MS book, and makes a Playstation Elite controller, to go along with the PS4 Neo (appeal to the hardcore gamers).

The cheap model will gain traction for people that just wanna try out VR (the casual growd 249-299$ ps4 + 399$ vr headset, I could see a family doing it).