PS4 Slim: Price Discussion and Sales Talk

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Intrinsic said:

SWORDF1SH said:
I'll put it another way. If Sony drop to $100, from here on out they will always be $50 less than they could of been. $250 this year, $200 next year etc. Instead of $300 this year and $250 next year etc.

Multiply that $50 loss by 60M. (If PS4 sells 100M lifetime so since it has already sold 40M that will mean an estimated 60M to be sold). $50 x 60,000,000 = $3,000,000,000

So will extra hardware, software sold and PS+ subs make up for the 3 billion loss?

its not a loss. Its just not as much of a gain as it could have been.

If PS4s releases at $250.... and next year drops to $200....etc. It's not a loss when you consider that even at $250 they are still making money on the box.

A better way to look at it is like this. 

If they sell at $250 instead of $300. Then for every console sold they are making $50 less than what they could have made. But what's important is how much more money are they making on average fir every console out there? If the numbers show that they make more than $50/yr in profits for every console out there, then it's better for them to get as many consoles out there as possible than think about hoe much more they could be making on the box. 

Exactly.  This would mean it would only take like 2-3 games sold for Sony to make up that $50, which almost every new purchaser will buy anyway.  But then you also have the increased chances of getting more Plus, Now, and Vue subscribers with every new PS4 purchased.  Again, I fully expect it to launch at $299, but it's not far fetched to see them launch it at $249, either.