Sony Needs to Lower the Price of the PS4.

[danasider]

CGI-Quality said:

danasider said:

I think the games matter to a certain extent, but as far as the casual market goes, the system that sells best is usually the cheaper one. PS3 arguably had the best exclusive line up of its generation and came in dead last in America. It was the highest price system out the gate, and it only became competitive when the prices went down.

I still believe the PS4 will get a pricecut, and it will again overtake monthly sales in the states within the next few months because the brand is better, but the primary reason the console will consistently stay ahead in the US is if it remains competitive in the price department.

Has the cheapest system always won the US?

I doubt always (Gamecube was cheaper than PS2 and lost big time), but at these last two generations show that price matters. And there were high priced machines from Panasonic and Neo-Geo and such that were'nt even considered competitors because of how rediculous their prices were back in the day. Maybe the cheapest machine hasn't always won the west, but the hitting of the value sweetspot where price isn't too different from competitors and brand name/games support the system probably does.

Point is, price matters...especially for non-core gamers who buy these systems on big days like Black Friday and Christmas. I think X1 won Black Friday last year, if I remember correctly, because it had a $300 system with games.