PS4Pro was made to compete with PC - Sony Exec.

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Chazore said:

ICStats said:

I think he meant, it was odd that I pulled the article up now when the PS4P was announced.

It has nothing to do with PS4P... and I don't think it was odd in the context as someone said: "PS4 & PC are competing, and PS4 is losing".

If it absolutely nothing to do with the PS4P topic then why is it even added to this thread in the first place?. What has been talked of in this thread is the price of PS4P, the price of a PC rig (the silly high end ones that are somehow always tossed in) and the "prevention of migration" towards PC gaming. People have talked about GPU prices in regard to the PS4P as well as the number of users that would have a certain model of GPU. Your article talks of a delcine in sales for GPU's in 2014 and prior, you then added the current iterations of 8th gen systems but the subject of that article and your "migration" focus compare with how House was going on about preventing migration from PS4 to PC over the gen.

Do you think there will be a severe decline in those wanting to game on PC, if so then what happens next to that market in general?.

Right.  The article quoted by the OP is saying Sony think PSP4 will prevent migration, which they have seen in historical data.  I think it's pretty interesting to look at some historical data to understand this, rather than just give opinions.

Analyzing the state of PC gaming market isn't simple.  As you probably know, total PC sales are shrinking.  Also total GPU sales have dropped almost 50% in 3 years.  However, the PC gaming market is increasing.

PC Enthusiast market is the best growth sector with a continuous increase in sales.  This sector is apparently over 16.4 Million people as of 2015.

 

The Performance PC market is different.  It slumped 2014 to present, which coincides with the new console generation, but is predicted to increase from next year.  Is it possible this is what Andy House is trying to prevent?

Same for Mainstream PC

What do you think?  Sony may be right about this migration?  I'm sure they have lots of data, from publishers and so on about sales trends on PC and ofcourse on PS4.

These graphs would correlate with these assumptions:
 - PC Enthusiasts wouldn't care about consoles and not affected by PS4 launch
 - PC Performance levels users would initially think PS4 was quite good but over time would start being attracted back to higher PC quality within their budget.
 - PC Mainstream level users would be happy with PS4 for longer.