Amazon U.S. April bestsellers and general Amazon-based discussion

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thismeintiel said:

pitzy272 said:

What the hell is wrong with Sony? They created a major advantage MS and Scorpio by getting the Pro out a year ahead of time, but there's not much advantage if people can't even buy one. I was planning to possibly get a pro soon on Amazon, so I hope stock replenishes soon. 

There's only one thing I can think of that makes sense, since it should be pretty easy for Sony to make enough Pros to keep up with demand.  There were rumors that Sony is working on a Slimmer model.  Since we already have the PS4 S, this is probably the PS4 Pro S.  My guess is they are waiting for E3, or possibly before, to have a soft relaunch of the Pro.  Probably be the same size as the OG PS4, but $50-$100 cheaper.  Price is going to depend on what MS launches the Scorpio at.  If they went for the more positive assumptions for the Scorpio, that's going to increase the price beyond $399, so we'll probably only see a $349 Pro.  However, if they didn't go too nuts on the specs, and can get out a $399 Scorpio, Sony is most likely going to answer with a $299 Pro S.

There is another answer: Sony monitored sales and demand and determined that the Pro is catering to a minority subset of potential Playstation consumers and the majority - likely be a very significant margin - are fine with the base PS4 experience.  And thus have concluded that it's not worth pouring more resources into it than necessary.  This would not shock me in the slightest.