And this trend is why I've been telling people to calm down about the PS4's lifetime sales prospects, there is no reason to think that it will sell significant numbers after the PS5 releases. Slim and Pro editions doesn't seem to have had much effect on the baseline for now and price cuts only gets you so far, it already has a reasonable price for its age and relative tech.
The "199$ is the magic mass market price threshold" myth still lives on but never had any basis, smart devices should have murdered this belief a long time ago but it somehow persists. A product that is inherently not appealing to mass market won't suddenly become desirable by hitting some fabled pinpoint price point, it's all about the perceived value, which has no direct relation to actual value (manufacture cost) or perhaps even relative value (what the product offers in terms of tech and usability compared to the competition).
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