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thismeintiel on 19 June 2017
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DirtyP2002 said:
thismeintiel said:

Except if the Pro is $299 (a very mass market price), especially if the Slim is still $199, there are going to be more people willing to upgrade.  Or upgrade if they are shopping for a 2nd PS4.  Or even new PS4 consumers.  Sure most will stick with the Slim, that will never change.  But, a $299 price for the best PS4, when someone has already decided to go PS4, is going to be very alluring.

So many IFs...

You are looking for a group of people that

1) own a PS4 and spent more than $249 for it (lowest price yet) 
2) weren't convinced to upgrade yet
3) want a 2nd PS4 more than a (first) Switch or (first) Xbox One (S/X)
4) Wait for a pricecut to happen

That might be a very small target audience, don't you think?

 

No doubt that a PS4 Pro price cut will increase their sales.
But that will come hand in hand with a price cut for the regular PS4 as well, so the ratio will stay the same or will be even smaller IMO. 

 

I think that current PS4 owners that don't own a Pro yet and want to upgrade to 4k  (because they bought a new TV and need content for it for example) are more likely to upgrade to Xbox One X than a PS4 Pro, because they will get a whole new library to play. And a 4k BluRay player. But again, that is a VERY small group of people.

With that last statement, try EXTREMELY small group, almost nonexistent.  You also left out those who are new to PS4, which there are probably going to be 10s of millions of them in the next 3 years.  When the Pro drops to $299, that's going to have quite the appeal. 

And it has A LOT less to do about the ratio and to do with the actual price.  People don't take time to calculate ratio.  They'll look at a PS4 Slim for $199 and a Pro for $299.  Most will still get the $199 one.  However, there is going to be a sizeable chunk that spend the extra $100, since $299 is a good price for the better versions of all PS4 games. 

And Boost Mode has its own appeal, as well.  I know that, personally.  I was just going to wait til the price cut this year to get a Pro.  But, once they announced Boost Mode, I couldn't wait, so I got one a few weeks ago.  Of course, I sold my normal PS4 to help go towards that, so I only spent like $299 on it.  At a mass market price, there are going to be a lot more people swayed by it.