Predict When will Ps4 Outsell Wii

[thismeintiel]

foxtail said:

thismeintiel said:

Then, can you explain away the decent legs the PS1 saw after the PS2 launched?  Sure, they weren't as good as PS2's, but it still sold 23M from 2001-2004, after the PS2 was launched WW.  I think the PS4 is going to do something similar.

In May of 2002 Sony cut its official price of the PS1 to clearence-like pricing of only $49/£49 MSRP.  

That was a cut of 1/6 of the PS1 launch price of $299.  

An official price cut of 1/6 of the launch price doesn't happen very often, if at all.

Without it's official $49/£49 price points the PS1 likely would not have crossed the 100M mark before the end.

To put that in perspective most other new games at that time were also $50 or more. Conker's Bad Fur Day launched a year earlier in March of 2001 on the N64 for a MSRP 69.95 USD.

So the PS1 was effectivly as cheap as a new game (or cheaper) from 2002 onward.  Buy a disc/cart game, or for the same price buy a console with controller.

Price is only one factor for a system to sell.  If price was the only thing needed to stay selling so well, the GC should have at least sold twice as much as it did, as it dropped to $99 long before the PS2 did.  No, the PS consoles have done so well because they have held the Holy Trinity of successful consoles.  Great price, great 1st party support, and great 3rd party support.  And ever since the PS1, EVERY leader of the gen has passed 100M.  The PS4 will be no different.  At $149, possibly even $129, it's going to continue to sell decently, even after the PS5 launches.