67.5M PS4 shipped. 4.2M in Q2. Forecast for FY raised

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Lawlight said:

brute said:
People still say $199 is mainstream now? Maybe 5-10 years ago but not anymore due to inflation plus other techs like cell phones costing a butt load. I'd say$249 can be argued as mainstream price.

Yeah, nah. 10 years ago, the PS2 was selling for $99. Even if it was $199, 5-10 years is not enough to increase the price to $249. You’ll be doubly wrong if the leaked $199 Black Friday PS4 is true. A console is an essential device like a smartphone, a lot of which, btw, people get on a plan.

Why would I be doubly wrong? If I'm arguing that $249 is mainstream then obviously $199 is even better and will result in much higher sales! Do far $249has proven to be a good price point as both X1 and PS4 have seen great sales when they've trmporary lowered the price to that during the holidays.