PS2 2005 vs PS4 2018 NPD

[DonFerrari]

zorg1000 said:

DonFerrari said:

They may not think it is overpriced because they remember the price of PS2 at the time. But mental barriers still exist and you could see how much the sales of PS4 accelerated and kept high with a 100 USD price cut. And most people expect the sweet spot for PS4 sales and final stretch to mass market price will be 199 regular plus occasional discounts.

Yes sure, and Nintendo that couldn't ramp production for a full 6 months after release would have over the double the inventory and also would hold the launch for another 6-8 months.

So inflation is irrelevant and console manufacturers do not take seasonal sales trends into account when deciding the number of consoles to produce? Got it.

Perhaps you should reconnect your cognition to your eyes instead of making strawmen.

Inflation obviously make money value less, still that doesn't overwright people mental barriers on prices and the trend of electronics becoming cheaper in pricetag even if more advanced and inflation making money value less. That is one of the reasons for X1 not being as well received at 500 USD (which with inflation would be quite cheaper than PS3 that still sold much better than X1). People see the 299 pricetag against 399 even with 15 years separating them and they fix on the number instead of making any type of price parity.

If Nintendo couldn't resolve their production capacity for over 6 months AFTER release what make you think they would have made double the inventory prior to launch and higher production for that month and others.