Global Hardware 16 February 2019

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Nate4Drake said:

zorg1000 said:

The chances of PS4 winning this year are very slim. Even with a price cut sales will be down YoY, at this stage of a console's life a price cut mostly helps to soften the decline rather than increase sales.

Switch on the other hand is already trending up YoY by quite a bit and its lineup is stacked from June onward so that trend should continue.

PS4 will still sell great this year but Switch should handily beat it by a few million.

Without a price cut at $199, Switch would sell a couple of millions more; with a price cut at $199 by 1st of Sept, and the Last of Us part II in Oct/Nov, I'm not sure Switch will dominate the year, they could be closer than expected.   

 What do you think about a price cut on 1st Sept ?  I don't think Sony should delay it furthermore, and it would be a good way to enlarge the userbase even more, and to not make a price cut too close to the PS5 release.     Sept is the date that makes more sense for me.

The forecast Sony will make for the FY 2019/20 will be telling in this regard. If they forecast a lot fewer sold PS4 they plan no pricecut. If they forecast stable sales they plan a pricecut. Either way, Sony already knows if they wanna do it, although they might be flexible on the concrete date.