DonFerrari said:
You haven't sent any evidence that PS3 Super Slim was selling for big profit to show how it could have been heavily discounted. Still we had several places in USA and Canada that you could buy an used X360 for under 99. Sony haven't ever done price war as far as I know. They cutted price on PS1 and PS2 while dominating with a lot of headroom, they have cut the price of PS3 when losing massive money and have kept price on PS4 even when X1 undercut them. Sony cuts the price when the projection of sales needs a new price point, have done it for 4 gens. Won't say if MS have tried to price war against Sony, I remember seeing they reacting to Sony prices but I won't pretend to have enough data to affirm it was done because of Sony instead of their own internal projections. The main reason why you were not getting major discounts on the last revision of PS3 was because they already gave you all the saving before hand. Also at the end of the gen there is almost no reason to lose money on HW because there is less revenue expected from SW. But with PS4 costing much less for the whole life, it having PS+ revenue and BC on PS5 all making much more advantage to lock customers to platform makes more sense for a PS4 SS MSRP 199. |
I never argued the PS3 Super Slim was being sold for big profit. I AM ARUGING PS3 SUPER SLIM WAS CHEAPER TO PRODUCE.
Sony losing money on the PS3 is one of the best examples of a console price war. They did it simply to stay competitive. I'm not arguing there is a price war happening in the 8th gen. When prices are cut to increase audience/market share, that's pretty much the definition of price war. Price cuts can also be a response to a competitor which is why they tend to happen around the same time.
Please quit making excuses for the PS3 Super Slim staying expensive, that's not the point. I'm simply pointing out they made cheaper (to produce) hardware with no real benefit to consumers. MS did the same thing with the 360 E.
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