yo33331 said:
well this is what are you saying, if PS4 finish at 120M this means this year 10M and what lefts ? 4M more ? which is way worst than ps3 and psp dying years. Also this is console which to this point is on track with PS2 sales and now it will die worst than psp or ps3 ? or what 8M now and 6M after this ? again worst. PS3 did close to 8M after ps4 launched and psp did around the same too. I don't know why are so confident people that are giving PS4 bad numbers, why are you all so confident as you are Sony respectives and you are 100% sure if there will be price drop and what would be the price difference on ps4 and ps5 and even if sony will do something to push ps4 sales in the end or not ... This is stupid. How can be all so sure in something that clearly is 50/50 chance of happening in every possible situation? even if we see the history there is like 70/30 for PS4 that it will have good selling perfomance in its last years. And no price cut that lately will not help very little. Big reason of PS1 and PS2 selling like they did in their dying years was because of 2 major price drops to 99$ and then 49$ for the PS1 and 129$ and later 99$ for the PS2.(which now with the inflation in 2019 these prices would be around 149 and close to 199$) The lower price is making something more affordable for newcomers and for kids and when you go to the store and see PS5 at 599 or 499 or even 399(which I bet it won't be the price) and you see PS4 for 199$ next to one of these prices, and you are not hardcore gamer, most probably you would buy the cheaper option, which is also good option for gaming because of all released games to date and preety much every game that will be released in the next 2-3 to the new expensives consoles as well. P.S. I mentiond PS5 price because if PS5 is 499 or 599$ and PS4 is 249 or 199$ there is bigger chance many people (who are new to gaming or are casual gamers) will buy PS4 over PS5 because is very alternative option and way cheaper, opposite to PS5 costing 399$ and PS4 for example the same 299$ which then preety much everyone would get PS5, and this would be the worst possbile scenario for PS4 sales, and even then I am sure that PS4 will reach 125M lifetime (more than your 120M prediction). |
Oh please, do explain that because it makes no sense. I do not expect ps4 to sell 10m in 2020.
Price cuts this late have very little impact. You claim ps and ps2 only sold that much after their successors BECAUSE of pricecuts without any data to back it up. Those were already succesful consoles being late introduced in developing markets that greatly contributed to sales. Pricing merely helped. The ps5 doesn't matter because 99% of people who are only buying a ps4 this late wouldn't even consider a $399-499 system.
