Will/Can the PS4 Outsell the PS2? - Analysis - Sales

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yo33331 said:

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If Sony wants a fast transition, their success over the past 7 years suggests they are more than competent enough to make that happen.

Nothing Sony has said or done suggests they're interested in keeping PS4 around for the long haul as a dirt cheap option. It's still $300 to this day, their actions speak loud and clear that their goal is maximum profit per unit, not maximum unit sales.

I can agree here, you have a point. But we can't know what is in sony's mind and long time strategies ..

As for their success well pretty much everywhere you can see how everyone is talking about PS5 going to be 500 or 600$. Even sony said it won't be from the cheapest machines a.k.a. 299/399$

So there will be 200$ to 300$ difference in price, and not a word from sony can drag a person who is not hardcore gamer or family or kid with his mother to buy 600$ machine over 250/300$ one.

Their success was because they priced PS4 at 399, and at the same time left the PS3 on 299$

But yes even with this difference in price between PS4 and PS5 if they leave PS4 on 299$ for the rest of it's live it will not reach PS2 numbers, it will not reach even maybe 140M ...

Everything depends on those price cuts... and yes, they may be going after maximum profit per unit instead of maximum unit sales which in turn would give them more software sales for the console .. I think within the next 6 months to 1 year we will have much clearer idea of the way they are going with the PS4, because now it's only opinions..

Mind you, I'm not saying they'll never cut PS4's price, they may cut it to $250 for instance, I just can't ever see it reaching the $150/$100 territory PS2 did given Sony's behaviour thus far, namely keeping it $300 even after six years.

And I still think maybe PS5 could be $400. $500 seems more likely, but they hit the sweet spot this gen with the PS4 so I can see them wanting to repeat that price point if at all possible.