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

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curl-6 said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:
Although nothing is impossible, doing it would require perfect and perfectly timed strategy, a lot of luck and a lot of efforts, resources and money most probably not worth the result and surely best spent on PS5.

That's the thing, it makes no sense to focus on trying to push maximum lifetime sales of a system you're about to replace. Not when you can spend those resources and money on the new system that presents your future for the next 7 years. 

Sony also wants brand power like Apple and Nintendo. Cutting the price permanently makes consumers perceive it as inferior and a weaker product. A $199 base PS4 would lead consumers to expect $99 Black Friday deals.