September 9th will be the 25th Anniversary of PlayStation; Rumored full PS5 blowout date.

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NextGen_Gamer said:

Signalstar said:
$199 PS4
$299 PS4 Pro
$399 PS5 Digital
$499 PS5

Book it. This has always made the most sense to me.

I agree, but I also think PS4 Pro will be discontinued. I do think you are right, it will get a price drop (whether official, or unofficial and it just magically becomes $299 at Walmart/GameStop/etc.), but that price drop will only last until inventory runs out. I bet will Sony will keep making it till year's end, and then that is it. They would rather encourage you to spend an extra $100 to go to the PS5 Digital Edition at $399.

Base PS4 at $199 will be around for years to come though, at least through 2022 I would think. And yes, base PS4 *HAS* to drop to $199 (finally) as keeping it the same price as Xbox Series S makes no sense whatsoever.

Microsoft is more interesting - I honestly think they will discontinue Xbox One S as well this year. Just go all-in right away with Series S at $299 and Series X at $499, no other options.

I agree with that.

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About PS prices, what I hope for:

$200 PS4 - It has to be at least $100 cheaper than XBS.
gone PS4 Pro - I agree it's time to let it go.
$300 PS5 Digital - Playstation is the sole provider of content. No used games, no borrowed, no trading. I don't think I'd pay more than that.
$450 PS5 - To undercut MS. $450 feels like the sweet price tag for a console. We can agree that 70m of those will be sold and that it's unlikely to get any price cut in many years. So starting with $450 is the generous move. It's also danm china flu year.