How many extra consoles will GTA 6 sell?

[EricHiggin]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

EricHiggin said:

PS3 was still $299 when PS4 launched at $399 wasn't it? Wasn't PS4 found to be a little underpowered? Not all that surprising because PS3 launched at $599.

SNY could possibly do 2 separate performance SKUs like XB Series, especially if XB does something like a handheld and super high end console. Though if SNY also does a handheld/hybrid, then that's 3 SKUs and I don't really see PS doing that, even if the handheld took the place of the PS5 super slim and was PS5 only, and I doubt they'd do that either.

A $700 or higher PS6 is doomed, unless PS6 games remain cross gen with PS5, all gen long.

I'm not sure it would be doomed. Now that MS is no longer trying to compete with Sony in the console space, it means they have it all to themselves. It's not like the PS3 where everyone could just buy a 360 instead. With the recent Xbox price increases it is very clear they are no longer subsidising the console price and therefore no longer trying to compete with Sony. Sony has no competitors anymore so where else is everyone going to go if they want to buy a next gen console?

That's too similar to the PS3 mindset SNY had. They thought even with the 360, if they made the console seem premium with a high price, people would get a second job to have it. They thought if they made the hardware more complicated, and lacked in software so devs would end up spending 'all' their time programming for PS3, that 360 wouldn't get games, or would get quickly slapped together poorer versions of games. Not to mention all the other boneheaded idea's they had at the time.

The point is it all backfired, and it would again if SNY assumes that they have the market completely to themselves and casuals locked in. Plenty of casuals simply won't console game if they can't get what they want for a reasonable price, and will go mobile. Plenty of those casuals will just get a Switch 2 for $449 instead of a $700 PS6 if they're into console type gaming enough. Many would just keep their PS5, or get a used one, even an XB Series, to play GTAVI. Some will even get a PC instead. There's also those who just won't game anymore and will find another pastime. 

SNY forgetting what they learned with PS3 would be a sad gen in console land, because at least XB was there to keep those casuals in the red ocean. Doing something like that again with PS6, without XB being much of a factor, will cause plenty to jump into the blue ocean instead, or will just get out of the water entirely.