If the PS4 was $250 at launch...

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Augen on 13 February 2015

Acevil said:

Augen said:

Comparing demand and price point of PS4 and Wii.

But why stop at that, lets compare PC gaming that costs $2000 to be at $250. (Please note, gaming PC don't all cost this much, but they can if you are willing to go nuts) Would console gaming be dead?

Sorry but it just doesn't work way. You can not just compare simply on price, unless you have identical products. Wii and PS4 are not identical. Different approaches to market, different core audience, different generation.

I do not disagree.

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Acevil on 13 February 2015

I know what the answer you want is that it would be over the wii, and anyone sane could tell you that. In fact I know the goal you are trying to reach.

However that isn't how markets work, no way would device like PS4/PS3/Xbox360/XboxOne on launch be 250. Unless you release device like PS3 in the PS4 generation.

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Nirvana_Nut85 on 13 February 2015

It would probably sell quite horribly. The reason being as at $250, the power would be on par with the Wii U as Sony could not afford to lose another several hundred per console. People would complain that it was massively underpowered while a few people on this site defended Sony's choice and the masses would migrate over to Xbox.

Now, it launched at $250 at the current specs than Sony would be bankrupt!

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A $250 PS4 would have probably sold 18-20 million at launch alone. There's absolutely no doubt about that!

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jonathanalis on 13 February 2015

if they had doubled the ps+ price, should work to keep sony revenue.
and id say near 25M.

but 400 seems a lot better deal.

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Chasesdaddy84 on 13 February 2015

gergroy said:
King of a weird hypothetical, as a $250 ps4 probably wouldn't be anything like the $400 ps4 we have now. The wii came out that cheap because it incredibly underpowered, roughly the same as the GameCube. So assuming the same for the Sony, a $250 ps4 would be roughly the same as a PS3. If that was the case, and it didn't have a hook like the wii with motion controls, honestly I think it would have flopped...

I'm so confused by your response lol He was asking a hypothetical question. All facts and things that have to obey reality go out the window, hence the'hypothetical' question. It would be the same PS4, exactly as it is, sold at $250 at launch. Hypotheticals are supposed to be fun. Way to suck all the fun out of it haha ;p Also everyone else getting into the 'financials' and why it would destroy Sony. Well DUH! That's why it's a hypothetical question. Take it for what it is lol

IF it did launch at $250.. shortages would still be happening today most likely. 25m+ if not more. Price is the deciding factor for most. If the X Box One launched at $500 (as it did) and the PS4 at $250, it would have been a slaughter more than it already is. Probably 25+ million to 7 ish million. Since the One would have lost quite a lot of sales to the $250 PS4.