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Will the PS4 get a price cut before 2016?

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KBG29 on 22 April 2015

I have no doubt they will drop the price of PS4 this year. The most important thing for Sony is building a userbase, and expanding the number of people using PlayStation Network Services. PlayStation Vue, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Music, and PlayStation Now, those services along with PS3/PS4/PSV game sales are where Sony will see massive profits.

PS4 will be at $299.99 US by September of this year, at the latest.



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vivster on 22 April 2015

Hopefully not. I don't want my precious to be losing value!



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PenguinZ on 22 April 2015

I expect to see bundles over price cut.



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theprof00 on 22 April 2015
mornelithe said:
fory77 said:

I'm almost sure Sony will sell >15M PS4s this year without a pricecut with every unit sold at a profit (?), so i don't see why they should do it, considering they're not so good financially.

No.

Haven't been paying much attention to Sony financials lately, have you?  Granted, they're not completely out of the woods, but, if things continue as they are, once the restructuring completely slides off the books after the 2015/16 fiscal year, they should be fine.

Beyond that, it's common knowledge that consoles make more money from games, periphery and other revenue streams associated with the consoles, than they do the upfront profit off of hardware.  Dropping the price to encourage faster growth, only increases overall profit for the brand.

This was my exact response to said post.

It is more beneficial to Sony right now to take a small hit on console sales profit in order to grow the brand faster than the competition. With every leap over xb1, comes the potential for more exclusives. It's a snowball effect.



ReimTime on 22 April 2015

I would love to see a price cut! If they cut the price I'll pick up a PS4 this summer



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ethomaz on 22 April 2015

$349 after E3... August or September.

$299 is just something Sony doesn't need and can destroy definivilly the competition... so I don't believe in the magical $299 PS price point this year.



Platina on 22 April 2015

Before 2016, probably but I doubt there would be one by the end of 2015



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ethomaz on 22 April 2015

mornelithe said:

It wasn't lost, it was just pushed back into 2016.  So, for the purpose of this thread it's lost for 2015.

The delay was for what month? FY2015 ends in March 2016 so seems like it will be in the 2015 financials yet.



Puppyroach on 22 April 2015

If they want to see growth YOY they will have to cut the price. If they want to turn a major profit, they wont cut it. I'm not to sure which route they will take.



ethomaz on 22 April 2015
Puppyroach said:
If they want to see growth YOY they will have to cut the price. If they want to turn a major profit, they wont cut it. I'm not to sure which route they will take.

Well they are UP yoy until last figures: March 4th.