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JRPGfan on 24 May 2016
Bryank75 said:
I don't think it is a good idea making predictions and all of this, it is all gonna be very embarrassing...................................when they sell 25 Million! HYPE HYPEEEEE Tatsumaki senpukyaku!!

Honestly... a 50$ price cut from what its at now, alone should push it towards the 19m mark (it did 17.7m last year).

PS4K (Neo) should be able to get 3-4m new users/people upgradeing from a old PS4.

 

I wouldnt be surprised if they pulled off a 23m+ or so year.

GTsports & Uncharted, Persona 5, FFXV, Horizon Zero Dawn, No mans Sky, The Last Guardian, ect ect ect.

Theres plenty of games that ll make you want to get a PS4.



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Bryank75 on 24 May 2016
JRPGfan said:
Bryank75 said:
I don't think it is a good idea making predictions and all of this, it is all gonna be very embarrassing...................................when they sell 25 Million! HYPE HYPEEEEE Tatsumaki senpukyaku!!

Honestly... a 50$ price cut from what its at now, alone should push it towards the 19m mark (it did 17.7m last year).

PS4K (Neo) should be able to get 3-4m new users/people upgradeing from a old PS4.

 

I wouldnt be surprised if they pulled off a 23m+ or so year.

GTsports & Uncharted, Persona 5, FFXV, Horizon Zero Dawn, No mans Sky, The Last Guardian, ect ect ect.

Theres plenty of games that ll make you want to get a PS4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Mazzy on 24 May 2016

Think people are overestimating effect of Neo. I'd say very few consumers would opt to pay $100-200 more for better performance, I think many would just go for the cheaper PS4. If Sony doesn't have a Slim PS4 this year for $299 they're making a big mistake, because that will move units, not so much PSVR or Neo which appeals to hardcore fans and enthusiasts.



GribbleGrunger on 24 May 2016
Mazzy said:

Think people are overestimating effect of Neo. I'd say very few consumers would opt to pay $100-200 more for better performance, I think many would just go for the cheaper PS4. If Sony doesn't have a Slim PS4 this year for $299 they're making a big mistake, because that will move units, not so much PSVR or Neo which appeals to hardcore fans and enthusiasts.

And that's exactly who those products are aimed at. It also displaces older PS4s into the second hand market and so allow people on lower income to get into the PS infranstructure.



 

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fatslob-:O on 24 May 2016

PS4 slim incoming along with NEO and VR ...



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Mazzy on 24 May 2016
GribbleGrunger said:
Mazzy said:

Think people are overestimating effect of Neo. I'd say very few consumers would opt to pay $100-200 more for better performance, I think many would just go for the cheaper PS4. If Sony doesn't have a Slim PS4 this year for $299 they're making a big mistake, because that will move units, not so much PSVR or Neo which appeals to hardcore fans and enthusiasts.

And that's exactly who those products are aimed at. It also displaces older PS4s into the second hand market and so allow people on lower income to get into the PS infranstructure.

Used consoles/software wouldn't count towards that 20m.



GribbleGrunger on 24 May 2016
Mazzy said:

Used consoles/software wouldn't count towards that 20m.

No, but those that buy the NEO would. Instead of one console, that person bought two. That pushes the older model into the second hand market (or gift to a family member or friend) which of course then creates a much bigger market for the software. We'll see a huge spike in sales when the NEO releases, largely from enthusiasts and partly from those who have been sitting on the fence or intended to buy a PS4 anyway.



 

The PS5 Exists. 


Lrdfancypants on 24 May 2016
Conina said:
Lrdfancypants said:

I was against psvue at first but I finally tried the free trial and wow, I love it.  I did the math and it canceled everything but Internet which they discounted for me and ended up on track to save over $700 this year.  Then that savings increased because Sony implemented a $10 price drop for vue!  Who does actual price drops anymore?   

How is that even possible? How expensive is TV entertaiment where you live?

I was paying roughly $170 after taxes I believe for tv, phone and Internet 50/50.  I didn't use the phone but it actually cost the same without it they told me.  

The vue is $39.99 and I got the 50/50 for $57 after taxes.  

I called and complained and they offered me the same package for I think around $140 give or take after taxes but with two year contract.  Why sign a contract to pay $40 more a month.  So in all I saved around $70 a month from what I was paying and at the cheapest they offered $40 a month with two year contract.  

Keep in mind the package they offered had less features then ps vue on top of the price difference!  It was ridiculous. 



l <---- Do you mean this glitch Gribble?  If not, I'll keep looking.  

 

 

 

 

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CosmicSex on 24 May 2016
twintail said:
Wonder what e3 has in store

This is what I am thinking...



Swordmasterman on 24 May 2016
binary solo said:
There should be YoY growth up to this third full year, so I expect 20 million. The question is whether they can plateau and get 20 million 2 years in a row or whether hardware will start to decline. I imagine if Sony is expecting to do this short cycle hardware refresh thing as a long term strategy they will be looking for early PS4 buyers to upgrade to Neo as well as later gen adpoters and then in 2 or 3 years the PS4 NNeo will do the same thing, and by the time the PS4 NNNeo comes out any remaining PS4 og owners will feel like it's time to upgrade and also the PS4 Neo owners will be feeling like an upgrade is justified. So from NNNeo onwards you have a continuous cycle of people upgrading at probably a rate of 15 to 20 million per year ongoing. At least I reckon that's what Sony would like to have happen. I think if VGC wants to stay in the counting game and Sony is successful with this strategy VGC is going to have to count each Neo generation separately, otherwise "PS4" will eventually sell hundreds of millions, but not in the normal sense.

You know that they cannot make this thing of PS4 Neo forever ?, the Next version of PS4 need to run all the older PS4 Tittles (developers would need to make several patches to use the new Hardwares) and the games must run on the older plataforms.

And gamers would be angry if The new GTA came with GTA Saandreas's graphics on the first model  and GTA VI graphics on the last model.