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KBG29 on 10 November 2016

Not even a question of whether it will do this or not. PS4 is not a console, it is a platform. It will sell way more than even the 175M he is predicting. Between PS4 and PS4 Pro, and future devices like TV's, Laptops/Tablets, and handhelds/phones running on the PS4 platform, sales will be closer to 500M units.

Under the One Sony future all Sony products will support the PS4 platform in some fashion, until it is succeeded by the PS5 platform. Basically PS4 is Sony's OS.

In the next 3 years there will be PlayStaion or PlayStation Supported devices, from $200 streaming boxes to $10,000 TV's. So, yes, Patcher is wrong, but this time he has massivly under estimated.



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Vertigo-X on 10 November 2016
LivingMetal said:

“I think Sony could go as high as 120-140 million pretty easily... And what I am most encouraged about is that the PS4 Slim is priced at $249- we’re seeing a faster degradation of the price curve for the PS4 than we saw for the PS3. That’s pretty impressive.

“And it’s the same with Xbox- you know, the Xbox 360, I don’t think it ever got below $300. Certainly you had sales, but I think the official price was $299 back when the Xbox One launched. So seeing the two major consoles at $249, barely three years after launch, is a really good sign. And if we can get a PS4 for $199, or $149, yes, they’re going to sell a ton of them.”

“Yeah, cheap is good,” he continued. “I mean, let’s be real, most people on the planet think that $400 is a lot of money. And most people on the planet appreciate that $300 is less than $400, and $200 is even less. Cheaper is better. And we know that McDonalds sells more hamburgers than restaurants sell stakes, because hamburgers cost a dollar, and stakes cost $20. So, you can feed yourself for a dollar instead of $20- it just makes sense. So if you dropped the price of a console to $200 – if Sony were able to – I think they could go as high as 175 million.”

-Michael Pachter

Take from: http://www.psu.com/news/31537/ps4-sales-175-million-price-drop-$200

Bahahahaha!



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teigaga on 10 November 2016
BraLoD said:
PS4 losing to the PS3 confirmed.

By the way, please write Patcher on the title, not analyst, so I dont have to click on it

Its not just Patcher, most gaming analyst are pretty bad and are only half invested in the industry which is why they stuff like this.



DonFerrari on 10 November 2016

Well, he had to jinx it



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

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http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

vivster on 10 November 2016

PS2 sold a lot when it was at 99.



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Barkley on 10 November 2016
KBG29 said:
Not even a question of whether it will do this or not. PS4 is not a console, it is a platform. It will sell way more than even the 175M he is predicting. Between PS4 and PS4 Pro, and future devices like TV's, Laptops/Tablets, and handhelds/phones running on the PS4 platform, sales will be closer to 500M units.

You're very wrong. PlayStation Now is Sony's multi-device platform. We won't be seeing "PS4 Phones".



lonerism on 10 November 2016

I think it can and will reach 100 million eventually



COKTOE on 10 November 2016

''Says analyst?'' This is Patcher. The undisputed god-king of analysts.



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Nautilus on 10 November 2016

So, when it cost less it has a better chnace of selling more?Thank you, Mr. Genious.

Oh, and I knew it was a trap when the title said "analyst".I knew it was Patcher all along!



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

Swordmasterman on 10 November 2016
Barkley said:
Oh god, it's not SOME ANALYST... it's PACHTER.

Regardless, 120 million is the highest I see it reaching.

Well...he is an analyst.