| archer9234 said: There's no point of the PS4 pro to exsist. The people who want more power, would ignore the pro, and skip to ps4k. That's where the canblizing would start. Than people would be acustom for the middle upgrade, to be abandoned fast. So people would wait it out. Causing sales issues, and brand hate. This is what happened to Street Fighter. |
Just no..... you just need to stop thinking that everyone wantsthe most powerful hardware on the market and just that. Its just not how it works.
In reality there are customers for every tier of hardware spec out there; and an even harsher reality is that the cheaper your hardware is the more customers it will appeal to.
If sony had a $200, $300, $400 and $500 console, they will all sell. Those that care about power a lot and want the best the Playstation ecosystem has to offer will opt for the $500 box. Those that couldn't care less would opt for the $200 one. Those in between will opt for the $300/$400 models. Either way SONY is happy cause at the end of the day they are all buying PS4s.
The bolded part is the most important thing in all this. People seem to think that power is all anyone cares about when it comes to consoles. It just isn't. When people buy a console it being the most powerful console is probably not in the top 2/3 reasons they buy it. They buy it firstly for the games, secondly for the games they can only get on it and then for the amunt of their friends that have the same console. Then you can start looking at things like power and features.
Someone that is willing to spend no more than $200 on a console, will not suddenly not buy the $200 console because their is a $400 version of the same console out there. Thats just not how it works.
