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Robert_Downey_Jr. on 24 May 2020
kazuyamishima said:
Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
Imagine if Sony had cut to $199 in September of 2018. They'd probably be on track to rival PS2

September 2018 was too soon. But the system is still selling at $299 (slim) and $399 (pro).

But from now It all depends on Sony’s strategy, do they want to make the most profit possible or want to sell more units??

Selling more units generates more profits long term.  Also I don't think it was too soon they could've struck while the iron was hot and kept their baseline up for more years.  Also with BC in the next gen they're investing in the future as PS4 owners are more likely to upgrade to PS5 with all their games 



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Robert_Downey_Jr. on 24 May 2020
curl-6 said:
Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
Imagine if Sony had cut to $199 in September of 2018. They'd probably be on track to rival PS2

Would've made a whole lot less money though. I mean Nintendo could drop the Switch to $199 and the Lite to $99 if they wanted, but then they wouldn't be making those juicy profit margins. Profit is more important to companies than sales numbers.

PlayStation plus and more games and probably more PS5 owners with BC next gen



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DonFerrari on 24 May 2020
MasonADC said:
DonFerrari said:

Well some predicted cataclism in 2018 or even 2019 predicting PS4 wouldn't pass Wii =p

No idea what this means 

On a thread predicting when PS4 would pass Wii in sales there were people saying never up until mid 2019.

The only way that would happen would be apocalypse.



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

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

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

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

loy310 on 24 May 2020
Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
Imagine if Sony had cut to $199 in September of 2018. They'd probably be on track to rival PS2

Well the former CFO became the CEO that same year.

His focus base on his experience is managing the company finances. That type of CEO is more likely to not sell products at a loss, hence no PS4/Pro price cut.

And he likely wont cut prices on PS4 until well into next gen.



curl-6 on 24 May 2020
Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
curl-6 said:

Would've made a whole lot less money though. I mean Nintendo could drop the Switch to $199 and the Lite to $99 if they wanted, but then they wouldn't be making those juicy profit margins. Profit is more important to companies than sales numbers.

PlayStation plus and more games and probably more PS5 owners with BC next gen

Well, I'm not privy to what goes on in the upper echelons of Sony but given they chose not to cut the  price I can only imagine they figured the profit margin they made on each console would bring in more than selling a greater number of systems at a loss.



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DonFerrari on 25 May 2020
curl-6 said:
Robert_Downey_Jr. said:

PlayStation plus and more games and probably more PS5 owners with BC next gen

Well, I'm not privy to what goes on in the upper echelons of Sony but given they chose not to cut the  price I can only imagine they figured the profit margin they made on each console would bring in more than selling a greater number of systems at a loss.

That is the most reasonable conclusion. Considering Sony have been doing well then we can only assume that whatever price point they kept the console is the one that on their projections generate the biggest profit.



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

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

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

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