04-08-2024, 10:01 PM
They're going to cheat the numbers by releasing the PS5 Pro @ $699 or $799 or whatever, which the Sony Ponies will pick up at any price just to have a more powerful console than Xbox Series X. That will boost their revenue at the end of this year significantly.
PS5 pricing is all over the place, hovers between 469 and 528 Euro depending on discounts, official price of the Disc Model is 549 Euro. Which is why I think the price gap with the Pro will not be $100 but much higher.
PS5 Pro is a mistake. I've never heard anyone complain about the PS5 graphics or performance, people just want more games for the expensive console they bought. There's also plenty of folks still on PS4 because it's still supported so well and they have it hooked up to a desk monitor or whatever. 75% - 80% of the biggest PS5 games like Call of Duty and stuff are also on PS4.
If they want to grow the market Sony should just drop the price to 399 Euro. The market isn't growing because prices went up significantly and aren't dropping plus most of the big games were letdowns. I think it started to crash with that Marvel game and it got worse from there.
There is also a number families are willing to pay for things like birthday and christmas gifts and that isn't $499. Just look at how well Helldivers II is doing at a reasonable price and how many systems Nintendo is selling at $299 and $199. Even Valve quickly found success by releasing the Steamdeck at just ~$399. Microsoft and Sony seem to think that gamers are dissapointed by the graphics or something.
This 'premium product' type of strategy Sony is trying only works if you go balls deep 2x, 3x or 4x the price like Nvidia did. The people that bought $300 graphics cards were willing to buy $1500 graphics cards, meaning you only have to sell 2 instead of 10. Nvidia could lose half their customers and still make double the money: 10*300 = $3000, 5*1500 = $7500. But even Nvidia has 'cheap' $299 options, which suck but are just 'good enough' to be viable against the competition.
As for Microsoft, it doesn't matter if the biggest most powerful next-gen Xbox ever exists if games also have to run on the Series S|X and rumored Xbox handheld or third party Xbox consoles.
PS5 pricing is all over the place, hovers between 469 and 528 Euro depending on discounts, official price of the Disc Model is 549 Euro. Which is why I think the price gap with the Pro will not be $100 but much higher.
PS5 Pro is a mistake. I've never heard anyone complain about the PS5 graphics or performance, people just want more games for the expensive console they bought. There's also plenty of folks still on PS4 because it's still supported so well and they have it hooked up to a desk monitor or whatever. 75% - 80% of the biggest PS5 games like Call of Duty and stuff are also on PS4.
If they want to grow the market Sony should just drop the price to 399 Euro. The market isn't growing because prices went up significantly and aren't dropping plus most of the big games were letdowns. I think it started to crash with that Marvel game and it got worse from there.
There is also a number families are willing to pay for things like birthday and christmas gifts and that isn't $499. Just look at how well Helldivers II is doing at a reasonable price and how many systems Nintendo is selling at $299 and $199. Even Valve quickly found success by releasing the Steamdeck at just ~$399. Microsoft and Sony seem to think that gamers are dissapointed by the graphics or something.
This 'premium product' type of strategy Sony is trying only works if you go balls deep 2x, 3x or 4x the price like Nvidia did. The people that bought $300 graphics cards were willing to buy $1500 graphics cards, meaning you only have to sell 2 instead of 10. Nvidia could lose half their customers and still make double the money: 10*300 = $3000, 5*1500 = $7500. But even Nvidia has 'cheap' $299 options, which suck but are just 'good enough' to be viable against the competition.
As for Microsoft, it doesn't matter if the biggest most powerful next-gen Xbox ever exists if games also have to run on the Series S|X and rumored Xbox handheld or third party Xbox consoles.