Sony reportedly discontinues all PS4 Pro and most PS4 Slim models production in Japan

smf · Jan 7, 2021

yoyoyo69 said:
I take this as a sign Sony is really feeling the pressure from Microsoft and wants to force people onto next gen.

It might be that they have so much more demand for the ps5 that they want to free up manufacturing slots.

yoyoyo69 said:
Perhaps they're planning to introduce a cut down system, similar to the Series S (hence dropping the Pro too). It's strange they're dropping the PS4 production so soon,

They are keeping one PS4 SKU, similar to how they sold the psone during the ps2 and ps2 slim during the ps3.

It wouldn't make sense for them to drop the slim and keep the pro.

eriol33 · Jan 8, 2021

cearp said:
Ok but it's a games console, not an investment opportunity...!
If you want to buy and sell things, why not pick gold or btc or something.

But if you just want to play the latest games, don't care about hacks etc, ok I understand - you might as well sell your PS4 whilst it is still 'relevant' and desirable but...
I bought a new ps tv/vita tv when they were not so popular and only around $40, now they go for like x4 the price, used!
If I were to sell it I'd make money, but I'd only do that on the assumption that I'd never want to buy it again in the future (without spending a lot of $)

I know, it's just that I used to cling with my old consoles for a long time yet never use them and they really eat my space, and maybe because of Marie Kondo, i avoid being attached to anything that I haven't used for two years.

Kioku · Jan 8, 2021

RyRyIV said:
Kind of wild that they’re effectively killing the PS4 so early into the PS5’s launch. But hey, with all the press surrounding difficulty getting a PS5, it’s not hard to see why they’re confident.

False bravado brought on by scalpers. Good stuff. Not to say the PS5 wouldn't do well on its own. There's obviously a market.

chrisrlink · Jan 8, 2021

well at least their nice bout hacker one unike nintendo cause hackers can release the exploits after a certain amount of time i imagine we'll see a lot more stuff now that production is winding down

the_randomizer · Jan 8, 2021

Hey, maybe they should actually make more than 10 PS5s this time, if they want people to move on from PS4.

Codemastershock · Jan 11, 2021

They are keeping one PS4 SKU, similar to how they sold the psone during the ps2 and ps2 slim during the ps3.

The big difference is that these slim versions, although different and more reliable, they offered basically the same experience compared to the older models, unless you used the parallel port or the internal hard drive.
They kept only the most basic model, not even the 1TB one (I find it dumb, 500GB is awful for any modern console) and I think they did this to make the difference between the PS4 and the PS5 more striking to a less techy potential person to buy a new console. This person would not see that much of a difference between the PS4 Pro or the One X compared to the new generation especially with the launch lineup of these consoles, so the idea is to sell only the cheap last gen or the premium high end with nothing in between.

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