Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Patcher, who recently said he thinks the PlayStation 5 will be out in 2019, also told GamingBolt that he thinks the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro will get $50 price drops this holiday:
I don?t think Microsoft is all that competitive. Xbox One S is priced the same as the PS4, and I don?t think they are competitive at all with the Xbox One X, currently priced at [$499, $100 more] than the PS4 Pro, and highly likely to be priced $150 more than the PS4 Pro by holiday. My guess is, Sony will cut the everyday PS4 price to $249, and the PS4 Pro price to $349 this holiday, and Microsoft will be too expensive, so Sony will keep its price advantage this holiday.
It’s worth noting that Pachter previously expected the PS4’s price to drop to $199.99 this year. Additionally, Sony said at E3 that they have no plans to drop the PS4 Pro’s price. Since Black Friday 2016, Sony temporarily dropped the PS4 Slim’s price to $249.99 USD several times.
In a separate interview with GamingBolt, Pachter compared the upcoming Xbox One and PS4 exclusives, saying State of Decay and Days Gone are both zombie games, Forza Motorsport 7 and Gran Turismo Sport are both great racing games – but he’s never heard anyone say they bought a console “because of its racing game” – and Sea of Thieves “looks stupid.” He added, “So I don?t think the announced lineup looks as appealing as PlayStat...