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How Sony PS5 Decoy Pricing Drives Console Sales
Lucas and Luna unpack Sony’s PS5 pricing strategy — how the $499 standard edition and the $699 Pro edition create a decoy effect that pushes buyers toward the $599 mid-tier Slim model. They explore the 2024 launch data: Sony moved 65 million PS5 units by early 2026, with the Slim accounting for 47 percent of sales. The episode drills into the psychological architecture behind tiered console pricing, the role of storage capacity as an anchor, and how Sony’s experience with PS4 Pro and PS4 Slim informed the current lineup. They also touch on why Microsoft’s Xbox Series S and Series X pricing…
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