Is that really true?
don't they have fixed price decreases in their deal with AMD over time, so that they can lower prices on slim models and such? And RAM prices go down, along with NAND, as economies of scale increase the amount being ordered right? Prices have to always come down over time, as parts are new, exotic and difficult to make at first but over time more supply is ordered, from a variety of companies, and then it becomes faster and cheaper to make those components.
I think the age of rapidly reducing console prices are over but not because of that, because they figured out with temp Ps3/360 sales during promotions in early 2010s that consumers will buy a cheaper console at certain periods vs always having the console at that reduced price year round.
like I'm sure they could've made Xbox One S and PS4 slim profitable at $199 by now, and by late 2017 or mid 2018, but they believe $199 sales during e3, summer, holidays drive more traffic to their platforms vs $199 year round
