HappySqurriel on 18 December 2012
| PScollector said: No qlue why people sook about paying 500 for a console.............you pay more for a mobile phone these days. |
Most people don't pay nearly that much out of pocket for their smart-phones ...
Smart phones are such popular gadgets because people often get them for $200 or less when they sign up to contracts, and few people who own the $500+ smartphones paid full price for them. If a console manufacturer figured out a way to give an $1,000 console for free if people were willing to sign up for a 5 year cable television and high-speed internet contract the actual sales price of the console would be pretty meaningless; as it is for the $800 phones that are sold for less than $200 on a 3 year data+voice contract.
