Who is the most money grubbing console maker in the industry?

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Bandorr said:
Hard one.

Microsoft started off the whole "pay for internet" and they did it without giving any benefit PLUS locking out netflix behind the paywall. Even the whole "no more used games" felt a bit money grubbing.

Nintendo is doing a $300 handheld, and those accessories are the most insane thing I've seen. And if the online is anywhere near $60 a year/$5 a month then giving out ONE nes/snes that you get to play for one Month is beyond horrifying. Plus the extreme tackyness of the Amiibos. Plus there games never seem to discount.

Sony did the whole $600 console thing. I don't know how lower they actually could have gone with the Blu-ray/BC to ps2 to though. Reading up apparently they lost money on this - So I guess I can't call that money grabbing.

Exactly, people can't say that sonys $600 was money grabbing because it was still sold at a loss. They knew they couldnt sell it at a profit because it would of been too much for the consumer, they also couldnt go too low otherwise it would of completely killed and bankrupted the gaming division of Sony so they had to draw the line somewhere where they could make a loss but grind it out long enough until the price of parts went low enough and they could start making money.

I don't think you can class this as money grabbing, money grabbing is when you can make good profit at a certain price but still decide to put it higher.