Why is there no such thing as luxury gaming?

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Mandalore76 said:

vivster said:
Because console makers don't want you to have premium experiences. So that only leaves the option to stay with the shit PC has to offer where money spending opportunities are limitless.

List of times "Premium Experiences" were rejected by the consumer due to prohibitively high price points:

NEO GEO:                      $649.99 (equivalent to $1,162 today) = 980,000 lifetime sales
3DO:                               $699      (equivalent to $1,180 today) = 2 million lifetime sales (low enough that it's company exited the hardware market)
Pioneer Laser Active:  $970      (equivalent to $1,635 today) = 10,000 lifetime sales

These were stand alone products. I gaurentee you that no compnay could ever succeed with an overpriced stand alone product. However, if you have a luxary option, that is part of a larger ecosystem, then that changes the equation. Sony could sell a $1,500 PS4, that cost them $1,100 to manufacture, and make a huge profit per unit sold, since it is a premium product. That makes the 500,000 to 1,000,000 units of this luxary option very profitable and lucrative.