Pachter has a point: Sony blew it with the PS5 digital edition

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Ka-pi96 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

You do make a small point.  If consoles get too high in price, then customers will not buy it.  However if console prices stay low then retailers will not sell it, not in an all digital marketplace.  Retailers make no profit from console hardware.  Sony will be caught in a catch-22.  Regardless of what happens the console market will implode.  PC wins, and therefore Microsoft wins.  That is the natural result of an all digital future. 

I doubt that's the case. But even if it were, that could be changed. Retailers could sell it in order to make a profit from the hardware.

And in an all digital future only game specific retailers would be screwed. Personally I haven't went to a game specific retailer for a LONG time. Most of my gaming purchases are done via Amazon, general electronics stores or supermarkets. All places that would still operate regardless of whether physical games existed or not.

(referring to bold)  This is what I've been saying exactly.  They can sell hardware to make a profit, but if they do that then hardware will need to be priced near a PC of similar specs.  Retailers make a profit on PCs and that is why they are currently a lot more pricey than consoles.