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aTokenYeti said:
It really just goes to show how sometimes luck and random chance can completely change and industry. I think under the market conditions of the 2010s (which is when the bulk of the planning and design of the PS5 took place), Sony’s strategy of one unified console design with the only difference being a disk drive was the correct call. Under those same market conditions, opting for power and a premium feature set was also the right call. Chip supply was plentiful, the economy was in good condition, AMD was on the upswing, all of the pieces were there. Covid completely transformed the global economy. The power and premium build quality Sony opted for is now a supply chain liability. The supply chain break down also drove up inflation globally, which triggered a global corporate spending spree that it does not appear Sony was prepared for. Honestly, outside of a 2013 Xbox One style E3 presentation equivalent, this generation could not have started out worse for Sony. The inability for Sony to build a substantial early generation lead is going to be extremely costly down the line |
I dunno, it's definitely not ideal circumstances for PS5 but they're still in a much better place than they were in, say, the early years of the PS3.
