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Azzanation on 01 September 2022
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ConservagameR said:
Azzanation said:

Whats Xbox got to do with this?

the-pi-guy said:

As mentioned above, chip costs are going up, instead of down like they usually have.

Not to mention, the exchange rates are down, so areas where the PS5 was barely making money are now losing money.

That shouldnt have to fall on the consumer especially when these companies are making record profits. Sony should be eating the cost not the consumers in this instance.

Hardware was never the best way to earn profit, it is all about the software and subscriptions which is what makes up the losses on the hardware.
Azzanation said:

They are getting away with pushing the $70 price tag on software, why not on the hardware aswell.

I dunno, who's not charging $70 for games? Who immediately came out after and said they won't be raising their hardware prices? The same company who said they won't be charging $70 for their games? The same company who was comparing Game Pass to the new PS Plus just before it was revealed? Are XB games and Game Pass even comparable to PS games and PS Plus?

So every single company from the bottom up, can increase prices and pass the buck, but when it lands on the final company prior to the consumer, in this case PS (or XB), you think those companies should have to eat all the extra cost? They don't get to pass the buck as well like everyone else prior?

It wasn't all that long ago where XB tried to take more bucks with XB One through Kinect and DRM, and is only eating the costs now because they have to and because MS can easily afford to, and always has been able to with XB.

I am still confused with what you are trying to say with your first paragraph.

The costs here seems to only exists with Sony at this moment, both Nintendo and MS came out and said they wont be raising their prices on hardware which means Sony has some special costs that doesn't exist with the other brands. 

When Xbox tried to raise the prices on Live, the fans stood up and Xbox backed down, when PS raised the prices of games to $70, the fans defended the decision and now Sony see this loyalty and are now raising the hardware prices and guess what, the fans are defending this decision. I can see what the issue is here.