| Azzanation said: Nice job, I wont be supporting greed. |
You likely wouldn't buy them even if they kept the price. I'm don't say this in a attack or an offense directed to you, so please wait a bit and I will come back to this subject
Just like I still got a PS5 even if Series S was costing literally less than half of the price (2100 BRL vs 4700 BRL), and have a better and less expensive subscription model. But in the end, I was a PS4 owner and I wanted to carry my PS4 library + PS exclusive games simply obliterates Xbox as for now, so those 2600 BRL was worth it
I agree with you though that high prices sucks and annoys me when people defends it
It's like when I start to rage when I see those 1 million sellers from Switch NEVER decreasing from 60 USD, and that's why I'm currently buying like two games a year for my Switch
But I also understand the reason why they increasing the price is because at this point Sony cannot get the market share of Xbox users (which you are included) because those users are too invested on their current ecosystem
One positive thing (for companies) about BC compatibility and subscription models is that you are much more likely to keep your current install base instead of having a hard reset every generation, as such Sony is thinking their customers (who are already paying more than the Xbox user) aren't seeing those 50 USD as any more troublesome. I for once would still getting a PS5 because, as I said, my PS4 gaming library worths so much more than just 50 USD. So even if I disagree with Sony practices, what are my options? Go to Series S and buy all my games again? What about my Playstation exclusives? Wait a few more years and hope for a PC release?
You see, the problem with console market is that the options are so few that even if Sony is too expensive their current competitors are either just as expensive (Nintendo) or a straight downgrade compared to what I want to play (Xbox)
TLDR: I don't have much hope anything will change, that are just too few players in the market. For now I cannot boycot either of my favorite manufacturers, even if I disagree with their pricing policies, because the third option would be PCs which are even MORE expensive and harder to set up as well (but the software is less expensive at least). What is left for me is to be more mindful and buy less games, being either Sony or Nintendo, at least for as long as Microsoft don't upgrade their software line up to counter Sony and Nintendo offers
