| ConservagameR said: Unfortunately I have to bow out here. I already upset another XB fan by making strong arguments and I don't wish to be further doxed and banned because of that. Apparently more money and power is the answer against a truly worthy competitor. Sad to see things go this way, but not everything can be learned the easy way. |
You can bow out whenever you want, I don't see your points and fail to understand your defense on this. If you believe what these corps tell you, well I hope you do that with all of them and not just your favorites ones.
IcaroRibeiro said:
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 |
I am also a victim of this as I get suckered in to paying more for things even if I don't agree with the price increase. The issue is people support and defend these decisions. The moment we saw game prices go up to $70, there were people defending it meanwhile failing to see the record profits these corps are making on software. Example: EA made record billions last gen on MTs, Lootboxes, software sales etc, now they have increased their price on games to $70 and still delivering the same Fifa and Maddan half arsed games while charging more. This is exactly what Sony is doing with the PS5, giving you the same thing but charging for more. The industry followed Sony's lead with pushing $70 games and now everyone is doing it and taking advantage of it like EA. I am grateful that others are not following on the hardware front (yet) as its not justifiable. It's not the consumers fault to have to pay more especially when these corps are still racking in billions. They can easily eat the cost and make 10 times back via their subs and software sales.
Remember when Xbox were going to raise the Gold Live price? Remember the uproar from the customers? Xbox turned away from doing it. Unfortunately because so many are defending Sony's decision, they are walking over their own customers and new customers. They just simply want you to pay more. Possibly due to the $5b lawsuit in the UK they are dealing with or the billions they might lose if MS buy Activison. So instead, they are just upping their costs and letting the people pay for these losses.
