| the-pi-guy said: Yes it's about the mula. That's what every company does. You're making a lot of assumptions though. We don't know what all the options are for the PlayStation Portal. We don't know whether there will be other headsets with PlayStation Link aside from these two. |
Yes, every company wants the mula, but not every company chooses to go full anti-consumer to do it. When companies go this route they deserve to be called out.
Cheaper link headphones would make it slightly less heinous, but omitting BT is still totally taking the piss.
| the-pi-guy said:
The justification is to explain why the earbuds costs $200. It isn't "Sony is high tech", or that "Sony doesn't make compromises" or any other such garbage. It is just me explaining that the earbuds probably have the tech to be worth $200. As for the Portal, the DualSense alone costs $70. The backbone costs $100. Add in an 8" 1080p display with battery and wireless capabilities; I think $200 is a semi-reasonable price point |
I wouldn't be bothered if Sony were only offering super-duper high end earbuds for 5 grand, as long as they didn't lock consumers out of using their perfectly functional prexisting buds...
I actually don't have a problem with the portal being priced at 200 bucks. It's the 400 bucks if you want wireless earbuds that I take issue with.
Last edited by the-pi-guy - on 28 August 2023
