New PS5 model officially announced

[IcaroRibeiro]

pikashoe said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

Is that so? Sony was also known for very high prices for PS3. Xbox implemented paid online many years also

Of course customers will react when charged for more than they are willing to pay. The problem is the margin. 3DS was sold for 250 USD when DS was already less than 100 USD and the Vita was around the corner. A successor launching thrice the price of the current console is far more impact full for customers than Sony increasing 50 USD for the digital version

But I believe the true wildcard for Sony here is PS4 instalbase. I migrated to PS5 because I wanted to keep my PS4 collection. I could go for Xbox which is slightly less expensive, and have better and cheaper services but the difference in price was not enough to justify having many physical and digital games rendered useless

The ps3 sold 70 million less than the ps2 a huge drop in sales. 

I'm really not sure what point you're trying to make here? I said in my first comment that sony would get away with this with no consequences, yet you are acting like I said they would suffer for it.

My intention was only to highlight pricing issues and anti consumers policies are old news, they exist for a long time now and they are mainly consequences of having very few players in the market. You drop Xbox One for PS4 and then get we have Sony increasing the prices of everything.

The point I want to make is cyclical nature of the market (you buy a console and stay locked to it for years if you want to extract the most value of your purchase) increase the likelihood of customers don't having much of a choice other than accept the practices or changing hobbies. 

The distinction I made for 3DS was the highlight customers can of course still choose the rival brand or some replacement for a console, but the cost difference will need to be huge. Xbox is a bit less expensive than PS5 but not enough to justify migration (yet).

Sony better watch out though, if MS somehow manages to make their acquisitions works and can pull something better than their current mediocre gaming output then keeping market share and high prices will no longer be such a pushover for Sony. So yeah, if you want Sony to review their price policies the best way is to cheer for Xbox become more competitive, asking for people to simple buy less Sony won't cut it