IcaroRibeiro said:
Yup, I honestly don't care. Switch still 300 USD with 2017 tec, it's my benchmark for true overpriced tec. I think console prices are quite cheap still, considering the value they provide. It's a machine that will run for at least 7 years, and I play more than 20 hours a week Services and games in other hand are quite expensive for me. I've just paid 70 USD in Astrobot and I will get maybe 12 hours of gameplay which I can finish in a weekend. It's too expensive for a short game. I'm just focusing in long games, because I can't buy more than one game a month |
Yeah, I don't view that as a bad thing either.
Yes, console prices are increasing but that's because subsidizing them has become increasingly challenging as games ROI have gone down.
It was revealed during the FTC challenge of MS - ABK acquisition that Sony ROI was ~8% while MS was ~12%. Those. Sony's figure was confirmed this year by themselves (~7%). That's because, despite being more popular, most of their profits are redirected towards efforts to raise the limit imposed by their only ecosystem solutions with things like time exclusivity of 3rd party which Sony still used profusely. It was only a matter of time before shareholders asked why their dominant position was so fruitless compared to a less successful competitor and what is the point of continuing this way under those conditions.
On the upside, and I don't think people realize this to the full extent right now, moving consoles to a premium model also means moving away from exclusivity for both first and 3rd parties. So this to me only makes sense with Sony's earlier announcement that they are going to increase PC support.
