BraLoD said:
Not yet. PS has been testing waters. Raising standard game full price (I think that one would happen anyway, tho). Not making any price cuts the entire gen. Slim is not cheaper. Raising the price of the PS5 in several places in 2022, then again massively on Japan now. And now this absurd price for the Pro, with no SKU options for pre-installed disc drive model or even a 1TB model, and everywhere is a lot worse than that $700 price in USA. They don't even give a stand charging that much! There is no way the PS6 will not follow suit on being "premium priced" if the consumers keep accepting it, there will be no good options, and when that happens it'll be too late to be worried. |
I think you're just ignoring the economic situations if you're framing all of this as Sony testing the waters on how much it can shaft consumers. Prices of manufacturing for Consoles and GPU's are not in a good place. Xbox have raised their prices since launch, Nintendo launched the Switch over 7 years ago and haven't cut its price, despite Switch being the only console hardware sold at a profit. Even Nintendo has made the jump to $70 for some titles, soon a lot more no doubt.
Per the fiscal reports PS5 hardware is STILL sold at a loss. They are expecting to lose money on hardware this fiscal year.
If consumers won't accept higher prices and the cost of manufacturing doesn't improve in the years ahead then the PS6 will just be less powerful, not a better price to power ratio.
Last edited by Zippy6 - on 11 September 2024
