killer7 said:
The PS6' sucess depends on so many things. First of all its hardware. Will it be a revolutionary console technological or will it be a smaller leap to its predecessor like gen 8 was to gen 7? How will be Switch 2s marketposition? Will Xbox have a new president that makes it great again (chances are low but you never know). The price is not so important today. PS diehards and collectors like me would also pay 1000€/$. But we know it won't be that expensive. Will it be a console or will it be a hybrid. The latter basically guarantees it to be 100% digital. Will it have a DD? If no you can loose a tiny part of the PS fanbase but like we saw, 70%+ are already on the digital train right now. I guess it will be 80%+ when PS6 hits in 2027. Its questionable if it makes sense upping an already high price for a part (disc drive) only ~20% or even less want. Yes you could argue selling it seperatly but if you include the technology for it, make retail games (package, shipment, taxes, less revenue...) does it pay off? How would the rest of the ~80%+ PS6 buyers react when they learn they need to pay extra money for something they don't use, especially since Sony discontinued BD production, they have to buy their discs from someone else. Discontinuing the format your games are saved on is not the way to convince your fans that physical is something you can rely on. This again would influence game prices wich already suffer from inflation. Are you ready to pay european SNES/N64 prices (100€+) for a PS6 game only because its physical? It won't be cheaper digital because Sony could cause an outrage from physical buyers and complains they would prioritize digital and want to make physical more unatractive than they made it already. I personally think they go the easy route by just make it clear and simple so no one feels fooled: Want to stay physical? PS5(Pro) will still have physical for the next years. You want PS6? You need to go with the times... |
Yeah, now you're making more sense, because bringing up their past failures to downplay a console that we know nothing about is... lol.
To respond your points, Sony not ending all Blu-ray production, only rewrittable ones, so that has nothing to do with games, movies or the PS6 having a disc drive or not.
And I do believe the PS6 will still play physical games, but it's probably going to be the last PlayStation that can do it. With how big digital is becoming even if the PS6 is digital only I don't think it's going to matter much.
Me personally I'll just stop buying PS consoles once they become digital only and I'm going to build a PC. But that's just me.
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