| Sephiran said: Scary to even speculate about how expensive the PS6 will be, but Sony will take away from PS5 generation that they now have such a big brand that they can just put the price as high as possible and people will still just rush to buy it, they don't need to care about an affordable price point like Nintendo. |
Well we don't yet know the price of the Switch 2. When I predicted a $350 barebones version and $400 standard version about 3 years ago, it was deemed "expensive". Now it's looking likely that $400 is the base price.
Sony is arguably the weakest among the three, because their software is not strong enough to future proof them. I gave Sony shit myself for pricing the PS5 too high, but it's evident that it wasn't their fault as they are apparently still losing money (or barely breaking even) on hardware. So either chip makers are the despotic assholes, or the manufacturing process is not going down in cost and it's not anyone's fault.
Things were looking great for the PS5 early on when it was reported that they started making money on the disk edition, but everything took a turn for the worse over time. They should target lower specs for the base PS6 and release an expensive handheld version to boost sales, otherwise for the first time since PS3, I expect PS6 sales to go down significantly. Consoles have an aging audience and will not last forever.
Last edited by Kyuu - on 17 February 2025
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