Five reasons why I'm not bothered by Sony's PS5 hardware and software prices

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Kyuu said:

Sephiran said:

Sony knows they can raise the price because unlike Nintendo, PS sales never fluctuate, the same people will always buy the next PS console, Nintendo on the other hand actually fluctuates greatly from one generation to the next when it comes to console sales, showing that ''Nintendo fanboys'' doesn't really exist, while PS is built on having the biggest fanboys that has ever existed in gaming.

Poor argument.

Nintendo's handhelds are just as stable as Sony's home consoles, and without as much reliance on 3rd party content. Nintendo's hybrids will probably prove even more stable.

Sony's home consoles are consistently at least solid in 1st party games and comfortably the best in 3rd party support (only X360 truly challenged it, and it was expressed in sales and marketshare). This is the primary reason why their consoles don't fluctuate too much, and why the Playstation brand is so strong today.

"Fanboyism" has nothing to do with it. Fanboys of every platform are just a loud minority. Playstation remains a great platform.

Consistency and marketing helps quite a bit. SNY makes this blatantly obvious with their naming scheme, and more recently, keeping the same font even. Their messaging and marketing tend to be quite clear most of the time as well. Consumers like this.

Nin tried this with Wii and then Wii U but failed due to poor marketing and messaging. They've since learned with Switch and Switch 2 and look likely to succeed this time, in part due to consistency, among other things.

And then there's XB...