EricHiggin said:
SNY charged less for PS5 and didn't make it weaker. Losing money upfront on hardware is the norm, and only recently has SNY and MS tried to break even or make a small profit at launch. Nin is a bit different as they try harder to make money right off the bat with hardware, but that's not easy to do if you're offering more state of the art tech. Make up the difference somehow, like sell games, lots of games, expensive games? |
Sony didn't "charge less" for PS5; they charged what they thought would make them the most money; they took a loss on hardware (initially) because they make it back by having more people to milk for subscription money.
Nintendo isn't as focused on subscriptions and the like, and they don't have a ton of other huge non-gaming divisions to draw money from like Sony and MS do.
Switch 2 is already apparently sold at a loss, no company on earth would eat a further loss if it didn't benefit them.







