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curl-6 said:
EricHiggin said:

Again, SNY wanted to charge more for PS5, but decided against it. They also had multiple designs prepared. They didn't choose the weaker design for cheaper, or even if the PS5 we got was the cheapest design, then they should've delayed the launch way early, and downgraded the hardware based on your thought process, but they didn't.

Nin is moving more and more towards subscriptions. You don't make a chat button and then lock it behind a sub (after a year) if you're not looking to grow and profit from your subscription business.

MS constantly ate it with XB in the earlier gens, and then early on with GP. SNY ate PS3 early on, and they ate it hard. Did those losses "benefit" them? Even in the long run? That's not to say Nin should put themselves in that situation right now, obviously not, but Nin as a company, and SW2 as a device, are nowhere near that realm of hurt, which means there's wiggle room.

Based on your reasoning, why didn't Sony release the PS5 at $400 for the base system like the PS4, instead of $500 as they did?

Sony chose the PS5 price point that would make them the most money, and Nintendo chose the Switch 2 price point that would make them the most money. All companies do whatever will make them the most money.

I mean, what's your argument here, that Sony are some kind of altruistic entity that care about us and lose money for our benefit out of the goodness of their hearts?

Even Sony's PS3 losses were a calculated sacrifice to help push Blu Ray and the long term goal of dominating the console space.

Nope. Why does SNY keep increasing prices, including PS5? If $499 was the magic number, you apparently can't charge more, or less, right?

Not SNY, are you crazy? MS and XB are clearly the most charitable................  jk. They're just comparisons. Competition tends to be a good thing.

So you're saying Nin should follow PS3 and take a $250 loss or more on SW2 hardware to take market share and dominate the industry? Personally PS3 seemed like mostly poor calculations and a lot of bad idea's that SNY ended up paying for and had to dig themselves out of.



PS1   - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.

PS2  - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.

PS3   - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.

PS4   - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.

PRO  -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.

PS5   - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.

PRO  -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.