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curl-6 said:
EricHiggin said:

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.

They increased the price because they realized they could make more than they initially thought. Inflation too.

Switch 2 and PS3 are in completely different situations; Nintendo isn't trying to push a format like PS3 was with Blu Ray, and they're selling on portability rather than pushing high end power.

There were absolutely poor calculations involved with the PS3, but they decided to take those losses because they thought it would be worth it in the long run.

You just keep reacting and adjusting after explaining how business supposedly works. Just like all these business decisions I've been pointing out that were poor and wrong that led to adjustments. Yet your point is that Nin is right and is doing what is right for their business. My point is that I think Nin got it a bit wrong, mostly just with some of the pricing. My point is based on what I feel is not only in the best interest of the gamers, but also Nin in the long run, and not selfishness.

I'd much rather see more SW2 units sold than SW1, vs only seeing around say, 100M sales, give or take. The more gamers the merrier, no?



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.