Soundwave on 29 July 2025
$600+ hardware is going to become the norm. PS6 will likely be $599.99 minimum, quite possibly $699.99.
Days of getting a ridiculous piece of kit for like $399.99 are over.
These companies have to make money off hardware too, these days your dev studio for any of these companies can maybe make like 1 game per generation that is also going to cost like 3-4x what they used to cost 20 years ago.
You can't just rely on software to make money from, the hardware has to make a profit, and probably a sizable one at that. Gotta have money coming in, can't just sit there and wait for the Uncharted/Zelda/whatever team to take 7 years completing their next game.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 29 July 2025
