Yes. Not for decades to come necessarily, but most likely the next 5 or so years.
Console price cuts are dead and going up in most regions because of tariffs. Said tariffs are also affecting controllers and other hard goods.
Unless the tariffs are mostly to completely reversed, I cannot fathom PS6 below $750. If the next Xbox is not really a console and more a glorified Gaming PC more than consoles are then we're looking at $1000 and up.
Nintendo is surely waiting for the holiday season to pass (and maybe the fiscal year to end) before they jack up Switch 2 in the US to at least $500, if not $600. I don't see more price increases for Switch models, so those will actually be a lot cheaper than Switch 2.
$80 AAA games are all but guaranteed to be on the horizon for 2026 and beyond. Do you think Rockstar is going to charge $70 for GTA VI? Almost no chance.
AI crap and microtransactions will continue to infect the industry.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)
Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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