PS5 and PS Portal Price Increase Confirmed [Update]

[PAOerfulone]

Soundwave said:

PAOerfulone said:

Sony is not going to cancel PS6. The PlayStation line is probably their most profitable and healthiest division. They’re not going to cripple that by just cancelling their next system.

The most likely scenario is that they’ll sell it at a huge loss and make it up with software sales and PS Plus subscriptions.

The most likely scenario is people will just pay the higher prices even if the industry shrinks some in volume. Really, what else are you going to do? Buy an XBox? Sony knows they don't have a ton of direct competition.

Nvidia 60 series is probably going to be north of $2000 just for the GPU alone, so it's not like PC is going to be some value haven and MS Helix is likely to cost over $1000 at this rate too. 

Sony is not going to eat heavy losses on the Playstation 6, maybe a small amount, but people expecting them to lose hundreds of dollars a unit again probably don't understand how much the stock market has changed in the last 20 years. You run a company like that now and your stock is likely going into the toilet for a long time and you'll get fired as president. 

If PS6 is $750-$800 what are you going to do realistically? Most people will just pay it and accept that the industry is changed and things are never going to be 2004 again. Maybe it means Sony "only" sells 90 million PS6s instead of 120+ mill the PS4 sold and far less than the PS2 ... but I think Sony is OK with that. If they can get enough XBox "refugees" honestly, they probably can maintain their overall sales volume even if the industry is selling less and less hardware overall.  

I couldn’t help but notice you didn’t mention Nintendo.

They’re absolutely competition for Sony, no matter what they will tell you. Especially now that 3rd party support on Nintendo is the strongest its been since the SNES era and getting stronger by the day. To the point where GTA VI might, just might, be a possibility. 

With games more scaleable than ever, Switch 2’s current specs are more than satisfactory for developers and we’ve reached the point where developing for PS5/PS6 level hardware has become more costly and time-consuming than what its worth. GTA VI can do it because… It’s GTA VI. But a new IP, even from a major studio? That’s a high-risk, low reward decision - Exactly the kind of thing the stock holders you mention frown upon.

And as times change, so do consumer habits. With hardware getting more scaleable, it’s also harder and harder to tell the difference and really justify the additional cost. “Do I really need to spend $800-1,000 on a new PS6, when I can get the same game on my PS5 and it still looks and plays fantastic? Or I can get it on Switch 2, it still looks and plays great AND it’s portable?”

As for the hardcore graphics/spec enthusiasts - People who would spend that much on new hardware will get a PC anyway, even a lower-mid tier PC is already at the rumored spec range of the PS6 for around $1,000-1,500.

If you’ve already saved $1,000, what’s an extra $500 + free online?