Is there even a mass market for next genn console's anymore?

[Zippy6]

Qwark said:

Zippy6 said:

Gaming hardware is screwed. Switch 2 is not gonna stay at $550, PS5 ain't staying at $650.

Now is not the time to launch a new generation. Sony can coast on the over 90m PS5's they've already sold. Nintendo however have to somehow build their installbase over the next few years.

Nintendo could afford too subsidise the hardware since the Switch was a money printing machine. With all their branding out in movies and theme parks I doubt they have much of a choice.

Switch 2 will already be subsidised. Right now they're probably losing almost $150 per unit on that language locked $370 Japanese model.

Analysts predicted before launch it cost $330 to produce, right now it's probably risen to the $500 mark and MS are saying they expect memory prices to double again by next fall lol.