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Kyuu 5 days ago
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Louie said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

It's still very doable. They could just repurpose the PS6P handheld chip and put it into a console shell. As long as it performs similarly to a PS5, you've got 50 million right there easy because Xbox will not have any product with mass market price point. Only competitor will be Switch 2 and performance wise it will beat that easily 

You think people are going to buy a console that is basically a PS5, but with only 512GB of storage? Who in their right mind would "upgrade" to this? Sony for decades has cultivated a fanbase that wants the most powerful console on the market. They are not going to entice their fans with "here's another PS5 LOL, go buy the new one for 600$ for no reason". 

A low to medium percentage will buy the PS6 but I don't think it matters. Sony's fanbase never wanted "the most powerful console on the market". PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS5 were all weaker than some of the direct competitors. They just appreciated the generational wow factor like everyone else. The current generation's leap in graphics being small has already conditioned Sony's playerbase and gamers at large to no longer expect crazy generational jumps, hence Playstation is bigger and more successful than ever despite the countless challenges.

Game development not being determined by the start of a new generation is actually great for Sony. Nintendo is the one that has it rough at the moment in the sense that they can't rely on the obsolete Switch 1 during this crisis the way Sony will rely on PS5. According to Valve, 70% of active PC's are weaker than the new Steam Machine (which is around PS5 level). The PS5 might remain relevant and popular for a very long time. I think Playstation will be a lot like PC, with the great majority of gamers choosing the PS5 and weak-ish gaming PC's over PS6 and mid/highend PC's from 2027 and up. CrossGen and scalability may future proof the PS5.

Nintendo's 3rd party support will dramatically improve, but I don't expect many of the existing PC/PS/Xbox gamers to jump ships to Switch 2. I don't think Nintendo will be able to keep Switch 2 prices reasonable for too long. Out of everyone, they're in the most need to build an installbase, so the RAM and NAND crisis is especially troubling for them.