Who is the most money grubbing console maker in the industry?

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jason1637 on 15 January 2017

Nintendo

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Robert_Downey_Jr. on 15 January 2017

MS with the selling of recharge kits and headphone kits this gen as steps back from their previous controller tips this competition in their favor (or disfavor I guess) for me.

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Robert_Downey_Jr. on 15 January 2017

Acevil said:

naruball said:

The 3g version costing $299 is completely irrelevant and you bringing it up shows how weak your point is. That was a luxury product for the few people that wanted it. If Sony makes a gold ps4 controller and charges x amount for it, you wouldn't bring it up in a discussion because it would be just as irrelevant.

The device could have used SD cards and the 3rd party developers would have had no reason to make games for it after the fiasco with psp getting hacked and no one buying games for it at the end of its life. Not even superb games like God of War: Ghost of Sparta. They had to combat piracy somehow and that was one of the ways to convince developers that they had nothing to fear. The prices were high. I mentioned that already. But saying that "they could have easily used SD card" is naive at best.

Never said that there were "launch bundle for 249.99 that came with memory". Don't know where you read that. There were, however, bundles with a game and a memory card for more than 249.99 but less than bought seperately. It's usually how bundles work.

As for this, "don't take offense because I picked one of your favorites and showcased it". I'm one of the few members here who give credit when I believe they deserve it. I have both praised and critised countless times all three companies in various occasions. So, please keep your assumptions to yourself.

I am talking about launch, I am not talking any other point with my point that companies even sony can do money grubbing, doesn't matter to me if someone fixes themselves later, same with Nintendo, because Nintendo could reduce the price of everything months after, wouldn't change the fact they were money grubbing at that point. I can highlight different things sony has done that seen as money grubbing behaviour, ranging from PS3 Launch and how they went about it or the fact Sony was the first companies to introduce Online Pass with Socom 3 Fireteam Bravo 3. They also did good, if you truthfully want me to list that aswell.

Again if you want me to do all three I can as well, since I do find good and huge faults in all three, and at the end of the day, they all want to make Money.

Also I will accept the last paragraph, and will apologize, only because I do believe you in that. I am sorry for stepping out of line with that.

ps3 launch was not money grubbing. They charged $600 but they lost money on each one. For what they were offering the price was more than fair. The gamn bluray alone was expensive as hell in 06

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Zkuq on 15 January 2017

During the 7th gen (as well as Wii U), I'd definitely have answered Microsoft, followed by Nintendo. Now it's easily Nintendo, followed by Sony (because of essentially rented games) and finally Microsoft (because of truly 'owned' games).

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Cloudman on 15 January 2017

Of the console makers? Probably Sony and Microsoft. 2-3 years after releasing their console, they make moderately more powerful consoles, the Pro and Scorpio, and then tease their player bases that they're the most powerful consoles on the market? That seems pretty awful to me. Sony does have VR though, and for the best experience, you'd need to have a PS4 Pro. So... give it to Sony I suppose.

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Robert_Downey_Jr. said:

Acevil said:

I am talking about launch, I am not talking any other point with my point that companies even sony can do money grubbing, doesn't matter to me if someone fixes themselves later, same with Nintendo, because Nintendo could reduce the price of everything months after, wouldn't change the fact they were money grubbing at that point. I can highlight different things sony has done that seen as money grubbing behaviour, ranging from PS3 Launch and how they went about it or the fact Sony was the first companies to introduce Online Pass with Socom 3 Fireteam Bravo 3. They also did good, if you truthfully want me to list that aswell.

Again if you want me to do all three I can as well, since I do find good and huge faults in all three, and at the end of the day, they all want to make Money.

Also I will accept the last paragraph, and will apologize, only because I do believe you in that. I am sorry for stepping out of line with that.

ps3 launch was not money grubbing. They charged $600 but they lost money on each one. For what they were offering the price was more than fair. The gamn bluray alone was expensive as hell in 06

It is money grubbing to save a format for the company so they didn't have to pay royality to Microsoft for HDDVD and instead gain royality for their own format. That is my honest view. However that is Sony corporation overall, and it was the expense of Sony Gaming. Not necessarily docking it for Sony Gaming, more so Sony Corporation and how Blu-ray war vs HD DVD war and how one company was willing to almost harm one division completely to win that stupid war.

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Ultrashroomz on 15 January 2017

Nintendo for sure.

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Bandorr said:
Hard one.

Microsoft started off the whole "pay for internet" and they did it without giving any benefit PLUS locking out netflix behind the paywall. Even the whole "no more used games" felt a bit money grubbing.

Nintendo is doing a $300 handheld, and those accessories are the most insane thing I've seen. And if the online is anywhere near $60 a year/$5 a month then giving out ONE nes/snes that you get to play for one Month is beyond horrifying. Plus the extreme tackyness of the Amiibos. Plus there games never seem to discount.

Sony did the whole $600 console thing. I don't know how lower they actually could have gone with the Blu-ray/BC to ps2 to though. Reading up apparently they lost money on this - So I guess I can't call that money grabbing.

Exactly, people can't say that sonys $600 was money grabbing because it was still sold at a loss. They knew they couldnt sell it at a profit because it would of been too much for the consumer, they also couldnt go too low otherwise it would of completely killed and bankrupted the gaming division of Sony so they had to draw the line somewhere where they could make a loss but grind it out long enough until the price of parts went low enough and they could start making money.

I don't think you can class this as money grabbing, money grabbing is when you can make good profit at a certain price but still decide to put it higher.

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