Plans change… or maybe Sony was merely engaging in “investor talk.”

Thr article I read was saying about "thought 2026" not the current fiscal year, I also remember some other article mentioning it to last the "year end sales period", I'll link you the former but I can't remember where I read the later.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techpowerup.com/346519/sony-prioritizing-monetization-of-current-ps5-user-base-in-fight-to-counter-rising-memory-costs%3famp

It would also not make sense to discuss strategies to prevent fluctuations for the period of just a single month, March, which would mark the end of the fiscal year, tho.

Doesn't matter, if the CFO really did say that, it needs to be confronted about it. You can't just say whatever you want when talking to investors.

In the case she did not say it and it was badly reported, then the reports need to be addressed because it clearly wasn't ok to report it like that.

Future game hardware costs are cooked, lol. PS6 will be $700+, Helix $1000+, 60-series graphics card $2000+ for the card alone. Dunno if Nintendo will hold tight on Switch 2, but likely a price increase is in the cards there too. I would get a Switch 2 now unless you cannot live without an OLED version.

This might give Switch 1 and Switch Lite a longer leash on life though.

When the PS3 launched, Sony was losing 200-300 dollars on each console sold because back then, the industry practice was to recoup via software. If they wanted the prices to come down now, they could easily do it. They do not want to. Because people will now pay whatever they're told to pay.

And then these companies and analysts will be complaining that the market is "shrinking" or "not growing". No sh*t Sherlock! What the heck did you all expect?

Whaat...the. fugggck.
This is insane.
I rather spend 100 bucks on a retro game that 650euro on a ps5.

Good thing this didnt happened at the beginning of the gen. Lots of people should have a ps5 by now.

That's a steep increase. Kinda regret not buying a PS5 during the holiday sale. I wonder at what point sales will severely suffer from all the price increases. And I really hope Nintendo won't follow suit (I guess it was a good thing they only went with 12 gigs of RAM, after all). The current market conditions just suck. Imagine what a 249$ PS5 could have sold lifetime.

Steep. People who don't have a PS5 or need a replacement are pretty screwed.
If I have to replace my PS5 for any reason, I'd probably have to get a used one and that would still probably be over $350 at least.