Yep, we are four years in and it hasn’t had any price drops. PS4 was $300 at this juncture.
Xbox isnt moving units outside North America and UK. That was true at the start of this gen and still true now.
I reckon the vast majority of the first party diehards already have one. What is required is games like Fifa, COD and GTA to be current gen exclusive to give people a reason to upgrade. CFB in the US is a good example of this.
From what I've heard is they generally aren't announcing games until they are close to being ready for release and the reason for this is because the have been heavily criticized online for announcing games to early in the past.
Europe/UK doesn't matter. Just like all the other regions where Xbox series is struggling for relevancy. 'Merica or bust!
That is exactly how I see it. If Nintendo does indeed come in with a 399$ price tag, and say, Mario Kart 9, that thing is gonna blitz the market.It's still almost 40% down from 2022, where they had a lot of stock problems, i wouldn't call that amazing, they are fine tho, while the rest is struggling really hard
We'll see what Nintendo is cooking for next-gen, but if they do it right with a decent price and some interesting upgrades from Switch, the gap between their console and the other ones could be way bigger than ever before
It won’t.
IMHO Nintendo was going to release this earlier but saw the downturn in the market, predicted when it would end, and set Switch 2 release date for then. This also allowed them to build up stock for the launch. The idea is to get a huge launch at a lower price(399) that will hit when the market is coming out to see the sunlight after the long rain. Ideally they want to sell a lot of these day one to get a headstart on replacing Switch 1s. This also gives them time to launch evergreens by the first holiday without having to stack them all up at launch.
Folks are often oblivious to irony. That he’ll say that while hula dancin’ for Xbox is telling.
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The old model of having consoles sold on a loss was much better for the industry. Would be great if there would be another player in the market. To have some real competition going on.
Aren't all the massive figures from when Sony flooded the market and were finally able to meet demand?
Yes. This isn't like back in the day.
I disagree. If they had obtained and listened to audience feedback earlier they might have avoided a really big and expensive embarrassment last month.
Sure, but you're talking about the exception to the rule.
An exception is not a rule.
I doubt that tenfold claim. They tested the waters with $350. The market just isn't the same anymore. There is the death of moores law, there is the rise of GaaS and f2p, there is the rising chip prices. It's all working against a loss leader console price as big as $299.
That's the general Nintendo approach and it works pretty well.
Sony makes very little money from hardware sales. Its more important to have alot of consoles sold cuz that way they they can sell digital games, dlc, MTX and get a 30% cut. This is the reason Sony and MS can affort to launch consoles and lose money on hardware sales. I think Sony pricing is just a consequence of the high demand they consoles had this gen, but the demand is now decreasing so its time to adjust the prices.
They should make a loss preferably. There are many kids out there who would love have a ps5. But it's just too expensive. It's shortsighted to only focus on profits now and discard a new generation.
There is a reason Nintendo Switch sold as much as it did. And i think thats because you could get it at $199 or even $100 used.
But used sales wouldn't increase its overall sales.
I do agree that Pro will be a minority of PS5 sales.
The issue with the Lite is you can’t hook it up to a TV. That turns people off and they would rather spend a bit more to have the full version.
