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I mean, if you want to pay full price for your console, sure. The console market only works if you sell the hardware under cost and then charge up the ass for
by WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
I mean, if you want to pay full price for your console, sure.
The console market only works if you sell the hardware under cost and then charge up the ass for services to the game developers ($50,000 was the price point for pushing updates on PS4)
- m4rtink 6y agoIIRC modern consoles are at cost - do you have any linkable claims otherwise ?
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoMy data could be out of date -> https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/11/8239/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/11/8239/ PS3 didn't regain profitability until the end.
- m4rtink 6y agoLooks like Switch is sold at cost (also mentions couple previous consoles from Nintendo were the same): https://www.technobuffalo.com/nintendo-switch-sold-at-profit https://www.technobuffalo.com/nintendo-switch-sold-at-profit PS4 as well: https://www.quora.com/How-will-Sony-make-money-off-the-PS5-but-take-a-100-loss-on-every-console-sold https://www.quora.com/How-will-Sony-make-money-off-the-PS5-b... Only Xbox seems to be sold at loss at the moment: https://www.thurrott.com/games/xbox/xbox-one/118357/microsoft-wont-make-profit-selling-xbox-one-x https://www.thurrott.com/games/xbox/xbox-one/118357/microsof...
- criddell 6y agoLets pretend that consoles are loss leaders (I don't believe they are). The current system is structured to be as profitable as possible for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo and to keep competitors out. These companies aren't good guys looking out for me and you, they are looking out for the interests of their shareholders. If the $50k price for updates is true, that's awful. It sets up a lot of bad incentives for developers. Consumers deserve much better than that.