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You raise some really good points. Perhaps Sony is also afraid that if the other makers don't follow suit, that they'll lose market share to the others due to u
by robcohen 5y ago
You raise some really good points. Perhaps Sony is also afraid that if the other makers don't follow suit, that they'll lose market share to the others due to unsynched releases. Car makers are expected to release new models yearly, but not so much for game systems. So if surge pricing is over with a nintendo switch but just starting with PS5, maybe the switch takes over. Perhaps people would rather compete to get a limited supply than to pay more?
- mywittyname 5y agoIt could be that they are afraid of a high MSRP scaring away customers. But this isn't 1993. There was clearly a market for $1000+ priced PS5s that would have lasted at least a year. The PS4, PS4 Pro, and PS5 offer a good, stratified product lineup to justify the higher prices to consumers. Plus, the Switch never really competed with the XB or PS5. Kind of like with a PC, Switch ownership compliments XB or PS5 ownership pretty well. People buy the Switch for the Nintendo games, and maybe tolerate a shitty port of a game because they can play on the go. But most people seem happy to own both.