Banjo64
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Technically it says less than 1% but even I agree with you. Near 1% of 180k employees means 1,800 people losing their jobs and that’s not an insignificant number.
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PS5 price to increase in select markets
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phil_t98
#SonyToo
buying Bungie compared to someone spending cash on a pricey car they do not need and then asking for a raise essentially…
$5 Billion considering Sony (much of that being long term bonuses to help retain staff, actual cost now being less) and keeping the published multiplatform vs $70+ Billion for two publisher from a company that made far far far less profits in gaming… again we are going in circles with you trying to ignore anything that does not say “Sony=evil”… oh well…
bringing Microsoft into it again, comparing Microsoft to justify a price increase. are you not one of the people who said Sony doesn't need to buy studios because their own games are so good like god of war and boast about Sony profits. now that they have increased the price its poor Sony needing more money to compete with Microsoft. laughable
MastaKiiLA
Member
...or get this...wait for the games to come to PC.
I know, I know...I was once one of those proponents of keeping at least a lengthy delay between console launch and PC release. And honestly, I think they should probably still do that. But I think the supply issues have hit a point where gamers should be encouraged to pursue PC setups that can outpace the new gen of consoles graphically. I mean, it's almost 2 years post-launch now. I can't buy a PS5, but I can probably cobble together a competitive HTPC. I already bought a laptop that's really close, so PC gamers can definitely put together competent rigs. Xbox games will all come to PC, and now most PS games will too. Anything you can't get there you can get via PS+. So raising the price on the console makes sense for Sony, but savvy gamers can definitely pursue other avenues with confidence now.
I know, I know...I was once one of those proponents of keeping at least a lengthy delay between console launch and PC release. And honestly, I think they should probably still do that. But I think the supply issues have hit a point where gamers should be encouraged to pursue PC setups that can outpace the new gen of consoles graphically. I mean, it's almost 2 years post-launch now. I can't buy a PS5, but I can probably cobble together a competitive HTPC. I already bought a laptop that's really close, so PC gamers can definitely put together competent rigs. Xbox games will all come to PC, and now most PS games will too. Anything you can't get there you can get via PS+. So raising the price on the console makes sense for Sony, but savvy gamers can definitely pursue other avenues with confidence now.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Sure, it is a choice. A personal gift from good guy CEO. Nothing to do with finance, investors, overall company resources vs resources available for gaming generated from the gaming division, etc… sure…
anthony2690
Banned
I feels like Sony is doing everything possible to sabotage themselves at this point.
£70 games in the UK.
Price increase off £30 for the console.
I feel like their good will with fans will run out if they keep this up.
£70 games in the UK.
Price increase off £30 for the console.
I feel like their good will with fans will run out if they keep this up.
GreatnessRD
Member
Get the fuck outta here, Sony.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I did not say that they need or need not to buy studios, I said that so far they preferred to either secure very long term partners (Bluepoint, Insonmiac, Sucker Punch, etc…) and to then grow them organically (they are still hiring and expanding) vs buying studios and publishers to simply expand share.
With Bungle they veered off of that track to expand in the live services arena they lacked experience off and ensured they would remain multiplatform. So?
Still ignoring the economic angle and trying to compare $5 Billion vs $70 Billion purchases I see…
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Riky
$MSFT
Cross subsidy between divisions of a company is hardly breaking news, MS obviously see profits in the long run or they wouldn't invest.
I seriously doubt anyone saying at Sony we need to raise hardware prices because MS purchased Bethesda, they are doing it to protect margins in an inflationary market, nothing more nothing less.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Microsoft allow you to buy digitally from other regions as well and then you can redeem the codes through a free VPN on your browser while logged in to your main account. It leads to games like Elden Ring costing £24 on release day for Xbox. They really don’t want to put themselves in this corner as the market isn’t as loyal as they think. As soon as TeS 6 or Avowed starts getting rave reviews people will happily look the other way, like they did with the 360.
phil_t98
#SonyToo
so why spend that money and not internally grow?
they have spent 5 billion in profits and now putting prices up. do you not see how that is not great for the consumer. we have so much money to do this but.............we gonna put the price up now
Lucifers Beard
Member
I had to double take this response. Absolutely bizarre take.
Pelta88
Member
No.
My argument is that there are some here desperate to turn this into some console warrior narrative and that only works by side stepping the fact that there's a global economic downturn coupled with soaringing inflation. In my country, our government has openly admitted that some of our population will literally freeze to death this winter because they can't meet the rise in energy costs.
And the UK is the fourth richest country in the world... There is context here that some are wilfully ignoring to push a console warrior narrative.
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Imp the Dimp
Member
The PS5 has been massively underpriced for the last two years. The market value of a PS5 was $700-750 for about two years and only went down recently. Sony believes the market will bear a higher price than $499, so let's see how that goes especially if the competition doesn't increase prices.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
MonkeyClaw36
Member
I do hope you realise how asinine this comment is?
They should've done NOTHING with the price. Not up it while peoples spending capacity is decreasing.
Its not rocket science now is it.....
Basically, Sony blew off both it's feet by doing this. The console is hard to get as it is (produced units-wise) and now it'll be harder to get also for a lot of people money-wise.
It's a negative double whammy. And its plain stupid.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I am not saying it is news, it is a legal (still) business tactic. It is what it is: you are outspending your competition to ensure you conquer the pie in the end as you decided the total pie is worth investing in (which means you will want to recoup the investment once you have won that market over and you control it
).The more money you invest from other divisions in terms of absolute subsidies vs your competition can cause competitors that were competitive not to en able to be anymore due to not a lot of fault of their own, this is not to excuse Sony here but you do concede as a point that subsidies can do this or see we still pretending they do not?
It is not just that but recession, inflation, profit margins increase to protect long term sustainability and keep investors happy, etc… are real things… oh no, simpler to just keep an “Evil Greedy Sony” angle. Again, if you think that plopping $100 Billion range money out of thin air from other divisions does not change things you are will fully deciding to ignore things, oh well…
cormack12
Gold Member
Being an early adopter pays off for once! Call me cynical but this increase just ahead of what i expect to be a sizeable drop of holiday availability?
At the end of the day, they must have highly paid analysts costing this out, but to everyone who bought from a scalper this is what happens. If people buy a product at inflated prices, then the company will eventually charge those markups, because why not?
Be interesting to see if this has a domino effect of smaller increases as well for the other console manufacturers. I do think this is missing the mark though, the console market is not a premium market, that's PC. A console has always been a relatively expensive one time purchase for a lot of families but affordable. Pushing the hardware price up, about to drop what we all expect to be an expensive step up in VR, the price raise on games is kind of pushing the package or ecosystem into unaffordable for core markets imo.
For the likes of us on this forum, it won't really be an issue. Most of us seem to have steady jobs, good management of personal finance etc. probably a lot of us are considering the PSVR2 in all honesty. But equally even we are baulking at some of these things, families from the backgrounds a lot of us came from are just not going to buy in. I know there are competing strategies out there and Sony have committed to local device, high production titles but pushing that console experience into a premium cohort of consumers is not the right move imo. The timing is also really off coming up to holiday. Waiting until after New Year would have been better.
At the end of the day, they must have highly paid analysts costing this out, but to everyone who bought from a scalper this is what happens. If people buy a product at inflated prices, then the company will eventually charge those markups, because why not?
Be interesting to see if this has a domino effect of smaller increases as well for the other console manufacturers. I do think this is missing the mark though, the console market is not a premium market, that's PC. A console has always been a relatively expensive one time purchase for a lot of families but affordable. Pushing the hardware price up, about to drop what we all expect to be an expensive step up in VR, the price raise on games is kind of pushing the package or ecosystem into unaffordable for core markets imo.
For the likes of us on this forum, it won't really be an issue. Most of us seem to have steady jobs, good management of personal finance etc. probably a lot of us are considering the PSVR2 in all honesty. But equally even we are baulking at some of these things, families from the backgrounds a lot of us came from are just not going to buy in. I know there are competing strategies out there and Sony have committed to local device, high production titles but pushing that console experience into a premium cohort of consumers is not the right move imo. The timing is also really off coming up to holiday. Waiting until after New Year would have been better.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
Tbf, Nintendo's profit margins are like 250% higher. Playstation lives on a very thin profit margin, so I kinda get why they don't want to eat the increased costs.
Salty Popsicle
Banned
Expect even more bizarre takes as this thread expands to dozens of pages and die-hard Playstation fans bend themselves in every which way trying to justify and downplay this price hike.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Your employer will love how you plan not to ask for raises this year or plan to accept a lower than rate of inflation one
. Again, I get your point but let’s not be completely off in the wilderness here…
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Mr.ODST
Member
If i want an old game say its £45 on the xbox store, I can just goto a key website and get it for £9, I save so much money for older games this way
Banjo64
cumsessed
Just check out the Argentinian keys and your head would probably fall off in shock - Koa the Kangaroo was £3 on launch day.
anthony2690
Banned
I don't do any off that stuff, I always worry about marketplace theft bans, since when people got injustice 1 free changing regions etc. (But I do change region to buy region exclusive games raiden 4/bullet soul infinite burst, as raiden 4 is region locked on 360, but completely region free on Xbox one/series consoles & this doesn't require vpn either)
Plus I prefer hard copies, what you can get fairly cheap anyway, I got elden ring day one for £35 at Amazon, no idea why it was so cheap.
& I use thegamecollection what seem to have reasonable prices for day one games.
Also for all my UK buddies, if you use the Amazon app, you can use code APP10UK & get £10 off a preorder, so you can get the series X version of Callisto Protocol for £35 and the ps5 version for £33!
I personally went for dark tide for £19.99 though
prinz_valium
Member
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
No it's not.
PS4 increased in price in Canada. I think in the UK as well or was that the PS3?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Anyone saying gaming’s never been cheaper needs to fuck off.
jezhumphrey75
Banned
Good job i bat for the other team............the green one )
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Mr.ODST
Member
prinz_valium
Member
Regional price hikes, du to currency exchange rate.
This is global.
Quite different.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
£35? First of all their profit margins are likely a lot higher and the development costs likely a lot lower (not just because most of their workforce is in Japan and software engineer and artist wages are a lot lower than in the west), but £35?
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I do not love it at all.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Neither in the UK as far as I know. Defo not the PS4.
Banjo64
cumsessed
*from Curry’s, Shopto and other physical distributors in the UK.£35? First of all their profit margins are likely a lot higher and the development costs likely a lot lower (not just because most of their workforce is in Japan and software engineer and artist wages are a lot lower than in the west), but £35?
And yes, Sony physical games are also cheaper than £70 but absolutely nowhere near £35 anywhere close to launch.
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GHG
Member
WARN act. Any states that have passed the law.
Overseas you will find similar information if you search for "mass redundancy" since redundancy is the legal term used instead of "layoff" in many countries.
In the UK for example it is even more stringent - anything over 20 people in a single go is defined as a mass redundancy and the business has certain duties it needs to fulfill in such a situation.
Salty Popsicle
further reading for you as well.The thing is... there's always cumulative inflation across a console lifecycle. Sony is doing it because gamers (specially in Europe) have been indoctrinated so much by 30 years of champions league ads that they woild buy a box full of turds with Sony logo.
This is MS chance to gain marketshare worldwide.
This is MS chance to gain marketshare worldwide.
not gona defend that price increase, but i think its cause of demand of PS5, here in Finland u cant find PS5 in anywhere except from scalpers and some nut stores for like 900€
whereas Series X/S can be found everywhere
This is a near global price increase that isn’t based on availability in Finland.
I am not saying it is news, it is a legal (still) business tactic. It is what it is: you are outspending your competition to ensure you conquer the pie in the end as you decided the total pie is worth investing in (which means you will want to recoup the investment once you have won that market over and you control it
The more money you invest from other divisions in terms of absolute subsidies vs your competition can cause competitors that were competitive not to en able to be anymore due to not a lot of fault of their own, this is not to excuse Sony here but you do concede as a point that subsidies can do this or see we still pretending they do not?
I must confess i can’t see the mechanism behind how MS investments in Xbox will prevent Sony from continuing to make, market and sell games.
But more importantly, I can’t understand why you’re bringing this shit up in this thread which is about Sony deciding to hike prices up on what was recently claimed to be profitable hardware instead of just eating the cost and making it back on software sales.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Ok, so if one can find cheaper prices than Sony SRP in any store it invalidated the argument around their price increases? I do not honk it is fair to say that their games are £35 in the U.K. that is all.
I'm not too mad at them increasing the prices due to various factors out of their control....but this is why I was against the prices hikes before inflation/war hit when they were making record breaking profits. Anyone who brought it up was brushed off as not "supporting developers" or "games should already cost more" or whatever the fuck excuses people would make for game prices increases.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Yeah see edit please.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Because this is not an isolated thing where Sony went insane and just raised prices, so with macro economical shift you need to also look at what is the competition doing and why they can afford to do so or not. Otherwise we can keep on a “anti consumer vs pro consumer” level discussion and throw rotten fruit at each other all day…
.No.
Post 2008 there was a ton of price increases all over Asia and some other regions.
And of course we had NDS which increased price with every new SKU practically, but that helped ppl swallow it a bit better.
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