HeisenbergFX4
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I mean if you haven't won a World War, walked on the Moon or use a weird measuring system..
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PS5 price to increase in select markets
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MatrixReloaded101
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This won’t matter, the console is still going to sell out around the holidays.
But it’s a strange move for them to do this now. Didn’t the Quest 2 also have a price increase recently?
The fact that these companies would do this isn’t a good sign for the economy.
But it’s a strange move for them to do this now. Didn’t the Quest 2 also have a price increase recently?
The fact that these companies would do this isn’t a good sign for the economy.
nominedomine
Banned
Why do so many people want to buy a PS5? Why can they afford to raise the price at this point? Maybe Sony is doing something right as well because the demand it there.
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Unknown?
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I hate to break it to you but no country on this planet has capitalism now. It's mixed at best but we haven't had free markets since 1913 in the US.
The cost to produce things are staying the same, it's just currency is going bad. Your currency is losing purchasing power but manufacturing adjusted for inflation is mostly stable outside of supply issues.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
weren't facebook making a huge loss on the quest?
i know sony must've been making a loss but it's very unusual to see them hike prices.
the world is fucked.
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Imp the Dimp
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Sony should charge the maximum price the market will bear. That's how pricing in a free market economy works. Else you either have a shortage due to underpricing (which is the case right now) or the business will do poorly due to unsold stock as a consequence of overcharging.
nominedomine
Banned
So the unit you were going to buy goes to someone else that isn't as worried about value play. Everybody is happy with that outcome.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Try also £60 and more, but also pretend all Sony games are £70
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Do you also count the games that you add thanks to PS+ three tiers that you get to keep while the sun is active (many if not most GamePass games out of the first party ones rotate)?
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crackajack
Member
Not every product is sold with the same contribution margin? duh? Controllers are sold to bring profit. Plattforms, ie consoles, and VR-headsets probably too, are sold to create follow up sales. Entire different goal.
The Edge controller is probably produced for a few bucks more than the regular one, but gets a Premium Deluxe markup just because they can, the target audience are enthusiasts and masses wouldn't buy anyway. 299 for VR is possible as soon as you don't want to profit from hw, and accept selling at cost. probably, I have not yet seen a plausible BOM of the VR parts, but 299 seems possible in my guesstimate. Since Sony seems to be bean counting maybe they try to price it (much) higher which is together with the increase of the needed base hw just dumb and will again send VR out to drown again in shovelware games, if the depressing low number of announcements so far, is the actual support it will get at launch.
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Punished Miku
Gold Member
I concede that they do many things right, and they're very popular. Obviously.
I'm just asking you guys to examine your argument, because if taken to its logical extreme, it justifies anything bad they will ever do. It basically says they're winning so they're correct. It's a might makes right argument, instead of actually discussing the merits of the decision itself.
At what point is it okay to criticize their decisions? Only if sales dip?
phil_t98
#SonyToo
I am saying there is a hell of a lot of money around Sony and putting the price of the hardware up at this moment is anti consumer and it would be if mircrosoft do it seen as you wanna blame them for itAre you comparing the Spider-man movies and their Sony umbrella companies to Azure/office SaaS/and other MS companies?
Yeah, bankrolling PS6 off of Morbius, Spider-man, and Venom movies. What profit margins are you dreaming about here?
Cost of living mmh… I wonder if employees also would push for higher wages, nah… cost of living matters only to consumers… come on, I get what you are trying to say, but do not push it like this…
solidus12
Member
I really want to visit the US again; last time I did was in 2014.. but I’m afraid of getting shot nowI mean if you haven't won a World War, walked on the Moon or use a weird measuring system..
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
PlayStation Plus Subscription Price Will Increase in September - TheWrap
The price hike marks the first time the cost of the service has increased since launching in 2010www.thewrap.com
That's a 2016 article
Interfectum
Member
Impossible to tell the ramifications behind this beyond internet meltdowns. PS5s are selling as fast as they can make them and this price hike won't stop that. We won't know anything until supply catches up and by then fanboy rage will be elsewhere.
nominedomine
Banned
You can criticize them all you want, but this one is pretty clear cut and it's hard to understand what makes it so offensive. Demand is apparently there they think that they can get away with a 10% raise.
PS+ Premium/Deluxe sucks that pisses me off a lot more than a price raise for hardware I already have. MS went an entire year without any meaningful releases, where is the outrage?
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cromofo
Member
Aand done. I'm set for 3 years for a price of Starfield and a half.
Now waiting for the X to arrive.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
If MS did it I would say it would be a tad worse, size of the company and war chest matter.
If MS only had the entire warchest Sony corp has, they would have likely not spent in the order of $70+ Billion in less than two years just to acquire two game publishers… and you keep dancing around this point. SIE has fat they could trim not to raise prices but a lot less than NS and it would mean less ability to compete against MS which has a lot more cash on hand. Then again you do not have to care about that and I get it
, but do not complain if there is more consolidation and less consumer choice then .Edit: Thanks for the reaction score boost
Riky
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Riky
$MSFT
Not in the UK I don't, seems to be other examples elsewhere in the world though.
Heimdall_Xtreme
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Dont touch HER!!!!!
It was worth every damn penny to make the Gravity Rush movie.!!!
MikeM
Member
I have a ps5.
lughnasadh123
Member
Except this kind of thing for consoles has never happened before that I can remember. The most recent example being the Meta VR price going up which also shocked everyone. Usually the price of a console goes down over time through the course of it's life, not jacking it up a few years in.
Ansphn
Member
Playstation releases their games though unlike Xbox. If Playstation show it, 99% of the time they will release it. I know they would do a showcase regardless since they did one last year in September but it be wise to go all out to soften the blow of the price raise by showing more games than they normally would.
nominedomine
Banned
Unmet demand like the one we are seeing for the PS5 for this long is also something that never happened before.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
I mean if you haven't won a World War, walked on the Moon or use a weird measuring system..
America Independence day was a mistake
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Interfectum
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nominedomine
Banned
Wait, so they aren't even losing a sale?
Cyberpunkd
Member
You know that currency forward contracts are a thing? Every time a company blames currency difference it is a scam, since you can lock in the exchange rate in advance.
Inflation would have at least been a bit more genuine, if not for taking the hit in the US because Xbox, and screwing the rest of the world because Sonyland.
balls of snow
Member
And they said being the early adopter has downsides lol.
Bartski
Gold Member
sorry I got trolled like a bitchThat's a 2016 article
GHG
Member
This kind of thing has always happened when there have been big moves in currency prices.
Microsoft Xbox 360 price hike coming September 1 | Stuff
Microsoft is set to increase the price of the Arcade Xbox 360 to £159.99 (up £30 from £159.99) bundle as of September 1. The c
www.stuff.tv
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Sony is increasing the price of the PlayStation 4 in Canada
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
www.theverge.com
There's a simple reason why the US aren't also getting price increases for the PS5.
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Robbinhood
Banned
Playstation really lives in Xbox fanboys head rent free, pretty hilarious.
They are obsessed with Sony news more than Sony fans
They are obsessed with Sony news more than Sony fans
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
RoboFu
One of the green rats
Why do Sony fans focus on Xbox when it’s Nintendo that keeps eating their lunch?Playstation really lives in Xbox fanboys head rent free, pretty hilarious.
They are obsessed with Sony news more than Sony fans
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solidus12
Member
I mean, PlayStation’s messaging has been abysmal the past few months.Playstation really lives in Xbox fanboys head rent free, pretty hilarious.
They are obsessed with Sony news more than Sony fans
Chukhopops
Member
Can you think of any other category which is going to lose €50 in the deal? Starts with a C.
Really shows that Sony could do absolutely anything and some would find a way to defend it.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
Playstation really lives in Xbox fanboys head rent free, pretty hilarious.
They are obsessed with Sony news more than Sony fans
Loxus
Member
It's quite obvious the raw materials used to build the PS5 has increased to a point where Sony had no choice but to increase.
We know this by the reduction of copper on the PS5 heatsink.
I don't know why the US price didn't increase (maybe to stay competitive price wise with Microsoft) but the raw materials is most likely the reason.
As for Microsoft. We know they have money to use as toilet paper, so I don't expect them to do the same.
Also, we see PS5 having an increase of 100% in some places and it still sells out. I don't see how a 10% increase would change them from being market leader.
We know this by the reduction of copper on the PS5 heatsink.
I don't know why the US price didn't increase (maybe to stay competitive price wise with Microsoft) but the raw materials is most likely the reason.
As for Microsoft. We know they have money to use as toilet paper, so I don't expect them to do the same.
Also, we see PS5 having an increase of 100% in some places and it still sells out. I don't see how a 10% increase would change them from being market leader.
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Deflection ain't your strong suit.Playstation really lives in Xbox fanboys head rent free, pretty hilarious.
They are obsessed with Sony news more than Sony fans
El Pistolero
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Ass of Can Whooping
Member
Expect nothing less from a gold diggin hoe
Negotiator101
Member
They all affect the GPU market also, yet one is dropping in price and one has increased. We know why it's happening prices have increased across the board but let's not make out that Sony isn't without blame, they could eat those extra costs to save for their customers correct? Will Microsoft increase console prices? Will Nintendo? If they do only then will your argument hold any water.
Robbinhood
Banned
So many xbots just reacted to my post, like moths to a flame.
Loxus
Member
Yea, it's like they just won the lottery hearing about this news.
It's would be hilarious if Microsoft also increases the price of both the XBSX/S.
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phil_t98
#SonyToo
If MS did it I would say it would be a tad worse, size of the company and war chest matter.
If MS only had the entire warchest Sony corp has, they would have likely not spent in the order of $70+ Billion in less than two years just to acquire two game publishers… and you keep dancing around this point. SIE has fat they could trim not to raise prices but a lot less than NS and it would mean less ability to compete against MS which has a lot more cash on hand. Then again you do not have to care about that and I get it
Edit: Thanks for the reaction score boost
Hang on, a multi billion company Sony is putting prices up, Sony who make more profit from their gaming division than Microsoft do and you would be more harsh on Microsoft lol
mansoor1980
Gold Member
phil "CONCERNED" spencer reaction statement to this is a given.
"I am really worried and concerned about sony raising price of ps5 , gaming should be cheap and accessible"
"I am really worried and concerned about sony raising price of ps5 , gaming should be cheap and accessible"
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hemo memo
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You forgot the confusing date format.I mean if you haven't won a World War, walked on the Moon or use a weird measuring system..
graywolf323
Member
yep the Quest 2 went up by $100 IIRC
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