When questioned, Sony said they won’t share their current price strategy regarding the PS5, which is pretty grim as their strategy tends to be either maintaining the console’s established price or just lowering it. This supposedly clear answer actually comes across as pretty daunting considering how Sony recently raised the price of most of its hottest consumer electronics, such as its cameras, speakers, and Blu-Ray players. The company cites the pandemic-driven chip shortage as the main catalyzer behind the price hike, but it’s hard to imagine that Zuckerberg’s push doesn’t count as an incentive to dive all the way down to his level.
Microsoft has also declined to comment on the matter, which means we’re either dealing with Microsoft’s regular anti-socialness or that they’re also considering raising the prices of their hardware.
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Not everything seems to be straight-up terrible, however, as Nintendo has announced that they don’t plan on having any price increases in the future. Good, because Nintendo hardware is already pretty overpriced, especially when considering it cannot handle the modern summer heat.
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