alt Hacker NewsThe truth is that you can increase prices by 50% and if you loose 50% of sales you are still in a good place as your costs also drop.
They have little uncertainty to work with, they don't need their consumers as much.
They're continuing their anti consumer policies
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ymolodtsov • today at 11:27 AM
That's very simplistic. They also earn money on sales, both first-party and third-party games, so they need a large audience.
gcr • today at 11:13 AM
Hang on, halving your sales means doubling your price to stay even (ignoring your own cost), right?
I have a bridge to sell you …
Hardware is just one aspect of sales though. I assume they have much higher margin on software, especially rereleases of existing games on whatever the next platform is.