@heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 30 days agoThe PS3's comeback was insanefeddit.ukimagemessage-square28arrow-up1253
arrow-up1253imageThe PS3's comeback was insanefeddit.uk@heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 30 days agomessage-square28
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 linkfedilinkEnglish12•29 days agoThe last part was always crazy to me. A device that only played Blu-Ray movies was like $1000, but the PS3, which could do that and so much more was half the price of a basic as fuck blu ray player.
minus-squarePsychadelligoatlinkfedilinkEnglish5•29 days agoSell console at a loss, get profit from games and online subscriptions
minus-square@ThatGuy46475@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•29 days agoLike how smart tvs are cheaper because they sell your data
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️linkfedilinkEnglish2•28 days agoIt was the same story with DVD and the PS2, which was in no small part a major reason for its early success. Sony also sold the PS3 itself at a loss at launch in order to get a bigger install base, and hoped to make their money back on software sales.
The last part was always crazy to me. A device that only played Blu-Ray movies was like $1000, but the PS3, which could do that and so much more was half the price of a basic as fuck blu ray player.
Sell console at a loss, get profit from games and online subscriptions
Like how smart tvs are cheaper because they sell your data
It was the same story with DVD and the PS2, which was in no small part a major reason for its early success.
Sony also sold the PS3 itself at a loss at launch in order to get a bigger install base, and hoped to make their money back on software sales.
It’s called subsidizing