heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe PS3's comeback was insanefeddit.ukimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down19
arrow-up1238arrow-down1imageThe PS3's comeback was insanefeddit.ukheythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day 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-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours 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.
minus-squarePsychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoSell console at a loss, get profit from games and online subscriptions
minus-squareThatGuy46475@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoLike how smart tvs are cheaper because they sell your data
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.
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
Sell console at a loss, get profit from games and online subscriptions
Like how smart tvs are cheaper because they sell your data