@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 1 month agoThe PS3's comeback was insanefeddit.ukimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1252
arrow-up1252imageThe PS3's comeback was insanefeddit.uk@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 month 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•1 month agoSell console at a loss, get profit from games and online subscriptions
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoLike how smart tvs are cheaper because they sell your data
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month 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’s called subsidizing
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.