New consoles don’t come out in response to new technology, though. They never have. The next console generation comes when people stop buying the last one.
They still need a reason for people to buy them. The usual one being “look how much prettier it is!”, but they are getting to a point the leaps of graphical fidelity enabled by technology are smaller and smaller, but the costs of making everything higher definition are skyrocketing.
The PS3 was horrible for Sony given their market position when it launched. It was super expensive while the PS2 was dirty cheap at that point.
The cheapest PS3 was launched at $499, with the next version at $599. And that was an astounding 17 years ago at this point. The idea that the PS5 launched at price points $100 cheaper than that just shows ridiculous Sony looked at the time to consumers.
New consoles don’t come out in response to new technology, though. They never have. The next console generation comes when people stop buying the last one.
They still need a reason for people to buy them. The usual one being “look how much prettier it is!”, but they are getting to a point the leaps of graphical fidelity enabled by technology are smaller and smaller, but the costs of making everything higher definition are skyrocketing.
This isn’t true at all. The PS2 sold 50 million consoles after the PS3 released, and the PS3 only sold 80 million consoles.
The PS3 was horrible for Sony given their market position when it launched. It was super expensive while the PS2 was dirty cheap at that point.
The cheapest PS3 was launched at $499, with the next version at $599. And that was an astounding 17 years ago at this point. The idea that the PS5 launched at price points $100 cheaper than that just shows ridiculous Sony looked at the time to consumers.