• thermal_shock@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Feel like you just want to argue, I’m gonna leave now.

    And by proof, show that they are not making profit on sales of the hardware. I assert they absolutely are and will just for $$$.

    Weird you’re defending $175 parking lmao.

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldOP
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      21 hours ago

      We all want things to cost less, but as adults, there are realities to acknowledge as to why they can’t. I never said they’re not making profit on their hardware, but their actions (announcing prices and then raising them above their competitors after tariffs were revealed) indicate that their margins are probably not very high; marketing one price and then changing it is a tangible expense that companies don’t like to do if they don’t have to. This report that we’re commenting on shows that even being the only new console this year is not enough to make it a hot holiday item.