Nope. What I'm saying is what I said. No need to create new things I didn't say as an interpretation.
The recent figures stated in the Asha Sharma puff-piece in Fortune for the "Project Helix" Xbox* of $1,200 - $1,800 per unit (unless subsidised by Microsoft) could well give Sony the green light to go with a PS6 at the same price bracket.
I have no particular opinion on the PS6's ETA.
You are right, that's not what you said...
sorry for jumping at your throat and trying to put words into your mouth. Not cool of me.
And thanks for the clarification.
Based on the provided information
I am going out on my own limb and assume
If current situation pushes the console prices way up past $1000 and becomes the new norm, AND both MS and Sony are in need of flowing capital,
In such case the competition is going to drive the prices up rather than down...
Instead of having the old formula of constructive cycle: being the cheaper the price, the more people will buy it and THUS profits comes from the quantity sold...
But now we may have to go the other way: the "destructive cycle" (K-shape), which is that, higher cost to manufacture, leads to higher cost of sale, and thus much less people able to buy, and thus driving the sales prediction to fall, creating limited runs, but demands will still be slightly higher than supply, same situation we are now with the PS5 Pro, further driving prices even higher past $2500 on the black market?!
Profits from scarcity ?!?
Can that even last long enough or will people just give up gaming ?
Obvious path as a few have indicated above:
GT7 being already a cross Gen, helped people, including myself, to transition from the PS4 Pro to the PS5.
GT8 might have to also go down that cross Gen path.
So we might come to a unique situation, where you have two GT games, being cross Gens, overlap, and being able to play with each other....
Imagine the scenario of someone on GT7 with the PS4 Pro,
Playing online against someone with GT8 on the PS6
Ok... Why not ...
This is the most balanced and probably most realistic outcome, so that Sony and Kaz are not doing the Mexican stand off.
If this is the case, and as long as GT8 is PSVR2 compliant, I could still buy it to play on my PS5....
... Then if PS6 will have VR2 or VR3, then I could upgrade again (if there was a need for it)
I am just speaking out loud, and prepare myself mentally and thus financially for the possible scenario....
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