With shareholder meetings of various companies taking place in recent days, one of the main issues touched upon during these events is the rise in prices of certain products due to inflammation. Thus, it was recently Sony’s turn to touch on the matter, and It seems that its users play station They don’t have much to worry about at this point.
In the recent shareholders meeting of Sony, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki was asked about the possibility of seeing growth in PlayStation 5. He mentioned about it:
“There is nothing specific [yo] I can share… about the price.
Although Totoki’s statement opened the door to possible price hikes in the future, Analysts point out that it is currently very difficult to raise prices for the PS5. At this point, Mark Methenitis, an analyst and lawyer in the video game industry, made the following comments:
“The price of a console has never increased in its life cycle without hardware changes. It seems highly unlikely that Sony wants to be the only outsider.”
With that, William D’Angelo, an analyst at VizCharts, noted that Xbox is already gaining more ground, Series X market share increased to 24.3% compared to 15.6% seen in 2021. That puts it just shy of the PS5’s 25.7%.
Similarly, other analysts have pointed this out Sony is in no position to raise the price of the PS5, since $499 is quite highAnd the increase may not only cause a negative reaction by the public, but also give the Xbox Series X an advantage.
Meta Quest 2 had the luxury of raising the price, as they are the market leader at the moment. Although the PS5 currently has the advantage, A raise can change the course of this generation today. On a related note, Sony has patented a new controller for the PS5. Likewise, the PS5 gets a significant update.
Editor’s note:
It’s true that Sony can’t afford to raise the price of the PS5 right now. Xbox Series X
Through: Lifewire
