>>723049492
So, with the Switch 2, it's selling and selling well and selling well in the market where it costs $450.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-continues-to-break-us-launch-sales-records-selling-more-in-its-first-three-months-than-ps4/

I don't think a $600 next-generation Playstation 6 would sell that much worse than what is essentially a handheld PS4.5. Of course, software matters, but just generally, I think potential early adopters of the PS6 would be fine, even happy, with a $600 PS6.

People who want the new console but typically adopt later in a console lifecycle because of affordability issues would bitch and they are some of the people bitching about the Switch 2 price. But again, the Switch 2 is selling very well.

Now, that's been the case before in past cycles and I remember people bitching about the PS5 at launch as well. But things are somewhat different these days and social media amplifies it. The way I see it, the complaints seem bigger now because of two factors:

1) The video game internet communities are now more global, where as consoles are very regional products. So, people will jump on the hate bandwagon for fun cause they can't get the console anyways.

2) A lot of "gamers" no longer play games on consoles. They play on old, used, cheap smartphones, tablets, PCs and consoles. New consoles have become a product for wealthier, older consumers, specifically in America. This leaves a lot of poorer, younger consumers, who can't get a Switch 2 at $450, a lot of time to shitpost on social media.

>US households with a $100,000+ income now make up 43% of video game hardware sales, a rise from 36% just a few years ago.
>18 – 24-year-olds only accounted for 3% of video game hardware purchases in the year ending July 2025, which is down from 10% for the same period ending July 2022.
>The average age of console players in 2024 was 27.9 years old. That’s up from 24.2 years old in 2018.

https://archive.is/mkTWV