Level up in Price: The Cost Explosion of Consoles

Higher Speed Internet Will Surely Kill the Traditional Video Game Console [as console prices rise and rise again] 🛜🎮

Will widely available high speed internet kill the traditional video game console?With the PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series consoles recently being subject to price increases across many territories it got me thinking about how these price increases coupled with tariffs and other market factors are potentially the perfect storm that could see traditional console boxes die and the rise of the streaming cloud services that have traditionally faltered…

Gamereactor was only a few years old, social networks did not exist in the same way as today, and Neogaf was my obvious online trough. Everyone was hanging out there and countless big news started through the forum. One of the biggest events that people followed closely was the price of video consoles. Console makers played 4D chess with each other and following price drops was extremely interesting. He revealed things like how sales went, how m…

Level up in price: The cost explosion of consoles

Gamereactor was only a few years old, social media didn't exist in the same way as it does today, and Neogaf was my obvious online watering hole. Everyone was hanging out there and countless big news stories started via the forum. One of the biggest events that people kept a close eye on was the price of game consoles. Console manufacturers were playing 4D chess with each other and following the price drops was extremely interesting. It reveale…