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Former Sony President Begrudges Lack of PS5 Price Drops

It feels like kind of a foreign concept these days, but there used to be a period in the gaming industry when consoles would reduce in price the longer they sat on store shelves. Consoles would be released at a premium on launch, and then lower in price rather drastically a few years in to get more people on board, and...

It feels like kind of a foreign concept these days, but there used to be a period in the gaming industry when consoles would reduce in price the longer they sat on store shelves. Consoles would be released at a premium on launch, and then lower in price rather drastically a few years in to get more people on board, and console manufacturers would just eat the cost.

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