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[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago

So blame the dumb business plan?

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago

Are you arguing the PS3 should have released at $1000 when everyone thought $600 was already laughably astronomically high? Or would you have preferred an underspec system?

[-] aceslip@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

The ps3 was an oddly specd system with little documentation for developers. It was overdeveloped and under utilized. Could have saved on r&d with the cell processor and gone with normal architecture eg ps4 and 5.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

Their plan was to make up the difference in game sales. You were paying full price with the cost shifted to the games to trick you into thinking you got a bargain.

If I sell you a hot dog for $1 with a business model that you will buy an overpriced soda 5 minutes later to go with it, I don't get to take that hotdog back after sale when I see you didn't also buy the soda.

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