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submitted 9 months ago by hypertown@lemmy.world to c/196

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[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 196 points 9 months ago

Bro if that shit failed to perform then it's on them for failing to manufacture enough. The demand was there. And it out performed the Xbox whateverthefucknow.

[-] Regalia 72 points 9 months ago

Wasn't the reason they couldn't produce more because of the semiconductor shortage?

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 47 points 9 months ago

Partly, but scalpers buying up what inventory there was for reselling was absolutely rampant as well

[-] RenegadeTwister@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Yeah, but then they still sold the unit. How would that hurt their sales numbers?

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 9 months ago

it put me off buying one. I’m probably not the only one.

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago

Scalpers were holding a lot of them and raised the prices so ppl gave up and got another console or a PC altogether. This may not be majority but definitely a singinificant difference and just 1 example for that.