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submitted 10 months ago by hypertown@lemmy.world to c/196

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[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 197 points 10 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 10 months ago

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

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 47 points 10 months ago

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

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

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

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 10 months ago

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

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 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.