Why is Sony and Nintendo's attitude towards their customers this different?

Game price increase suck, but they just brought them up to the rest of the industry.
Paid online is still the cheapest among the competitiors (in 8 years you pay for another PS5 with Sony's online prices) and the ROM subsription is included with it.
Paid upgrades are again a normal thing. No one had any problems with it when the competition did it

the competition is fucking jew bullshit that's why i was with nintendo so hard in the first place
they didn't use to fucking nickel and dime you like everyone else

One of the bad things about moving forward, I guess.

DROP THE PRICE

good games

Are those good games in the room with us right now? Nintendo has like 1 good game per gen now and for Switch 2 that 1 good game is not yet announced

raises prices in other countries

muh trump tarifffs

guess sony things america is the whole world

Because the switch 2 is already overpriced

Playstation execs wouldn't rise the prices for their fellow californians

nintendo doesn't want to do it because they already raised the price over what was expected and it's harder to get away with it if tariffs are added ontop of that

HELLO?

UHH INDEX?

There is no outrage because this only makes new customers suffer, everyone that is a snoy has already bought one

nintendo = for the gamers
sony = for the payers

HOW is the PS Pus price increase being justified? It never made sense to me how PC/Steam keeps everything consolidated in the most fragmented platform besides unwillingness to fuck their customers.

Anon Babble is back. Viva la vida...

*$20 more
*everyone else will follow seeing Nintendo can get away with it

the real answer is the demographics each company courts

nintendo markets primarily to children, parents are usually price sensitive when it comes to video game shit for their kids (or at least they should be anyways)

sony primarily markets to fanatical sony fanboys (cult) and niggers (brown + black). both groups have low restraint and are extremely sensitive to fomo and impulse spending.

you might think im a biased nintendo fanboy but both companies are doing very well with these strategies. I don't think its anything other than the honest truth that this is who they're pandering to. Do you ever see niggers going crazy over nintendo? no, they play niggersports 2025 on playstation

nintendo markets primarily to children

lmao

Switch 2 seems to me more like Nintendo embracing its 30+ audience, including a lot of premium stuff that is totally against the idea of a tablet for kids (the Switch 1), which is a huge mistake. In my country there won't be a single child receiving a Switch as a gift in the next 4 or 5 years if Nintendo doesn't release a cheaper revision of the product. My nephews are between 7-13 years old and they're all adapting at the speed of light (mostly by switching to PCs), which is funny to see.

Nintendo inflated the price of the accessories instead to compensate, which was probably the better choice as both a consumer-friendly choice (lower entry price) and profit potential was still there (for families needing accessories like extra controllers or chargers)

Just because their birth certificate says they are 40 years old, doesn't make them not children on the inside.

increase price of a 5 year old console

Snoyfaggot will buy any slop from Sony it seems, they deserve to get ripped off desu

for Switch 2 that 1 good game is not yet announced

Donkey Kong, Mario Kart World and Kirby Air Riders? Dong is being made by the Odyssey team, looks fun and the destruction mechanics seem to work really well. Mario Kart World mogs MK8 and adds platforming elements to Mario Kart bringing it closer to mainline. As for Kirby Air Riders, Sakurai is at his best when he's not making Smash Bros.

Both Switch and Switch 2 were marketed to young adults.
Children are getting iphones these days.

Sony got the COD/FIFA audience. They spend a ton of money so Sony thinks they can get away with it and they're probably right.

The real question is, why is the attitude of gaming journos towards Sony vs towards Nintendo this different? What's with the blatant bias in favor of Sony?

Nintendo knows they will make it all back quickly by changing the price of new games from $60 to $90. That's the only reason why they don't need to drop price of their console.

Sony always gave them free shit. Like with Yakuza's original director Nagoshi. He became a lifelong Snoy because Sony kept inviting him for business dinners.
It didn't help that Nintendo finally got fed up with journos and started doing Directs to cut them out.

There's no $90 Switch 2 game.
And you act like Sony wasn't the one who introduced $70 games.

Sony got the COD/FIFA audience

xbox buys cod

doesn’t cut the head of the snake(sony) off

At this point xbox is just a bunch of cucks who don’t know what their doing.

Sony is more infested with suits who only care abut shareholder value, whereas Nintendo still seems to understand that they are an entertainment company, and their product needs to make the customer happy rather than making them go along with it only begrudgingly.
At least that's my surface level impression.

"Buy a 360, that's your response?" comment killed their brand. The PS4 generation was a hard generation to lose because all those cucks bought huge digital libraries so there's no way they would switch. Every step of the way Microsoft did giant blunders, they were just so rich usually they could afford the losses. It's only when they spent tens of billions the higher ups was suddenly "hey why is the xbox brand spending so much money?" they put the foot down

PS5 Pro + 1 year PS+ Premium + Last of Us Complete = $1,033.05 after federal taxes. State taxes can vary.

Nintendo is like a craftsmanshop, a premium toys company that wanted to create the greatest toys. Nintendo is bigger now but their approach to gaming haven't changed at all. Sony was a tech company that went into gaming for the money, now that Microsoft is mostly out of the picture they've been pricehiking their fans because that's what they came here for. For the money. Same reason why they invested so heavily into live service this generation.

because shitch 2 is already overpriced as hell you stupid fucking retard lmao

guess that makes the ps5 unaffordable then

€400 for the astro bot bundle is a very good price unlike your fisher price toy which should be max €250

It unironically does. Switch 2 is still going to be cheap as fuck compared to the soul crushing vomit Sony is going to have to dump into the market. PS6 is going to be over 1000 US, its not going to be pretty. PS5 is desperately holding onto its price in the US because they are terrified Nintendo is about to rock their shit there, but the price increase *is* coming and its going to look really bad on them when it arrives.

Do you ever see niggers going crazy over nintendo?

I saw one jumping from a bridge some years ago lmao

They are buying time with their current ps5 stock but as soon as it runs out they will have to react to the tariffs.

no one cares about Astro Bot, though.

Why would anyone pick astro bot over mario?

inb4 "muh goty"

no one cares

Vietnam, like every other country, is still getting hit with a 10% tariff. Also, after the 90 days are up the tariff will be 46%, unless Trump flip-flops again.

I played astrobot playroom or whatever it's called, it's a surprisingly fun game, kinda crazy that this is completely free while you have to pay for switch 2's literal instruction manual lmao but I guess nintendo can get away with anything these days so pay up piggy piggies, hope all tendies end up with an empty bank account. Go nintendo, milk these pathetic losers dry!

Go nintendo, milk these pathetic losers dry!

Said Snoy after PS5 price went up by 25% and they increased PS Plus price for the 5th time

GOTY btw

nothing went up, dumbfuck. look on amazon, still same price and i'm not a snoy, only bought this shit console so I can play Death Stranding 2 and I don't need ps plus, kojima is based as fuck and made it so all online features are completely free

why would you want to die on this hill when playstation increased prices globally and it is just a matter of time when they have to also do it in the us after their current stock is sold, so sony has $70 games, way more expensive mp paywall and a digital only $700 console.

90$ games

LOL, thats exactly what I predicted.

set already outrageous price beforehand¨

let Donnie smash

do nothing

be hailed as heroes for keeping the "same price" (which was already prebuffed with everything in mind)

Gotta tip hat to their marketeers

10 more

30

it's only fair that a console with MUCH more horse power cost a few hundres bucks more than your shitty ass 20 year old hardware box don't you think? while ps5 can produce cutting edge graphics, switch 2 games literally look like fucking gamecube games, not even kidding

At this point xbox is just a bunch of cucks who don’t know what their doing.

You just defined the west

nintendo markets primarily to children

Manchildren'

Notice how you said that the PS5 can produce cutting edge graphics, not games

It didn't happen in my country so it will never happen!!!

In due time shitlord. You can't pretend it won't happen forever.

games with cutting edge graphics like DS2... are you mentally ill or something? I mean you're a tendie so the answer is most likely yes

Nintendo historically sells their platforms at a loss to sell the games at a premium

idgaf about what happens in amerishart land, i already got my CHEAP AS FUCK PS5 for DS2, I'm good, I don't need anything else

uses a pre-rendered cutscene for marketing to prove his point

the memes just write themselves.

and you are a kojidrone so we know you are retarded

Historically, you are stupid.

Shut the fuck up tendie. Go suck corporate dick and justify your anal probing by Nintendo in your containment thread.

pre-rendered cutscene

everything is in real time braindead tendie zoomie, the camera will after that shot instantly switch to gameplay you clueless fucking retard

No point in talking about the PS5's "impressive" hardware when they don't make games for it

Snoys are defending Sony fucking them in the ass and are asking for more

Who could've seen it coming lmao

"kojidrones" are the people with the highest IQ in this industry

switches to walking sim "gameplay" when called out

Paid online is still the cheapest among the competitiors.

Yeah that's because it offers absolutely nothing of value compared to the competition. At least with PS Plus you can get 6 games for free and half of the time they are good games. I don't know what Xbox offers but I'm guessing it's still better.

only retards use IQ to brag.

the fact that you call Death Stranding a "walking sim" tells me everything about your age, my braindead ADHD riddled zoom zoom

Yeah there's a term for that, it's called manchild.

how are the games free when you have to pay for and keep your subscription?

oh, I'm sorry. Delivery man "experience"

sorry that yours is so low that you can't brag about it, just play your bing bing wahoo and call of duty games, Death Stranding is clearly a few steps above your IQ.

timed exclusive

Why do you snoys do this to yourselves?

why are you so insecure?

Switches goalposts when having no answer.

Anons used to have base IQ intelligence in the past at least, now it's like a bot with no thoughts is speaking. Always putting out the same dumb scripted answers and questions.
Kys

Sony priced accordingly.
Nintendo overpriced.
Tariffs increased the cost of selling internationally.
Sony raised prices because their cost went up.
Nintendo didn't need to raise prices because it's already heavily overpriced.
This isn't rocket science.

still falling for bullshots

who's the low IQ poster again?

You played the game for free and had 30 days to enjoy it, and chances are you never planned on buying that game regardless. Don't give me that shit about needing your subscription active and the feeling of owning the stuff to be able to enjoy it.
Sony did you not give you these games forever out of the goodness of their hearts it's a perk of their subscription service and it's better than the one offered by Nintendo. And that's a fact.

why are they hiking prices in the UK when the tariffs are american?

(You)

Shhhh. They might realize paid online in general is a shame. Oh who am I kidding? They know and love it!

SIE is favouring their fellow countrymen

Keep bending over, Snoy

Snoys claims the switch 1 will flop

becomes one of the biggest selling consoles

Snoys laugh at retro games being locked behind nintendo's online subscription

Sony does it too and gets a price increase

Snoys laugh at switch 1 "rereleases"

Gets another TLOU rerelease but this time it comes with a "thank you goi" letter

Snoys claims the switch 2 prices will increase because of tariffs

PS5 and PS plus gets hit with the price increase instead

lol

$79.99.
A year.
For the privilege of using your own internet.

I'm not a Snoy! I just bought a PS5 and will defend all of their anti-consumer decisions!

Fucking hell... Zero self awareness

Looks like 3 locked down PCs to me.

he isn't wrong

Nintendo hiked the price of everything else instead because they can charge $40 for an Amiibo and offload costs that way. The $95 joycons are fucking insane.

i don't want to read or hear any complains about pricing anymore

Are we really going to have months of discourse over a solved question? Nintendo makes amazing games that I would be willing to pay extra for. Sure, I don’t want to pay extra, but I would be willing to. Meanwhile, Sony peddles shovelware trash that I wouldn’t play for free, much less $70.

You don't need to buy amiibos to play games on Switch 2.
You get joycons in the box. You don't need another pair. You can use your old ones if you want (can't do it on PS5...).
Surely you see how it's different from hiking the price of the console?

I think you can use a PS4 controller on a PS5 for PS4 games, it's a retarded stipulation but yeah. But you need to look at it from a long term perspective, if your controller drifts and Nintendo doesn't cover repairs this time you're out $95 instead of the $75 Sony charges(also a retarded price) Your old joycons aren't going to attach for handheld play anyway so there's still a stipulation there. Also, if you're buying $80 games then you're going to end up paying more money over time anyway, especially with Nintendo's refusal to put their biggest games on sale for decent prices. Playstation and Xbox games go on sale for dirt cheap, you pay more up front but still save more over time, that's why you see minorities flocking to those systems.

I do agree that Nintendo offloading the costs onto their biggest fanboys that buy things like Amiibos is a great way to go about things and much better than raising the price of the console itself but the odds are that Nintendo will increase the NSO price sooner rather than later using the GC games as a justification for it. Really, it just comes down to all consoles being shit because of their ecosystems being so locked down. A controller shouldn't be $75, Sony is retarded for charging that. Likewise, $95 for a controller is so god damn silly that it feels like a joke. You can buy a $30 controller and go on a pirating spree on PC and end up saving so much money because you aren't in a locked down Microsoft started making some controllers no longer work on Xbox, people bought controllers that essentially got banned. Sony probably did something similar at some point, they usually copy Microsoft. With consoles, you're just choosing which dick you want up the ass. Nintendo might use more lube but it's better to not take a dick up the ass at all.

You're gonna pay regardless even with Nintendo, although now in addition you can also pay for the privilege of being able to use voicechat, lol.
Even if you pay a little more for Plus you are still getting more than what Nintendo is offering.
So stop engaging in mental gymnastics, both are shit services but one of them is less shit than the other.

What exactly does plus offer that's so great? Monthly kusoge that nobody bothers to check anymore? A catalog of classic PS1/2 games from all the great franchises that Sony cancelled? It's arguably worse than NSO because the SNES is widely agreed to have one of the best libraries of all times meanwhile plus gives you syphon filter and twisted metal

both are shit services but one of them is less shit than the other.

Yeah. I'd rather not pay 80 fucking bucks to use my own internet

The attitude is amongst the normies aswell seemingly

PS Plus you can get 6 games for free

3 games and they aren't free

and half of the time they are good games

come on now, you can count like 3-4 games barely worth redeeming each year, this year alone has been nothing but garbage and I highly doubt it will get any better
playstation.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Plus_monthly_games_(North_America)

sony decided to fuck their strongest markets as they are still in competition with xbox in the US, already make a loss per unit on hardware sales
nintendo's prices, mostly the accessories were pre-inflated in anticipation, they also take no losses on hardware in general so decided to tank the hit

Journalists have been pissed at Nintendo cutting them out with the Directs.
The most blatant example is what got Kotaku blacklisted. Their damage control is pretending they never did this and altering the article.

So it wasn't just an impression.
I wouldn't be surprised if we learned that the drop the price shit and all the totally organic FUD being spread everywhere was started by shills. That's 100% something Sony loves doing. If anything, the fact the Switch 2 is selling out everywhere and preorder levels being at "historic" levels shows that normal rags actually didn't mind the pricing too much at all. I do, though, so I'll be waiting for a little while before getting one, I'm waiting for more info on Rhythm Tengoku and Duskbloods, personally.

I understand people being miffed about Mario kart being expensive, but the console? The console itself is more than fairly priced in the US, here in Scandinavia we are charged by scalper pieces of shit Bergsala who charge way too fucking much.

No, they just charge full price for their games forever. RE2 on Gamecube released at $40 and stayed there forever until scalpers shot it up after the influx of covidbux destroyed the retro game market at the beginning of 2021.

What difference? They both treat their consumers like gullible retards.