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Here’s The Argument For Why A Disc-Free PlayStation Could Actually Drive Game Prices Down

4 days ago by thallamabond to c/technology

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Former CEO of Square Enix thinks Sony will be a benevolent Monopoly, not like the other monopolies.

Navok’s interpretation rests on a lot of maybes and charity.

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AlanWake2112 41 points 4 days ago

I want someone to come up with a single example where a company lowered prices on a product without reducing its original size.

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thallamabond 17 points 4 days ago

It definitely has happened, the Ford model T went down in price by more than half from $780 in 1910 to $290 in 1924.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T

Nothing like that is happening here. This is a move to reduce competition, which has never lowered prices.

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Mondez 4 points 4 days ago

There are normally plenty of examples when an effective monopoly is broken of prices coming down to stay competitive, patents expiring on drugs normally sees prices tumble. A single example where a company becoming an effective monopoly lowered prices might be a better comparison because I'm fairly sure that hasn't happened.

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village604 3 points 4 days ago

Proton dropped prices when their costs went down.

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rebelsimile 2 points 4 days ago

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pHr34kY 4 points 3 days ago

The Sony PSX launched at $800 (aud) and dropped to $400 a few months later when the N64 was released at $400.

It turns out that Sony had that 100% headroom all along.

Reducing costs just pumps margins. Removing competition with retail boxes will not reduce the price.

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frongt 2 points 3 days ago

Most new products drop in price after the initial release, because the seller wants to extract as much as possible from the people who want the brand new thing.

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