Because market share was king back then so consoles were subsidized. Now subscriptions are king, so hardware products are left in the dust.
- Valve Confirms Steam Machine Will Not Be Subsidized Hardware Like Consoles, and Some Are Questioning That Strategy While Bracing Themselves for a ‘Current PC Market’ Price
- Sony Executive Confirms That PlayStation Is Moving Away from the Hardware Business Toward a Platform Business
- Xbox “Has No Desire” To Make Hardware Anymore, Founding Team Member Says
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Consoles aren’t going anywhere but we’re probably going to see Xbox One and PS4 get releases for quite some time yet.