One big argument that is commonly made in argument for anti-consumer decisions (although it shouldn't be relevant to consumers fighting against them), is that companies make them because they make more money.
Although that may be true in some instances, I thought it would be worth listing some decisions that companies have made which have most likely hurt their bottom line more than they helped.
These are all PlayStation focused, because these have all been adding up lately to cause me to become increasingly frustrated with the platform.
- The lack of digital PS1 & PS2 game support on PS4: This one is easy for me to explain. I bought a load of PS1 and PS2 games on PS3/Vita/PSP. Unfortunately, PS4 does not support these. As a result of this, I just haven't bought any of the PS2 games available on the PS4 (or even any of the existing ones that still exist on the older platforms that I was planning on getting).
- The lack of account-sharing in Fortnite. There have been threads on this, but for me personally (and I'm sure others), this decision has just resulted me in not playing Fortnite on PS4 (and ergo, not spending any money there).
- The shitty attitude of customer service and the fact getting refunds, even in cases of fraud, results in a nightmare of possible account bans and other problems: one of my friends went through a horrible experience here. Again, as a result of this, I spend a lot less money on PSN than I used to.
- The lack of PS3-era force-feedback steering wheel support: The fact that I can't use my Driving Force GT in Gran Turismo Sport has just resulted me in not being interested in the game. I was planning on buying a Logitech G29 as well, but now won't for two reasons: I wanted to play splitscreen with force-feedback, and how the hell can I have any confidence that the PS5 will support this wheel?
- Super expensive PSVita memory card prices. I rarely bought PSN games because I didn't have enough space on my memory card. But I never bought a memory card because they were so expensive. Even though I probably would have spent £100s on games otherwise, instead I spent close to zero.
However, there is one anti-consumer decision which has probably benefited Sony more than it harmed them:
- The lack of dualshock 3 support. I do now own 4 dualshock 4 controllers, which I likely wouldn't do otherwise.
Although that may be true in some instances, I thought it would be worth listing some decisions that companies have made which have most likely hurt their bottom line more than they helped.
These are all PlayStation focused, because these have all been adding up lately to cause me to become increasingly frustrated with the platform.
- The lack of digital PS1 & PS2 game support on PS4: This one is easy for me to explain. I bought a load of PS1 and PS2 games on PS3/Vita/PSP. Unfortunately, PS4 does not support these. As a result of this, I just haven't bought any of the PS2 games available on the PS4 (or even any of the existing ones that still exist on the older platforms that I was planning on getting).
- The lack of account-sharing in Fortnite. There have been threads on this, but for me personally (and I'm sure others), this decision has just resulted me in not playing Fortnite on PS4 (and ergo, not spending any money there).
- The shitty attitude of customer service and the fact getting refunds, even in cases of fraud, results in a nightmare of possible account bans and other problems: one of my friends went through a horrible experience here. Again, as a result of this, I spend a lot less money on PSN than I used to.
- The lack of PS3-era force-feedback steering wheel support: The fact that I can't use my Driving Force GT in Gran Turismo Sport has just resulted me in not being interested in the game. I was planning on buying a Logitech G29 as well, but now won't for two reasons: I wanted to play splitscreen with force-feedback, and how the hell can I have any confidence that the PS5 will support this wheel?
- Super expensive PSVita memory card prices. I rarely bought PSN games because I didn't have enough space on my memory card. But I never bought a memory card because they were so expensive. Even though I probably would have spent £100s on games otherwise, instead I spent close to zero.
However, there is one anti-consumer decision which has probably benefited Sony more than it harmed them:
- The lack of dualshock 3 support. I do now own 4 dualshock 4 controllers, which I likely wouldn't do otherwise.
