Well that would certainly be Pie in the Sky territory! I am definitely not that optimistic especially in the tail end of a pandemic, but who knows maybe everyone gets lucky...
Semiconductor shortages have nothing to do with digital sales shares
And? The quote I posted what part of the OP. I fail to see your point.
That it was part of the OP is irrelevant. The current situation with semiconductors has nothing to do with the increase in digital sales. Which is what you’re claiming. It’s literally your first sentence
I never said anything about the semi conductors. I specifically talked about the digital sales growth that is talked about on the OP. Again, I fail to understand what you are talking about.
This seems extremely hyperbolic, at least with regards to the PS5.
Scalpers - something that happens every generation with desired consoles. Research has also shown that it's a small minority of consoles sold.
Shortages - PS5 has so far produced around the same amount of consoles as they did with PS4, if not more. It's just so popular that they are getting sold out instantly.
High prices - you can get a PS5 DE for £350 and the disc version is £450. That means you can get a PS5, which is a much stronger console than PS4, for the same price as the PS4 released at.
I mean you said " The current situation has only accelerated the transition to Digital. " And then quoted the part about digital sales. If you weren't trying to make a link to the topic at hand with your thoughts on digital...I'm not sure what point you were making. The "situation" is a semi-conductor shortage. I can see why they would be a little confused by your post. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something too idk.
Rumors are that the Switch Pro would be made by Samsung, not TMSC. That would have fewer problems. It's a revision, not a new gen, it doesn't need cutting edge chips like $ 1000 phones.
The current situation as in the current situation with the pandemic that is forcing people to stay home and buy digital games. I was not talking about at all about the semi-conductor shortage.
See you for PS5 pro then I guess. What’s the point of paying top dollar for a system that isn’t conventionally available for its first 14 months?
While scalping occurs every generation, I don’t believe it’s ever been as bad as this gen.
Around 10% of consoles sold going to scalpers is awfully high.
PS5 Scalper Sales Reportedly Account For 10 Percent Of All Units Sold
The PS5 scalping situation is worse than expected.
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Higher prices is in reference to $70 games, which Sony and others are pushing.
The scalping situation is only as bad as it is because stores won't carry them in the middle of a pandemic. Even if you picked one up at the store, you still had to order it online first. I can easily go to any store right now and buy a switch because we're not all pigeon holed into a single method of purchasing a product even though those are selling like crazy too.While scalping occurs every generation, I don’t believe it’s ever been as bad as this gen.
Around 10% of consoles sold going to scalpers is awfully high.
PS5 Scalper Sales Reportedly Account For 10 Percent Of All Units Sold
The PS5 scalping situation is worse than expected.
Higher prices is in reference to $70 games, which Sony and others are pushing.
Will part of the issue regarding scalpers is that all stock allocation is online because of the pandemic so that has caused extra issues and while upto 10% is a lot, it's nowhere near the amount that people act like online where people often act as if it's the majority of consoles.While scalping occurs every generation, I don’t believe it’s ever been as bad as this gen.
Around 10% of consoles sold going to scalpers is awfully high.
PS5 Scalper Sales Reportedly Account For 10 Percent Of All Units Sold
The PS5 scalping situation is worse than expected.
Higher prices is in reference to $70 games, which Sony and others are pushing.
As for prices, you had that as a separate reason to game prices so it came across as a different issue you had.
