FTC makes console market without Switch
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This is bigger than it seems. Videogames tend to have stuff happen before anyone else. So a big popular political party that is showing everyone up may be ignored by all the news stations because "it's not actually a party".
Also, PS4 consoles are the most blatant money laundering scheme in recent years. It fits the narrative, so people ran with it, but the numbers make no sense compared to game sales.
It's definitely big, but I'm not in-the-know enough to do more than blindly speculate about why this is happening, at whose behest, and what it means for the future.
Creating a 'high performance console' market basically turns Nintendo into a total monopoly of whatever is beneath that. Could be a way to force Nintendo to play nicer with third parties?
Also 'High Performance' pricks my climate change faggotry detectors. The powers that be could potentially decide 'high performance' consoles need to pay carbon taxes to offset their higher energy demands.
There's a litany of potential effects of this, but I just don't know which effects we can expect.
Nintendo has already been accused of not being green enough, so they made sure to point out the power consumption of their console. This was during the Wii and then the switch.
What is this about the PS4 and money laundering?
Sony has been doing it for a while. Look at the top game sales, and then consoles sold. It doesn't match up.