• Regalia
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    10 months ago

    Wasn’t the reason they couldn’t produce more because of the semiconductor shortage?

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      10 months ago

      Partly, but scalpers buying up what inventory there was for reselling was absolutely rampant as well

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          10 months ago

          Scalpers were holding a lot of them and raised the prices so ppl gave up and got another console or a PC altogether. This may not be majority but definitely a singinificant difference and just 1 example for that.

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            10 months ago

            Yup. Sales numbers good, but brand loyalty down which isn’t good for future sales