they think the whole world have the same spending power as US mah
USD10 is just a cost of a bigmac meal there, no big deal for the muricans
if it also cost just a big mac meal for me to upgrade here, I won't bat an eye
but it's 3x of that! I gonna bet they gonna charge us RM39.90 for the next gen upgrade
Sony is still a jap corp, I guess their jap main shareholder still has influence over most of their major decisions
if you look closely, a lot of traditional Jap corp culture is already outdated, and some old geezers high up still think their old ways of doing business in the olden days is still applicable today
Sony is not known for taking risks
in the past few gen, they have the most hardware & software sales, they are the king of the past few gens
So just rinse and repeat of the same old sales & marketing strategy and continue to milk more from their cows that cannot supply enough milk
and they gonna charge you extra for milk from younger cow
sooner or later their cows gonna die from overmilking

whereas the other side with "greener" pasture

you're given "free" unlimited supply of milk by paying a subscription
milk from old cow new cow also cost the same, can drink all you want until you vomit

here is 2 double quarter pounder got change lol. mcd also quite expensive but ppl still queue
probably thats the purchasing power here also naik lol. the other side they listen to ppl and do changes. ang moh owes love feedback, not all but most. Japanese memang 1 kind, u see sony xperia phone, then u can know le lol.