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[–] phx@lemmy.ca 35 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] RenegadeTwister@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, but then they still sold the unit. How would that hurt their sales numbers?

[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

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

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