Ngenkathi kulo nyaka kwethulwa ama-consoles esizukulwane esisha avela ku-Sony ne-Microsoft, kwabaningi bekuyinto ekhungathekisayo. Amakhonsoli athengiswayo lapho kwethulwa akuyona into entsha, vele, kwenzeka cishe nganoma yiluphi uhlelo olusha olukhulu lokwethulwa, kodwa kulo nyaka be...luhlukile. Buza noma ubani ozame uku-oda kusengaphambili futhi akahle, uzothola izindaba eziningi zokukhungatheka, ukudideka kanye ne-F5'ing eqhubekayo. Ngokwengxenye, lokhu bekungenxa yalolu bhubhane, kepha kunokuningi okusebenzayo lapha. Isibonelo, ama-scalpers asebenzisa ama-bots athuthuke kakhulu ukuze athathe ama-oda wangaphambilini bese uwathengisa kuma-markup futhi kwesinye isikhathi izikhathi zoku-oda ngaphambilini zivele zehliswe ngaphandle kwesixwayiso (njengoba u-Sony enza kulo nyaka nge-PS5). U-Phil Spencer uyawazi usizi lwakho futhi ucabanga ukuthi kuzoholela ekubhekweni kwamanye amamodeli okuthenga.
Ukukhuluma naye I-Verge, uSpencer wakhuluma ngokukhungatheka okuzwakele phakathi nalesi sikhathi soku-oda kusengaphambili. Uthe bobabili kanye nozakwabo wePlayStation, uJim Ryan, bakuveze njengenkinga. Ucabanga ukuthi ekugcineni lezi zinkinga zizoholela ekutheni kubhekwe izinhlobo eziningi zokuthenga, anikeze izibonelo ezimbalwa, nokuthi indlela yamanje yokwenza izinto ekugcineni ingase isiphelelwe yisikhathi.
“Sifuna abantu bazizwe sengathi kukhona ama-consoles abazowathenga, futhi akulona nje usuku lapho wonke umuntu eyolanda ikhonsoli yakhe. Angazi noma kuyisinqumo esifanele yini leso ezweni lanamuhla. Lokho kuwumcabango wezwe omdala kakhulu, abantu bazongena kulayini ngaphandle kwesitolo, uhlobo lokucabanga kweshumi leminyaka eledlule. Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele siziphonsele inselelo kulokho. Ingabe lelo wuchungechunge lokunikezela ngempahla ngomthengi esikhuluma ngalo, lokho kuyiqiniso? Sixoxe nozakwethu bezitolo mayelana nalokhu.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi leli bhizinisi liyaqhubeka, kithina naku-Sony - uJim Ryan [kwa-Sony], ngiyamhlonipha kakhulu, sobabili sikhale ngokuthi la ma-oda ahamba kanjani nokuthi iyiphi inkinga esiyixazulula ngempela kubonakala kusese namakhasimende amaningi acasukile njengathi, ngoba awakwazi ukuthola umkhiqizo wethu. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzosiphoqa ukuthi sicabange ngamamodeli amasha. Kungaba, gcina indawo yakho. Kungaba ukwenza izinto ngokuqondile nekhasimende. Noma kunjalo kungenzeka ukuthi umthengisi agcwalise i-oda, kodwa ukuze nje abantu babe nokucaca okwengeziwe lapho bengathola khona ikhonsoli. Yinto esisebenza ngayo.”
I-PS5 ne-Xbox Series X/S bekungeyona yodwa imikhiqizo yokuzijabulisa ekhiqizwe ngobuningi ekhishwe kulo nyaka. U-Apple ukhiphe ama-iPhones amasha nama-Macbooks amasha, ngokwesibonelo, futhi ngenkathi eza ngemuva kwesikhathi kunokujwayelekile, awazange abe nokubambezeleka okukhulu noma izinkinga zesitoko. Ngakho ngokusobala, kukhona enye indlela eya phambili. Nokho, okwamanje, zonke izinhlelo zesizukulwane esisha zibonakala zinezinkinga zesitoko esithemba ukuthi zizolungiswa ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.
