I-PS5 kanye ne-Xbox Series X/S balethe amashifu ambalwa emakethe, kodwa okube nomthelela kubathengi ngaphezu kokuningi wushintsho lwamanani okukhishwa okuningana okukhulu. Nakuba u-$60 bekuyintengo ejwayelekile yemidlalo isikhathi eside manje, okuthandwa yi-Sony, i-Activision, i-Take-Two Interactive, nokunye banqume ukukhuphula izintengo zemidlalo yabo ku-$70.
Kukhona, kunjalo, abashicileli abambalwa abangakayenzi leyo switch. Omunye wabo ngu-Ubisoft, ngubani uthe phakathi no-2020 ukuthi nakuba imidlalo yabo ezokhishwa maduze izobiza u-$60, bebengakanqumi ukuthi imodeli yabo yentengo izobukeka kanjani ngokulandela lokho. Kodwa njengoba lokho kungasekho endleleni, ingabe sebesithathile isinqumo manje? Nokho, njengoba kuvela, cha, abazange.
Ekhuluma ngesikhathi sika-Ubisoft muva nje ikholi yokuhola yekota, isikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali sithe uFrédérick Duguet ukuthi inkampani isahlaziya imakethe, kodwa ayizange yenze isinqumo ngandlela thile mayelana nokuthi izokwenyusa amanani.
“Mayelana namanani entengo, besihlaziya ukuncintisana kwekota edlule futhi sisabheka amathuba amasha, kodwa besingakathathi sinqumo,” kusho uDuguet (nge I-VGC).
Ngo-2021, i-Ubisoft inenqwaba yemidlalo emikhulu ephumayo, okuhlanganisa nokuthandwa kwe I-Far Cry 6 futhi I-Rainbow Six Quarantine (yize cishe zonke zishaywe ukubambezeleka futhi zingenazo izinsuku eziqondile zokukhishwa), ngakho-ke umbuzo wokuthi ukukhishwa kwabo okuzayo kuzobiza ini abathengi ubaluleke kakhulu.
Ngokufanayo, abakwaCapcom, nabo, bebengazimisele ukuzibophezela kumodeli entsha yamanani okwamanje, futhi bathi bahlala bengakanqumi ngalolu daba. Funda okwengeziwe ngalokho ngokusebenzisa lapha.
