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How much e-waste is generated due to equipment that could be redundant if not for exclusives. Not just the consoles either, but all the accessories.
My understanding is that the console hardware itself isn't even that profitable, in the same way that lower-end printers are just platforms to sell ink.
Razors and blades - every console game has a, IIRC, ~$5 platform holder fee, which goes to Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo. So if you buy a Playstation at-cost and then buy 5 games, then Sony makes ~$25 in profit.
Yep. But aren't we glad we have competition! Aren't we glad we duplicate research/work all the time! We'd never think of improvements without this.