Very few gamers are interested in buying Project Scorpio or PS4 Pro, study finds

For Microsoft and Sony, the future of the console game business just might involve catering to a more enthusiast market, according to research published today by Nielsen Games. While Nintendo seems content banking on its portable Switch device, the owners of the Xbox and PlayStation brands are hoping mid-cycle console upgrades will convince consumers to shell out hundreds of dollars for only incrementally better devices. That could mean fewer consumers buy the latest devices, as the upper end of console market starts to resemble the PC.

Sony and Microsoft are placing the console’s future in mid-cycle upgrades

Sony was quickest out of the gate here with the PlayStation 4 Pro, which came out last fall. It arrived with a noticeable boost in...

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