But what of consumer goodwill? What of lost downstream profit from games and services sales if people decide to forgo a console due to the MSRP?
Some people may be willing to stomach the price from resellers, would they if it was Sony etc. pricing it at that level?
Consumers don't see it this way. They often latch on to completely "irrational" cues in forming opinions of a brand. See: "Apple Tax." Note: I put "irrational" in quotes to indicate that consumers exhibit un-intuitive behavior. It's not actually a value judgement about the behavior itself, only indicating that in a purely supply-and-demand driven market environment, these behaviors would not be exhibited.
You might benefit from reading this article on Price Anchoring:
https://www.priceintelligently.com/blog/bid/181199/price-anc...