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Sony PS5 sales drop 46%, even before recent price increase (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] 129 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This generation is the first time that a console that is half a decade old has continued to rise in price instead of falling.

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  • [–] 67 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    They want us to pay an assload up front and also pay more for games and to play online compared to PC? This will probably be my last console.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Paying to play online is what got me off the consoles.

    100$ per year x 10 years = a pretty decent pc. (At least until recently).

    The PS4 is the last console I'll ever own.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    PCs are even more expensive, but the gaming value over time is huge, especially if you factor in 🏴‍☠️.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I bought a replacement video card on 2019. It was replacing my 10 year old card. When I built my new PC, it was replacing a pc I begrudgingly installed win7 on. I have emulators from up to PS2. Pc gaming has crazy ROI.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Well, when you add the cost of the console to the cost of the online subscription... Not sure the pc is all that much more expensive.

    Also, just with Steam sales, the amount of money you save is pretty impressive.

    Lastly, when that pc dies, my next pc will still be able to play all the games from the previous pc. Not quite the case with consoles.

    All around, pc is a clear winner.

    Did I mention I installed Bazzite? It rocks. Microslop gets to eat a bag of dicks and to me, that's worth all the money in the world.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    It may be your last but this is the way it's been for decades. People keep buying them.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    No, there has never been a time when Nintendo, the cheapest option for a current gen console, has been $500, while the others start at $600. Considering the other current gen ones are 6 years old at that price, next gen will be even higher. People will keep buying them, of course, but everyone has their breaking point. I won't be the only one.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    And where there is little benefit between generations for gamers. No wow for graphics or gameplay. Just more expensive and slightly improved. It’s similar to phones. In an effort to have mass appeal, they try to appeal to all levels of hardware, so can’t fully take advantage of the new. In the past, it just wouldn’t launch on older hardware. However, even the big studios were more like indies back then.

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