Not surprised, cost of living is way up and it’s been on the market for half a decade now
I know it’s true, but it just doesn’t feel right. I even worked with PS5s for 4 years and it still doesn’t seem right
I still remember driving home with my damn PS4 to play the new God of War like it was yesterday. This time business needs to slow tf down.
That’s the neat part. It doesn’t slow down, on the contrary.
For AI that no one asked for and at best seems to be used to make comical videos of unphysical unrealistic situations that never happened.
Companies would be foolish to release new consoles any time in the next 3 to 5 years. None of this is going away anytime soon.
It’s still fucking ridiculous that billionaire literally just bought the world’s computing supply for a decade to build something no one wants and no one even knows how to make profitable…
It’s getting to the point where it only makes sense if they don’t want us to have computers anymore.
They’ve deluded themselves into thinking they can achieve full ai and take over the world. These tech billionaires got their money young and never grew up because of it
Upside is that it means they’ll go full throttle until they smash into the economic equivalent of a pilon barrier. Maybe we’ll get lucky and see some of them kill themselves a la people jumping to their deaths at wallstreet when the great depression set in.
Look a man can dream, and I dream of death and bloodshed.
Cause everyone is broke and gas prices keep rising making everything in our lives more expensive.
And the console is like 8 years old, so anyone who wants one already has one.
It seems like consoles are in a death spiral of price increases and lower sales.
I’m in a good spot financially and can afford new games and consoles on release date if I choose to. However I generally wait a few years after their release.
I haven’t bought a new release game or console for myself in over a decade and I’ve only bought one or two titles at full price for my kids in the last three years.
It just doesn’t seem worth it.
Thank you! I am one of the same with you, I could buy, but I choose to wait. Everyone deserves e better prices and I think everyone should wait to buy their games. Companies get greedy fast
I am in a similar boat. I’ve usually bought consoles a few years in when prices were lower. But since they’re higher, I’m just sticking with PS4 and playing through that backlog
Yeah exactly. New games are often buggy and I just can’t justify the cost. If they’re interesting, I put em on my steam wishlist and get them when they’re on offer.
I recently looked into buying one, and the cost is just so prohibitive, especially when you take into account that you have to buy another controller and a stand because the stand isn’t even included. And I would also want one of those chargers. And that doesn’t even include the games that are expensive too.
I also noticed that whenever I look at games for the PS4, it says in a disclaimer that the game might not work right on the PS5. I don’t know what’s going on with that, but it doesn’t inspire confidence.
It’s just a cover-their-ass disclaimer. PS4 compatibility is pretty good in general, I think only like two games don’t work.
Don’t forget that you also have to pay them $10 a month of you want the luxury of playing those expensive games online
This is actually worse than the headline because the sales collapsed over Christmas.
Well it has what, 6 exclusive games?
I wanted to make a joke about foamstars, but it’s also available for the ps4.
Instead, here’s the wikipedia article with all 23 present and future ps5 exclusive games.
23 fucking games. I’m pretty sure the PS1, 2, 3, AND 4 had that many within a year of their releases. The fuck are you doing sony?
Wait when did people start demanding exclusives instead of complaining about them
If you’re trying to sell a game console, what can that console offer except exclusives? It’s more a comment at how bad at business these giant cororations are than a complaint.
Less so in favor of exclusives and moreso baffled by how barren the PS5 is for them since it’s such a major driver of console sells. Especially given how many indie and AA studios would probably be willing to give Sony exclusive rights if they chucked the budget of failed projects like hero shooter whatsyamacallit with the botch retro scifi aesthetic.
Yeah they are so weird about supporting their stuff. Speaking as a former PS VR owner…
And don’t get me started about the very few games that really take advantage of the PS5 hardware.
You can use it on PC! :D
I’m sure that there’s some rule of economics that says once most consumers who would buy something have bought it, sales will drop.
It’s not the hardware that matters, it’s the openness of the software.
I’m positive pc sales have slumped probably just as much, it’s getting really quite expensive to build or buy a pc again.
I cannot get big picture mode to work for shit, it’s probably my tv but I have a bunch of steam stuff unplayed.
Well at least PlayStation Studio games will also be coming to PC to help sales numbers…
Sony: “I can’t hear you over the sound of me shooting myself in the foot.”
Screw consoles and high end computer gaming. Games started looking very good since the PS2 gen. They were just low res. Low end PC gaming is where it’s at. Recently I went back to replay emulated Viewtiful Joe, the old KOTOR games PC version, emulated god of war - they look great. On Steam bought the first Rage and it runs on a basic cheap computer now and I think it looks great. Steam Deck is PS4 level. Don’t need a PS5 and definitely won’t need a PS6. The future is gameplay not graphics
Doesn’t matter. People will buy the PS5 in masses when GTA6 releases, no matter the price.
