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    1. 89LSC on

      Between price and the fact that you have to install games just like a computer there’s not much reason to buy one over just buying a higher spec PC

    2. NChSh on

      I’ve been playing Wii U of all things lately with my 5 year old and I prefer it over any modern console. A lot of new games are lazy, bloated garbage that refuse to innovate

    3. MrMindGame on

      I specifically made sure to save for and buy a PS5 and Switch 2 as soon as I was able to in late 2024/early 2025 because I knew the price hikes would come eventually. Feel very glad for the investment in hindsight.

    5. skrid54321 on

      It’s not like they have a choice. If they price to sell, they’ll eat a major loss per unit and will probably just get cannibalized for parts anyways.

    6. NomadFH on

      Completely unnecessary american tariffs and datacenter hell are doing this. These companies are completely aware of what this price increase does to sales

    8. Evening_Ticket7638 on

      Doesn’t matter, GTA6 is coming out. People will pay whatever they it takes.

    9. DGanj on

      Just relaying my comment from another post about this article:

      I think the long term strategy is consoles and gaming PCs become too expensive so everyone who isn’t rich will be pushed to subscription based cloud gaming. You won’t own anything, subscription prices will continually creep up, and ads will be injected into everything.

      The enshittification will continue until morale improves.

    10. IpeeInclosets on

      The model more reliant on fees and margins on other expensive things will fail.  Especially if there is a high entry fee.

      I’m kind of amazed this model has lasted this long.

    11. drownedout11 on

      Not sure why everyone keeps bringing up pc gaming like that hasn’t become prohibitively expensive in the last few years. The last few years going back till at least 2019 has been the worst time to build a pc. Not to mention the fact that the steam deck has just been sold out for the last 3 months and other pc handhelds have seen significant mark ups. Is it cheaper than console gaming in the long run? Yes, but good luck getting a whole pc gaming setup for the price of a ps5, xbox, or switch 2.

    13. AbsoluteRook1e on

      Honestly, I’m more curious if any of these gaming companies ever thought of slowing down the release cycle of a new console for the sake of giving more people time to adapt.

      To me, the graphics comparison between the PS4 and PS5 feel so minimal. I know the processing power is better, but it truthfully does not feel like that much of a visual difference.

      That and I’m still enjoying a lot of older video games, even for online multiplayer. I’m playing Age of Empires 2: DE still as well as Halo: The Master Chief Collection for big team games. As for Halo, I’m still playing that on the Xbox One I got 12 years ago, used!

      If these consoles jeep getting more expensive, there’s not going to be as many people left to buy them new.

      I know that there’s probably a rumor mill around for the PS6/Next Xbox or whatever, but I just don’t see the point of getting another console, especially if the biggest thing that some of them tout is another remake of a game I already enjoyed.

    14. thineholyhandgrenade on

      lol no they are not, people will still buy them regardless of price hikes because we live in looney land now

    15. SIMT-Pixel on

      Allowing the Trump regime to oversee the unregulated integration of AI infrastructure will go down as one of the greatest disasters in modern history. Reagan levels of generational ass fucking.

    16. grafknives on

      The hardware prices got so high, I don’t understand why people are buying new pcs.

      It should be used market only..

    18. No_Assistance740 on

      Why not just greatly extend the life-cycle of the consoles? I’ll gladly play another 6-8 years on my PS5 Pro, and beyond. Same for the Switch 2 and Series X. The games look fantastic – just make them fun.

    20. Different_Case_6484 on

      Consoles have always been sold at or near cost. The PS3 launched at $599 in 2006 which is over $900 adjusted for inflation. If anything the pricing model hasn’t changed, everything else just got more expensive around it.

    22. Available-Low-2428 on

      I’ve gone back to emulators and retro gaming.  This whole generation fucking sucks and isn’t fun 

    23. Smooth-Chest-1554 on

      Yeah, I wanted to buy PS5 after few years because I thought that they will be cheaper. But no…

    24. 1995LexusLS400 on

      The alternative is PC if you want games. A mid-level GPU alone costs double an entire PS5/Xbox whatever it’s called now. 

    26. KentInCode on

      At the start of the gen I said on the Xbox sub that Xbox was best positioned because costs of games and hardware will rise but they are able to offer a service of many games on gamepass AND without selling a loss-leader box (possibly 1k+ in cost) and got downvoted for it because people don’t want to hear prices will rise.

      The writing is on the wall here due to component costs, cost of development and other operation costs. Prices are going to continue rising, are people going to pay over 1k for these with stricter household budgets?

      This retail model of selling an expensive console is breaking under its own weight due to the economy. The obvious is going to happen.

    27. Sartres_Roommate on

      With the price of GPUs and SSDs going insane because of AI, ALL gaming is becoming irrelevant. The game producers who do more with less are the only ones that are likely to survive this.

    28. austin101123 on

      Dude the fucking PS5 I totally gave up on. What is it now like 650??? Insanity!!!

      I paid 450 for my switch last year and it came with MKWorld. A brand new console not one that’s 5+ years old. And it even comes with its own screen.

      I had wanted a PS5 but they were out of stock for too long and then they raised prices lmao gtfoh I’m not buying that shit.

    29. Habib455 on

      This might deadass be the first sub thread I’ve seen finally attribute the rising gaming hardware cost on tariffs and the data center bubble. People have been making hardware price increases out to be incompetence on part of Sony and Nintendo, seemingly ignoring that they’re operating under the conditions created by genuine retards above them

    30. Far-Advantage-2770 on

      Blows my mind that people have been able to buy a $200 Beelink and play most of the Steam catalogue on dece settings and but would prefer to spend deep in the four figures for the same experience for Sony and Microsoft

    31. MikuEmpowered on

      Nah man. Game console always has a bare minimum profit margin.

      Because that’s not where the company makes money, it’s the exclusive games.

      More and more games are being released on all platforms, this is what’s truly eating into the profit margin of console. And as such, it’s forcing them to make the console more expensive IN ADDITION to the rising AI and datacenter competition for parts.

    32. luettmatten on

      I bought back my SEGA SATURN and Dreamcast incl. games and parts for 250€, after I sold it 15 years ago. I‘m more happy about them any other modern consoles and games.

    33. FamousFrank on

      Consoles getting too expensive … Gamepass and cloud gaming getting cheaper … hmmm

    34. HereInTheCut on

      If you don’t have a console already at this point, just get a cheap Anbernic handheld or an AliExpress knockoff and embrace retro gaming. By far the best value around.

    35. gkn_112 on

      definitely true for me. I’d rather buy a cheap gaming pc and play my huuuge backlog until they get their shit together in 2 years.

    36. Iamthe0c3an2 on

      It’s their plan they want us to switch to subscription cloud gaming. So pricing us out of affordable hardware.

    37. c64z86 on

      Even gaming(and other) subscriptions are pricing themselves out of relevance. A lot of people are cutting back on them.

    38. TomKansasCity on

      I had a difficult time trying to sell my Xbox Series X. No one wanted it, even though I live within easy driving distance of the Kansas City metro area, which has a population of around 2.7 million.

      The PS5 is already older tech, and so is the Xbox Series X. I’ve been a PC gamer for many years and really value it as an open platform. On a PC, I can earn money, make music, write, build websites, and do so much more. I wish more people fully understood how powerful a personal computer really is.

      A friend of mine is starting to realize this, and he has honestly become quite depressed about how much money he invested in a PS5 Digital Edition. He doesn’t own any physical media, which I warned him about, and to avoid relying entirely on digital downloads that you can’t resell. After doing a recent audit of what he spent on the PS5, he estimates he has put in over $6,000 on the console, multiple controllers, and dozens of digital games he doesn’t actually own in any transferable sense.

      That really puts things into perspective.

      With a PC, you can often resell it after a few years for a significant portion of what you paid, then use that value toward building a new system. There is much more long term value and flexibility in upgrade paths.

    39. Grizraznix on

      As a PS5 owner, i cancelled my subscription. Way too expensive, and game lineup blows.
      Hooked my pc up to 85” tv and haven’t looked back since.
      Honestly, I’d sell the PS5 but nobody here wants one.

    41. action_turtle on

      Truth be told, hardly touch my PS5 or Xbox anymore. Upgraded my sim rig to a 4090 a while back and used the 2080ti and made a PC that sits under my TV, just use steam. Cancelled gamepass over the price hike, PSN won’t get renewed this year as it’s now pointless.

      I’m sure I’m not alone, and making PS5/6 even more expensive is not going to help matters.

      Capitalism, once again, destroys another industry.

    42. xParesh on

      For a fraction of the price of a PS5, I was able to buy a whole bunch of retro consoles and games, all working offline with no patches or need to log in.

      Modern gaming has lost me completely and I don’t intend to go back.

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