a backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates
I think that’s all you’re going to get.
Comment on PS5 price to rise in Europe, Australia and New Zealand
simple@lemm.ee 11 months ago
A 100 euro increase?! Am I reading that right? Did they give a reason for this?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 months ago
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Nintendo has a “premium” price so we can too.
Exusia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ah the old “In these trying times” once again!
cybervseas@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nintendo is doing it and no one can afford new PC graphics cards, so let’s bleed 'em like stuck pigs.
Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Well at least Nintendo is releasing new hardware, don’t know the fuck Sony is smoking
SolidShake@lemmy.world 11 months ago
GPUs aren’t expensive though. Consumers just believe they need a brand new 5090tellytubby edition overclocked 128gb to run basic games. When a super cheap 3070ti would do just fine, or even a $300~ 3060 or AMD equivalent for cheaper.
nawa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I got a used 2080 Ti about a year ago and pretty much everything runs great in 1440p, not on top graphics but I don’t really need that. Don’t even see a reason to upgrade with all these crazy prices.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That card might even be better than my 3060. Which is both sad and funny at the same time
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When I build a new computer sometime in the next year or so, I’ll probably end up buying the second-best AMD card available at the time, because that’s where there tends to be the best bang for my buck. But in reality, I’ll be using the full power of that card for only a handful of games over the lifetime of that machine, and I’ll spend most of my time playing a 2D game that came out in 2012. Yeah, you can absolutely get away with cheaper cards and have a great time.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Good luck getting one, hardware has been practically non-existent lately. At least for anything other than scalper prices. I hope that this trend doesn’t continue too much longer.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
50 eur, second increase in its lifespan. 1st increase was 50 eur as well.