Comment on Nearly 5 years in, PS5 sales remain neck-and-neck with PS4 | VGC

vxx@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is true for me. I did not buy a ps5, but instead a PC. There are no games on ps5 that I want to play that I cannot play on PC.

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  • AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    True for me too, only I did buy a PS5, then a Steam Deck, then built a Linux gaming PC. I doubt I’ll ever go back to PS again, not after this gen.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And the more people do the same the less console exclusives there will be (outside of the Nintendo ecosystem)

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And this coming release will be the first time I’m not going to bother about a new Nintendo console going back to the original. For context, I even like the Virtual Boy. Nintendo has done everything possible to make themselves unlikable.

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    • MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, the hardest thing is really going to be GTA6. The reason I bought a PS4 was GTA5. Needing to wait 2 years to play GTA6 on PC will be a tough thing to swing.

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      • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Just remember that GTAV’s performance on PS3/Xbox360 is about how well GTAVI is likely going to run on PS5/Xbox Series X.

        We’ve got a few years until the PC release as PS6 is coming.

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• Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This headline would imply that PS4 users are upgrading to PS5 at almost the same rate that they upgraded or moved to the PS4.

  Honestly, it’s pretty surprising considering the PS4 is still kind of a current console. I’d think a lot of people would be satisfied staying with the PS4 and still getting most of the games that are coming out.

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  • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s a growing market though.

    Xbox one sales are neck in neck with xbox 360 sales too.

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wouldn’t that imply it’s not a growing market anymore?

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      • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes, if PC sales wouldn’t be growing

        gartner.com/…/2025-04-14-gartner-says-worldwide-p…?

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      • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes, its a mature market. We are likely at a point where a new competitor or innovation focused incumbent takes a swing at a new tech.

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