Submitted 1 year ago by GamingNews@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps5-pro-sales-have-fallen-behind-ps4-pro-in-the-us/
My PS5 will probably be my last non-Nintendo console. I use my Gaming PC for everything, Steam Deck for portable, and Switch for everything Nintendo.
I haven’t turned on my PS5 since Rebirth and my XSX for… Goldeneye? I don’t even remember it was so long ago.
There have been like 3 PS5 exclusive games that I wanted to play and they’ve all come to PC. Just don’t see the point anymore.
Can I recommend chiakideck? Playing PS5 games in bed using the steam deck is awesome, if there are any games that you have on console that you don’t want to repurchase
There isn’t any real incentive to upgrade from a base PS5
Just buy a PC, no reason for a playstation at all except to be forced to only play with the playstation people.
Well, it really hasn’t given me much reason to upgrade from my PS4 Pro. So…Yeah…
PS3 backwards compatibility would’ve sold me though.
What would I even play on it?
Used PS3 games!
Don’t forget emulated PS1 and PS2 games!
Yay
Queue a similar exchange programme like it happened last gen when the same happened.
I thought I was losing my mind after seeing all the PS5 Pro praise. Glad to see that the numbers matched what my expectations were.
I do wonder if Sony bought out some influencers or something, because it was oddly counterintuitive amounts of praise.
I assume that the PS5 Pro is great for its target audience: people who care about getting the best possible graphics on a console. They bought it, they tried it, they loved it, and they praised it. The issue with the PS5 Pro is that not everyone fits into that niche. For people who are not playing on giant 4K TVs, what is the benefit? What does it provide that a regular PS5 (or even a PS4) does not? Sony has not provided an answer, from what I have seen.
I wonder why…
£800 for a console (£700 for digital) is actually ridiculous.
It’s like a PC without the PC benefits.
Normally, id agree. But with pc parts prices being what they are… Its still a “bargin”. I hate to use the word bargin here, because the pricing of both pc and consoles is insane
Shocking. When your entire customer base asks “why?” When you announce a product that’s usually a good indicator. Also wasn’t it like 800 dollars?
$700, but I agree that this was a stupid product. If instead, they introduced the slim at $350 and the pro at $500, these things would be hard to find on store shelves.
I wouldn’t know…I stopped falling for the console trap after PS3. Only thing since was a PS4 controller, for my PC
After my PS3 got the YLOD, I considered about purchasing a PS4, and then I thought: I would have to start from zero since it doesn’t have backwards compatibility. So, I went back to PC and my whole catalogue was there waiting for me. They are indeed a trap.
This reminds me of the Q&A section on Amazon product pages where someone will answer a question stating that they don’t know because they didn’t buy the item.
I wouldn't really call it a "trap". If you're buying a console when it's new at full price, sure, you're being taken for a ride, but give it a couple of years for stuff to be cheaper and it can work out reasonably well.
I used to be a major PC gamer but eventually the cost/benefit calculation went completely off the rails.
Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Good. There were like six PS5 only games when they released it so I hope it does terribly - if you’ve bought one, you’re an idiot.
“Let’s just bleed em even drier” said Sony, careful not to cut its own lip on its vampire fangs.