This is Republicans and Trump’s doing btw.
Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow
Submitted 2 weeks ago by lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/762410/sony-ps5-price-hike-raise-digital-pro
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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ameancow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No no, I’m sure it’s the fault of the trans kids. And the immigrants.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Here’s how I think it’s going to go down.
They’ll realize that Sony isn’t a American company. They’ll find out it’s a Japanese company They’ll blame Chinese-Americans for the increase. Republican gestapo intensifies Tariffs will continue until Americans aren’t so stupid
jve@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks, Obama
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 2 weeks ago
Username checks out.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is also the choice if making less money that companies are allowed to make.
A company that is profitable will still be profitable if they make a tiny bit less profit.
But that’s not even seen as an option anymore. The idea that a company should shoulder the cost of anything instead of the consumer is crazy to us.
mogranja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And to top it off, if the tariffs went away in 3 months, would they lower the price back down?
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
I think, if I understand US law correctly, not a legal choice to publically traded companies.
Decq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why would they take a hit for something the US population voted for themselves? That makes no sense.
PhAzE@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Why would they make less money just so someone else can pocket some of it? Raising prices is the only and proper business decision to this.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
well, that and the insatiable lust for profit
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 2 weeks ago
Well, that’s tariffs for you. Completely expected, though a ~10% bump on the PS5 doesn’t adjust for all the tariff increase IIRC.
Hubi@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure this is due to the dollar weakening by 10%.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Both? Probably both.
Taldan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s not a particularly realistic explanation
The USD index has weakened by 10% as a whole, but not relative to the JPY. It has held roughly steady against the yen for the past couple years, before which the yen had weakened significantly. USD to JPY is extremely high right now, compared to where it has been over the past 15 years
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 2 weeks ago
Pretty sure the dollar weakened by 10% over it being harder to trade with the US.
flandish@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
*capitalism for you.
the tariffs are part of the overall system which is designed to exploit folks a few rich owners can profit.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Then why did Sony also increase pricing in several other countries?
DarkDecay@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately Christmas is gonna be rough time for a lot of Americans this year thanks to the trump tax
Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Americans need to boycott Christmas. Make memories and handmade presents instead of sending money at billionaires
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s their fault for voting for Trump or not voting at all
GalacticHero@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Tens of millions of us voted against it and did our best to convince those around us.
On the whole, we deserve what we’re getting. We asked for it. I just hope the rest of the world doesn’t forget that so many of us tried.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Literal millions of us (myself included) voted “correctly” for Harris. Blue no matter who. We did our part for your petty ass purity test and we’re still getting fucked.
Must be nice to live in a world where people only experience the results of who they voted for.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Eh, I voted third party. Why? Because my vote literally doesn’t matter in my state, since Trump took it with >20% margin. Votes only really matter in like 8 states because the rest have enough straight ticket voters to secure the election for one of the candidates. And in those 8 or so states, the misinformation was real, so it’s understandable that many people didn’t know what they were getting with their vote, they just voted based on whatever smear campaign made them hate the other candidate more.
IMO, the fault here lies w/ Kamala Harris for running a mediocre campaign promising the “status quo” when most people wanted real change. If she ran a more interesting campaign with actual plans regular people could understand, maybe she could’ve cut through the noise and reached enough people to win.
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
remember when consoles got cheaper as they aged? …and eventually they’d hit that $99 sweet spot in the last few quarters of life? and used game stores were overstocked with older cheap used games…
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s why all of the major players have been frothing at the mouth to get rid of discs
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Reduce comes first for a reason.
You do not need a PS5. You don't need a new console - if you need a console at all.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
IN MY DAY WE HAD A STICK AND A HOOP AND WE WERE HAPPY
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“When I joined the Corps, we didn’t have any fancy-shmancy tanks. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock!”
— Sgt Johnson, Halo 2
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m my day that wasn’t far from the truth. We don’t need quality games machines but they’re a very nice luxury.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
Getting into that case also gets into pedagogical theory, because giving kids primarily analog entertainment compared to digital seems to be beneficial. I was talking about those of us adults who are already doomed. We have computers. We already have machines. We don't need the new one.
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A okay gaming PC withis not cheap. To some people, console is the only way
Just buy used PS5.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
My PC is not a "gaming" PC. I play games on it. I have access to a nearly 50-year library of games. Just because I don't have the newest and shiniest doesn't mean I don't have tons of fun games available. And I said 'if you need a console at all'. If you are determined to play video games and you don't want them on a PC, phone, or tablet, then fine. There are thrift stores, there's eBay (though that's loaded with scalpers and scum even more than the thrift grifters), there are many ways to buy a used console. But I also stand by the thought that if what you have is working and being fun, keep using it. If the corporations have made it not fun, either go to older hardware they can't do that to, or get homebrew set up.
Don't just keep it on a shelf "in case". Don't store it. And for the love of anything good, don't just discard it.
Reduce. If you think you've reduced "enough", find something else to reduce.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
What is wrong with ps4 or ps3? Are the games not good because they are aged?
I do most of my gaming on ps1 and wii, and a bit on PC.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
“You don’t need a new PS4-game player. Your PS4 is fine enough as-is!”
The_v@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A cheap SSD upgradeand a PS4 plays PS4 games the same way a PS5 does.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
I mean, there's that too.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
de minimus tariff exemption (imported goods valued at under $800) ends at the end of the month because trump said so a few days ago
this is why
P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Norwegian postal service will not send packages with less than $800 dollars (except for private packages). Many businesses will not send anything to the US in the coming months.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
jokes on you if you thought this was about this term, it’s about his first term.
caoimhinr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Belgian postal service is suspending all deliveries regardless of value.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The ports must be bracing for chaos.
ChetManly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Damn shame, Sony. I’m lowering my buy price by $50.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are you under the impression this is Sony trying to gouge you? It’s your idiot president and your trash country
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Then why did so many other countries get an increase first?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Other countries got their price increase months ago. Ours was probably delayed so that they could tell how bad the damages of our idiot president would be.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
You’re right. I can’t forget to factor him in.
It’s $100 less now.
fartographer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m gonna wait until 11:59 to order my PS5 and then list it tomorrow as a “limited edition pre-increase model” for $150 more. Then Sony will hire me as their CEO.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn I’m gonna not buy it even harder now
WanderWisley@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Make gaming great again!
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Somehow I think this generation of consoles are going to be suffering a bit.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They will sell fine everywhere except the US. I don’t even want a switch2 because the bullshit Nintendo did with the virtual carts. God it’s a fucking PITA to even play my first gen switches because I have to be sure both consoles are powered on and connected to the Internet to “activate” the cart that was active on the other.
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Going to be”? I feel like this generation already failed at the starting line. I can’t name a single PS5 game I’d want to play that doesn’t already look and run better on my PC. The Switch 2 is running on several generations-old hardware so it’s already a non-starter. And Microsoft screwed up their naming convention so badly that I don’t even know what the latest Xbox is called. I don’t know.
Hell, this console generation is somehow already five years old, and I still don’t know anyone who actually owns one of these systems. Everyone I know is still using their PS4s, XBones, Switches, and gaming laptops with 10, 20, and 30 series Nvidia GPUs. Hell, I haven’t seen any hype for modern console gaming since the XBOX 360/PS3 era. No one cares about owning the latest and greatest gaming system anymore. Everyone’s happy with what we have.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
There’s a good chance I won’t be buying into the next console gen. Too damned expensive now for a walled garden. PC costs more up front, but there are much more affordable options for playing games on them.
killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
haven’t they already been?
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
lol only in the US bud
ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Have you all said thank you yet for the tariffs?
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok. More reasons not to get one.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Pretty much all of tech will see this price bump because of Trump
VampirePenguin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just got a PS3 for free
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I once traded someone my PS3 for his PS4.
I traded up, and he had two PS4s and no PS3 and he wanted one of each. It was a win-win.lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
And a PS4 BluRay exploit has just been released, so you can crack the whole thing by burning a BluRay (up to a certain software version).
Ugh@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You lucky bastard! Good for you. 🤘
fin@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You can’t blame Sony for this
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yes we can.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Everyone did it. They are the last hold out.
Jollyllama@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
✓Fuck around
✓Find out
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Part of an overall concerning trend, but as someone who decided to stop buying consoles years ago: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Deathgl0be@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And Nintendo over here raising console prices for shit released in 2017 I guess only thing in common was Trump.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Definitely not getting in on this generation, then.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
After them sports cars
Timbo303@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I thought these increases were going to be as bad as Xbox by the looks of things. $50 for PlayStation is way better than I thought vs $100 for greedy Microsoft.
skozzii@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
BuT wHy dOeSnT “SONY” jUsT eAt tHe tArRiFfS.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
I got one Nintendo switch 2 before the price bump. I better get the other I was going to get before that gets bumped too I guess
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Back in my day console prices would go down after being on the market for a few years
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yeah but back then we weren’t winning™
StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Back in your day needless tarriffs weren’t a thing.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Um, Aktuky…
President Reagan decided Friday to impose punitive 100% tariffs on a wide variety of goods produced by Japanese electronic giants in retaliation for Tokyo’s failure to abide by the semiconductor trade agreement between the two nations.
In approving a recommendation Thursday by the Administration’s top economic officials, the White House decided to put the tariffs into effect about April 17, less than two weeks before Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone is scheduled to begin a visit to the United States aimed at easing trade frictions.
The tariffs will be targeted to bring in as much as $300 million and designed to punish such firms as NEC Corp., Hitachi Ltd., Fujitsu Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and Oki Corp. by either pricing some of their goods out of the American market or by forcing them to accept substantial losses on U.S. sales.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Five years… in the OG days we’d be prepping for the next generation about now.
Then things got weird around the 2008 financial crash. :(
(US dates)
Atari 2600 - 1977
Atari 5200 - 1982
Atari 7800 - 1986
Atari Jaguar - 1993
NES - 1985
SNES - 1990
N64 - 1996
Gamecube - 2001
Wii - 2006
Wii U - 2012
Switch - 2017 Switch 2 - 2025
Sega Master System - 1986
Genesis - 1989
Sega CD - 1992
32X - 1994
Saturn - 1995
Dreamcast - 1999
NEC Turbo Grafx 16 / CD - 1989
NEC Turbo Duo - 1993
Playstation - 1995
PS2 - 2000
PS3 - 2006
PS4 - 2013
PS4 Pro - 2016
PS5 - 2020
PS5 Pro - 2024
Xbox - 2001
Xbox 360 - 2005
Xbox One - 2013
Xbox One X - 2017
Xbox Series X - 2020
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
I feel like part of it was that the console revisions past 2008 aren’t as big of a deal as they were before. You also had publishers start producing games for multiple generations of consoles at the same time.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’ve owned 15 of the consoles listed. Doesn’t seem like I’ve been through that many of them!
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Sega had an earlier console in 1983 called the SG-1000.
ameancow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Back in my day, we elected scumbags who at least wanted to preserve stability and international trade relations so that at least a balance could be preserved long enough to nudge policy where people broadly wanted it.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Node shrinks are not as impactful as they use to be, in that area at least.