Back in my day console prices would go down after being on the market for a few years
Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow
Submitted 5 hours 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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ieatpwns@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
paraphrand@lemmy.world 9 minutes ago
Node shrinks are not as impactful as they use to be, in that area at least.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Yeah but back then we weren’t winning™
StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Back in your day needless tarriffs weren’t a thing.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
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 4 hours 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 - 1993NES - 1985
SNES - 1990
N64 - 1996
Gamecube - 2001
Wii - 2006
Wii U - 2012
Switch - 2017 Switch 2 - 2025Sega Master System - 1986
Genesis - 1989
Sega CD - 1992
32X - 1994
Saturn - 1995
Dreamcast - 1999NEC Turbo Grafx 16 / CD - 1989
NEC Turbo Duo - 1993Playstation - 1995
PS2 - 2000
PS3 - 2006
PS4 - 2013
PS4 Pro - 2016
PS5 - 2020
PS5 Pro - 2024Xbox - 2001
Xbox 360 - 2005
Xbox One - 2013
Xbox One X - 2017
Xbox Series X - 2020HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 hours 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.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Sega had an earlier console in 1983 called the SG-1000.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 1 hour ago
Damn shame, Sony. I’m lowering my buy price by $50.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 27 minutes ago
Are you under the impression this is Sony trying to gouge you? It’s your idiot president and your trash country
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 hours 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 1 hour ago
IN MY DAY WE HAD A STICK AND A HOOP AND WE WERE HAPPY
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 hour 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.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 1 hour ago
“You don’t need a new PS4-game player. Your PS4 is fine enough as-is!”
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 2 hours 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 6 minutes 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.
Part4@infosec.pub 18 minutes ago
As demand increases so does their price too.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour 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.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours 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
paraphrand@lemmy.world 10 minutes ago
The ports must be bracing for chaos.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 hours 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 1 hour ago
jokes on you if you thought this was about this term, it’s about his first term.
DarkDecay@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Unfortunately Christmas is gonna be rough time for a lot of Americans this year thanks to the trump tax
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 14 minutes ago
That’s their fault for voting for Trump or not voting at all
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 5 hours 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 5 hours ago
Pretty sure this is due to the dollar weakening by 10%.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 hours ago
Both? Probably both.
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 1 hour ago
Pretty sure the dollar weakened by 10% over it being harder to trade with the US.
Taldan@lemmy.world 2 hours 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
flandish@lemmy.world 4 hours 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 hours ago
Then why did Sony also increase pricing in several other countries?
fartographer@lemmy.world 3 hours 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.
Timbo303@lemmy.ml 2 hours 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.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 hours ago
Somehow I think this generation of consoles are going to be suffering a bit.
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 hours 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.
paultimate14@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
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 keyword here is “my”.
It’s not just the console generation that is suffering. PC gaming is dying too. Crypto dealer the first blow, now AI. I’m still running an RX580 that I bought for $180 back in 2019. I was planning on buying a 9700XT at launch this year. Still not a great value- an MSRP of $600. Adjusted for inflation that’s still ~2.6x the price and it’s not going to give me 2.6x the performance. But even then it was impossible to find a card for $600 - even months later the cheapest one on nowinstock is $700, and those are hard to find. That’s JUST the GPU - you still need another grand or more to build a decent PC around it. Even with this price increase, the base PS5 is $550.
I’m not trying to make this a console vs PC thing. They all suck right now. The only good values for gaming is on the fringes. The Steam Deck was an incredible value when it launched, and only looks better today. Other cheap, low-powered solutions like Chinese handhelds and android TV boxes loaded with pirated old ROM’s. Mini-PC’s that are good enough to handle 5-10 year old PC games… At 1080p or less with the settings turned down bit. Maybe an Xbox Series S might be a decent short-term value, especially if you are a person who loves game pass or just wants to play free games like Fortnight.
It’s looking bleak. Not just videogames but everything. Food, medicine, clothing, housing.
CatZoomies@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Astro Bot. I’d argue it is a system seller. It’s as wonderful as Mario Odyssey was for the Switch 1, one of the greatest platforming adventure fames I’ve ever played, has a breathtaking soundtrack, gorgeous visuals and art style, incredible dynamic controls especially with the PS5 haptics, and a top 10 game for me. I had so much fun playing both Astro Bot (paid) and Astro Bot’s Play Room (free game). This absolutely deserved game of the year, and I’m happy it won. Asobo (developer) showed their full passion and love for gaming in this gem, and to play it is well worth the price of a PS5 in my opinion.
I hope it’ll come to PC one day so that others can experience it. PC won’t have the tantalising PS5 haptics that immerse you into the game, but regardless, it’s a magnificent game that I want everyone to experience. I can’t praise Astro Bot enough, it’s such a gem.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 hours ago
The only one I know some people have is Switch2 from my friend group. And its mostly mario kart. They stopped playing after a bit so it will be interesting to see what will occur there.
Overall you dont buy the system for the system, usually you buy it for hte games. And like you said....if the games are not there (PS5 games vs say steam/pc) then people are not incentivized to get it.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 hours 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.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
They will sell fine everywhere except the US.
Nah, tariffs didn’t help, but there are other economic factors and trends here that have been slowly at work for a very long time.
TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
FYI there is a fix for the virtual Cart thing.
- Go to User Settings.
- Scroll down and find Use Online License.
- Switch it to ON.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 hours 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.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
haven’t they already been?
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
lol only in the US bud
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
The US is the biggest market for all consoles and most AAA games are made there as well. If they suffer there enough, it will affect users of them everywhere eventually.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 hours 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
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 minutes ago
I ended up getting a Switch 2 I didn’t even order because someone at Amazon fucked up. I had just ordered some storage bins; one of them had a Switch 2 in it lol
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
After them sports cars
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 minutes ago
This is Republicans and Trump’s doing btw.