Node shrinks drove a lot of this those have stopped being such large leaps.
Comment on Sony is releasing a new PS5 console, but it's a downgrade
slate@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoNo, it’s not. Consoles (and technology in general) historically trend cheaper over time. Demand lowers, manufacturing cost lowers, newer tech releases, costs adjust to accommodate.
It’s very abnormal that the current gen of consoles has not only not gotten cheaper yet, but have actually raised in price. Like, very very abnormal.
Shrinkflation is a real thing, but historically it has nothing to do with consoles.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
missingno@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
In addition to what others have said about Moore's Law slowing down, there's also just the fact that console generations themselves are slower. The cheapest price cuts on old consoles were fire sale prices to clear out old stock when they were on their way out. Even though the PS5 has been on the market for about as long, it still feels like the generation is only beginning, we won't be talking about PS6 for a long time yet.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, but Moore’s Law has broken down, and the things that used to allow for consoles to get cheaper over time, via new revisions, are not holding true anymore. So in lieu of those things, we’ve got classic shrinkflation.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A 1TB SSD is 60€. In a shop.
They’re like cheaping out 6 bucks here
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure, on already thin margins (I don’t remember if PS5 is sold at a loss, but Xbox is), multiplied by millions more units.
dormedas@lemmy.dormedas.com 3 weeks ago
PS5 is supposedly no longer sold at a loss.
That said, the margin per console is probably not good enough for their required profit growth, hence this.