Comment on Console market craters as Xbox sales crash 33% to the lowest since launch 25 years ago, PS5 sales drop 25%

northendtrooper@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The sold.oit because they’re not making them in any mind of volume because the components are either super expensive or, increasingly, simply not being manufacturered.

  The gaming industry is quickly approaching a huge cliff. The user base is almost impossible to grow at these prices, and as existing consoles/PCs die, the current crop of customers won’t be able to buy replacements.

  The bloodshed we’ve seen over the past 2-3 years in the gaming industry is nothing compared to what’s coming if hardware prices don’t come back down.

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