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.
PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US
Submitted 1 week 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/
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Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Peffse@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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.
TAG@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 week ago
What would I even play on it?
BigTrout75@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Used PS3 games!
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 week ago
Don’t forget emulated PS1 and PS2 games!
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I wonder why…
£800 for a console (£700 for digital) is actually ridiculous.
Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s like a PC without the PC benefits.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There isn’t any real incentive to upgrade from a base PS5
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 1 week ago
This is the core issue of console gaming tho. You can’t actually upgrade. You just straight up buy a new console. This wasn’t that big of a deal during the PS4 gen because the PS4 pro wasn’t that expensive. But at the current price points a different strategy is needed.
Honestly I think if Sony made a program like “mail us your old PS5 and like $200 to get a PS5 Pro” the console would’ve done better. It wouldn’t address the “why do we need this?” part (especially considering we’re hearing reports of GTA6 running at 30 FPS on the Pro) but it would’ve done some good for customer goodwill.
shinratdr@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
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.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
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
skozzii@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Just buy a PC, no reason for a playstation at all except to be forced to only play with the playstation people.
Gamoc@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Yay
Viri4thus@feddit.org 1 week ago
Queue a similar exchange programme like it happened last gen when the same happened.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 week ago
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?
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I wouldn’t know…I stopped falling for the console trap after PS3. Only thing since was a PS4 controller, for my PC
Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 week ago
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.
besmtt@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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.
warmaster@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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.
Voytrekk@lemmy.world 1 week ago
$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.