Same price, less storage. Shrinkflation at its finest.
Sony plans to release a new PS5 Slim All-Digital console with an 825GB SSD, reducing storage from the previous 1TB to optimize production costs amid rising expenses. The PS5 Slim Standard with a disc drive will retain the 1TB SSD, and the updated model is expected to launch in Europe first.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What the fuck are we even doing at this point, as a society?
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Dealing with knock on effects of a vindictive rapist trying to dismantle the global economy because he lost a popularity contest. Possibly at the behest of his russian handlers who want to fill the power gap.
And its gonna get a whole lot worse.
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He’s a symptom more than a cause. This isn’t a recent development, just a recent escalation.
nico198X@piefed.europe.pub 2 days ago
the snake is eating its tail. but ppl won't rise up until they are literally dying.
so do what you can in your own life to mitigate these impacts on you and yours.
cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is really insightful and very good advice
It fucking sucks how much this point illustrates the reality of this time. But it’s upsettingly accurate
omarfw@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s post-capitalism. Capitalism was only ever capable of bringing about merit based class mobility temporarily before the sociopaths all trickled to the top over the decades and then and shut that shit down. Neo-feudalism is the inevitable result, and that will eventually be dismantled by another working class revolution.
All economies have lifespans.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 day ago
TBH I’d just say were seeing capitalism approach its final inevitable form.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The hard times are coming, so we’ll have to be hardened.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is just classic shrinkflation. Your bottle of shampoo comes in 32 ounces, they shrink it to 24 ounces without changing the price, then later they come out with 32 ounce bottles again with a higher price and a sticker that says, “Now with 33% more!” to make it seem like they’re giving you so much shampoo; and then the cycle repeats.
slate@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
No, 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.
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Source: neogaf.com/…/how-low-will-the-price-of-ps4-go.152…
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Source: arstechnica.com/…/are-the-ps4-and-xbox-one-really…
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Transistors aren’t getting cheaper, and the industry doesn’t know how to deal with that. They’re still in the mindset that Moore’s Law has continued and will continue.
Then some clown convinced a bunch of people that he should be in charge of things, and he thought tariffs were a valid economic tool.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have a theory.
None of this is real. It’s a simulation thats been abandoned. And now, all the errors are compounding.
stoy@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Stagnation ahead of a major societal shift?