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Sony PS5 sales drop 46%, even before recent price increase

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨commander@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-PS5-sales-drop-46-even-before-recent-price-increase.1292724.0.html

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  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not surprised, cost of living is way up and it’s been on the market for half a decade now

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    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I know it’s true, but it just doesn’t feel right. I even worked with PS5s for 4 years and it still doesn’t seem right

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      • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I still remember driving home with my damn PS4 to play the new God of War like it was yesterday. This time business needs to slow tf down.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      besides the HCOL, producing slop games as an AAA isnt exactly attracting old or new customers.

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  • Rod_Orm@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This generation is the first time that a console that is half a decade old has continued to rise in price instead of falling.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They want us to pay an assload up front and also pay more for games and to play online compared to PC? This will probably be my last console.

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      • Dwayne_Elizondo_Mountain_Dew_Camacho@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Paying to play online is what got me off the consoles.

        100$ per year x 10 years = a pretty decent pc. (At least until recently).

        The PS4 is the last console I’ll ever own.

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      • cybervseas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Also iirc they’re adding age verification for a bunch of online features, like chat. But not for the online store, because of course not :P

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    • FatVegan@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Please buy our 6 year old console for an increased price that we kind of forgot to make games for.

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  • NastyNative@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Cause everyone is broke and gas prices keep rising making everything in our lives more expensive.

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    • Prox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And the console is like 8 years old, so anyone who wants one already has one.

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      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        its less than 6 years old, but 5+years is a long time to not produce any GOOD GAMES.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      excluding those 2 things, the high price of the console and games itself isnt exactly a worthy thing to buy. if the games are crappy too.

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  • TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Companies would be foolish to release new consoles any time in the next 3 to 5 years. None of this is going away anytime soon.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      they are hoping enough people buy into thier SLOP machines, so it woudnt matter.

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  • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It seems like consoles are in a death spiral of price increases and lower sales.

    I’m in a good spot financially and can afford new games and consoles on release date if I choose to. However I generally wait a few years after their release.

    I haven’t bought a new release game or console for myself in over a decade and I’ve only bought one or two titles at full price for my kids in the last three years.

    It just doesn’t seem worth it.

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    • deft@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Same. Been just playing random indie games that I find on sale. Way more fun. The only game I’m even eyeballing is baldurs gate which I’ll play one day so I’m in no rush.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      people are only interested in playing on thier phones, or PAD at this point. people who have a pc might just stick with pc games.

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    • bestbry@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thank you! I am one of the same with you, I could buy, but I choose to wait. Everyone deserves e better prices and I think everyone should wait to buy their games. Companies get greedy fast

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  • OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      For AI that no one asked for and at best seems to be used to make comical videos of unphysical unrealistic situations that never happened.

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  • bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I recently looked into buying one, and the cost is just so prohibitive, especially when you take into account that you have to buy another controller and a stand because the stand isn’t even included. And I would also want one of those chargers. And that doesn’t even include the games that are expensive too.

    I also noticed that whenever I look at games for the PS4, it says in a disclaimer that the game might not work right on the PS5. I don’t know what’s going on with that, but it doesn’t inspire confidence.

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    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s just a cover-their-ass disclaimer. PS4 compatibility is pretty good in general, I think only like two games don’t work.

      Don’t forget that you also have to pay them $10 a month of you want the luxury of playing those expensive games online

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  • newthrowaway20@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well it has what, 6 exclusive games?

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    • ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I wanted to make a joke about foamstars, but it’s also available for the ps4.

      Instead, here’s the wikipedia article with all 23 present and future ps5 exclusive games.

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      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        23 fucking games. I’m pretty sure the PS1, 2, 3, AND 4 had that many within a year of their releases. The fuck are you doing sony?

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    • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah they are so weird about supporting their stuff. Speaking as a former PS VR owner…

      And don’t get me started about the very few games that really take advantage of the PS5 hardware.

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      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You can use it on PC! :D

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  • yggstyle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is actually worse than the headline because the sales collapsed over Christmas.

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  • mysteriousquote@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well at least PlayStation Studio games will also be coming to PC to help sales numbers…

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    • JimFox@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      : /

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  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sony: “I can’t hear you over the sound of me shooting myself in the foot.”

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  • Thteven@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They must have seen that study that says Xbox users are better at sex.

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    • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Lol

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  • Stupendous@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Screw consoles and high end computer gaming. Games started looking very good since the PS2 gen. They were just low res. Low end PC gaming is where it’s at. Recently I went back to replay emulated Viewtiful Joe, the old KOTOR games PC version, emulated god of war - they look great. On Steam bought the first Rage and it runs on a basic cheap computer now and I think it looks great. Steam Deck is PS4 level. Don’t need a PS5 and definitely won’t need a PS6. The future is gameplay not graphics

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