Oh so that’s why they’re rolling back the releasing games on PC think
Lol. Lmao even
PS5 console sales drop 30% in April after price increase, while Switch 2 dominates
Submitted 4 days ago by commander@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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9point6@lemmy.world 4 days ago
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 4 days ago
There strategy right now is literally “Let’s charge more to sell less, and let’s also kneecap a revenue stream that could prop us up during this memory crisis.” So has been winning so long that they forgot how easy it is to lose. They are gonna find out.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
“Also, all our first party games will be released on PC at a later date. Why would we leave money on the table? That’s just stupid!”
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Kinda weird at the end he called for a school shooting, but otherwise good PR.
inflatablerobot@lemmy.world 4 days ago
God damn it Donut
aMockTie@piefed.world 4 days ago
Oh shit, you just reminded me that the new DCC book is out. I know what I’m doing on my lunch break.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I assumed it was because they saw handheld computers and the Steam Machine as serious competition to Sony’s own hardware.
9point6@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That was my initial thought, but they don’t even have a current gen handheld do they?
(And if they do, frankly the marketing team should be fired)
TAG@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Handheld computers are competition to the PlayStation in the sense that Sony would want everyone who owns one to buy a PS5 instead but not in the sense that those consumers having an option is hurting sales significantly. I could not find actual numbers, but analysts seem to be estimating that Valve has sold about 6 million Steam Decks in total. For comparison, Sony sold 1.5 million PS5s last quarter, which is devastating since they sold 2.8 million the year before.
Also, that sales gap is going to get worse in the short term. Instead of raising Steam Deck prices or reducing profit margins, Valve has decided to stop selling systems until RAM prices come back down.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 days ago
Which is weird to me, because the software and licensing is where all the money is. And it isn’t subject to supply chain issues the way that hardware is.
eddanja@lemmy.world 4 days ago
People are buying the Switch 2?
iamthetot@piefed.ca 4 days ago
It was Nintendo’s fastest selling console of all time. So, yes.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The SEGA Dreamcast still has the Guineas World Record for Highest Revenue Generated by an Entertainment Product in a Single Day.
Of course, everyone remember the Dreamcast for how highly successful it was, and its massive sales numbers.
“Fastest selling console” is a meaningless title when more people but video games every year compared to the previous year, so “fastest selling console” is always going to be next years console until the market crashes.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 days ago
I got one for free because Amazon fucked up and had a unit in the storage containers I bought a while back.
Thing’s just collecting dust while I wait for Duskbloods.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Ok, I just had a great idea. Are you ready for this? It’s such a good idea. You may want to sit down for this.
Ok, you ready? Cool.
You could just send the Switch 2…to me! For free!!!
ISN’T THAT A GREAT IDEA???
missingno@fedia.io 4 days ago
Yes.
Dojan@pawb.social 4 days ago
I bought the original Switch for SMT:V, which then took years to release, and shortly after got a PC release. At first I liked the console, but honestly the Steam Deck is heaps and bounds better.
What really drove me off the fucking edge is how garbage and overpriced Nintendo’s hardware is. They purposely design things to not be repairable and as fucked as possible, and they use horrible quality components to make their stuff.
After sitting in its case in a drawer for a few months, my joycon analogue sticks started melting. The rubber just lost its integrity. If Nintendo cared about that kind of thing, they’d design the joycons to have the tips be able to pop off, but no. Further, the component itself is garbage and drifts. That’s well known. You can get replacement hall effect sticks for $10, or you can buy a new set of joycons for ~$80.
Nintendo could have designed these to be easily maintainable by users, they could’ve designed them to not have the drift problem. They actively chose to be anti-consumer, and with the Switch 2 they doubled down on it.
8bitdo offers a clone of the Switch Pro controller, that’s better, has more features, and somehow they magically manage to keep the price lower than the official Switch Pro controller, despite not being a massive corporation with pockets as deep as Nintendo.
DigDoug@lemmy.world 4 days ago
How else would they play Switch 1 games?
auzy1@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Problem with Nintendo, is it’s mostly just remakes of the same games and characters. Also they screwed any customers who bought games before the switch 1, as you can’t play them on switch
Ps5 I ended up selling. It’s good but I figured I have hundreds of steam games, so there was no real benefit of having a ps5 too.
underscores@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Nintendo is extremely anti consumer, even anti-fan of their own products.
Why people buy Nintendo products and games years after years is crazy to me.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Thats always seemed insane to me too, why give money to a company that actively hates you?
hackitfast@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I bought a Switch 2 and used it to play Donkey Kong and Mario Kart. They were fun, but now there’s no more games for it really.
There’s no new Switch 2 games even lined up right now as far as anyone’s concerned. And they decided it’s better to remake Star Fox again rather than make a new one, it felt like a bit middle finger.
auzy1@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I stood in line for hours for the wii on launch… Back then, it was a new interesting product though. I wish I kept it, and all the accessories (especially guitar hero)
I bought a wii u… Sure they don’t fix the touchscreen if it breaks and you need a new one though… Still, there were some cool new games, but, somewhat similar to the Wii’s…
Switch, I understand lining up for it… But, once it was clear that any previous purchases are basically wasted, the joycons were seriously dodgy, and Nintendo was never going to fix it (and many another 5000 mario games), they should have lost people then.
Then they sold the switch 2… You can still only play games approved by nintendo, and really, the library is mainly Nintendo games, or games available on every platform. By now, Steam deck has gotten awesome, and you can STILL play games from your library from 20 years ago. And, you can use other stores if you want, and have a wide range of games, even in the steam store INCLUDING NSFW ones. And, you know those games are going to almost certainly work in the future without repurchase (and, also work on computer).
I literally just bought a humble bundle of 10 games for 20% the price of 1 switch game. And I can play them on computer, TV, Steamdeck, etc.
I’d only pay for nintendo if they were subscription based and thin client. As it stands though, I feel like I’m better off just waiting 20 years until I’m 60 and they’re readily available on emulator
hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
It has been like this for decades now. Commend them all you want for ballsy consoles, but they were always a predatory corporation.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I’m gonna turn my ps4 into an emulator and probably turn the ps5 into a linux gaming pc.
ArchsageRamases@lemmy.world 4 days ago
At this point console cost just as much as PC so why not get a PC or PC handheld if you can?
moakley@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Because my hobby is gaming. I don’t have time to take on the additional hobby of fiddling with a PC.
Also, PC prices have gone up too, haven’t they?
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
The days of having to constantly fiddle with your pc are pretty long gone. I built my current pc a couple years ago and have only had to open it for some minor upgrades (new ssd) and cleaning.
PC prices are definitely up though.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Fiddling with a PC? You buy a PC and it’s done. Install Steam, install games, let’s go.
At best, if you want to switch OSs or try out new things, you’ll spend some time learning how that works. And if you want to try to stretch out the longevity, you can get new RAM, new video card, a replacement CPU. But, all of that is your choice.
As a bonus, you get something way way more powerful than a console that has a web browser, document editor, video/music player, Jellyfin server, streaming platform, whatever you want.
Evotech@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Pc prices are way up too
luipaard0011@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
man I need to be patient gamer by the next November when the new is GTA released only in consoles. Hope I stay a pure PC gamer by that time…
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Raising prices and removing future games from pc, It’s like Sony doesn’t want any more money.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
RAM and NAND are up so much, they couldn’t keep the old price at this point.
Just discarding an entire market is kinda stupid, but if it helps them sell a few more consoles it might help.
Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
People who didn’t mind to pay alot of money bought the PS5 at launch. Those who didn’t buy it then, were waiting for the price to drop. Increasing it now is not going to get them much sales.
jestho@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I probably would have bought one around launch, but they were impossible to get. So I bought a gaming PC instead - no regrets what so ever.
nicpicname@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Not buying the new Switch 2 until there’s actually enough games that I want to play. PS5 is out my mind and the Series X is dead to me
mohab@piefed.social 4 days ago
Honestly, even with original prices, and even with the rising cost of computers, I don’t see myself investing in anything stationery that isn’t a PC.
I don’t fuck with Nintendo and I don’t see myself buying a Switch any time soon, but this is still 100% more likely to happen than buying a PlayStation.
Another factor: Nintendo actually make games that look like they’re happy being games while most Sony exclusives look like they’d rather be movies and begrudgingly settled for being games. I hate that so much.
Luckily, I don’t have to worry about any of this for now. Steam Deck FTW.
Platinum better find a way to bring Astral Chain to Steam though 😅
Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They will probably have to raise it by a hundred more at least. Gaming is about to get more expensive.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
That means, PS5 will get cheaper, right? 🥹
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Sony: Uh oh. Sales are down after our price increase. We won’t make our quarterly line going up. Shareholders will be pissed. What should we do?
Executives: Raise prices.
1984@lemmy.today 3 days ago
I thought they were way too expensive even at launch. Switch games are also great with friends.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 days ago
pokemon is popular enough, even if its slop it is still being bought.
DigDoug@lemmy.world 4 days ago
People are still buying Switch 2?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
CEOs: “I raised the price, why isn’t there more money in my bank?”
glitch1985@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Am i out of touch? No! It’s the children who are wrong.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“The enshititfication will continue until profits improve!”
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
string music
Profits did not improve.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You see, what you should of done is raise the price even more.
-other CEO.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Don’t tell them the price. Make them call to get a quote.
-a shadowy figure from the corner