I DON'T GET IT FELLOW ANONS, YOU TOLD ME PLAYSTATIONS WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED BY RAM PRICES LIKE THE STEAM MACHINE IShttps://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/sony-increasing-playstation-5-prices-across-all-consoles-starting-april-2-ps5-and-ps5-digital-edition-receive-usd100-hikes-while-ps5-pro-will-now-sell-for-usd900>The global component crisis has reached an inflection point where even consoles, historically a bastion of affordability against the fluctuating PC market, are now affected. Sony has just announced that all PlayStation 5 models are receiving price hikes, going into effect from April 2, 2026. It's your last chance to buy a PS5 or a PS Portal, because they're about to get $100 to $150 more expensive in just a few days.Anons, how could you have lied to me, like come on the Internet and told me lies? You told me that the PS5 and gaming computers would all be cheaper than the stupid Steam Machine, because of course only Valve would be affected by increasing RAM prices? How could you have got this so wrong?But surely the price won't increase any more, right guys? Right guys? Guys?
>>108468504My realistic estimate was a price between the regular PS5 and PS5ProThis still maybe achievable.
i told my mate to buy it during black friday when it was £295 and he still didn't shit's like £520 now
imagine not being part of the emulation master raceimagine paying $900 for a console and $110 for a game full of transvestites and homosexuals and black people
finally I get to make a post about transvestites and homosexuals and black people again almost 3 minutes since my last one
>>108468800CPU overclocked PSX emulation is pretty kino ngl
I don't care about console prices because I'm not 15 years old.
this is only generation of console where the price of console is higher at the end of its life than it was launchvideogames are so finishedi really think more devs should just adopt android as a platform and chink emulation devices should just become the default indie platformi think it's one good marketplace away from happening
>>108468840You can build a decent enough PC for like $400. What they really need to do is make ~$100 dollar GPUs that aren't a complete joke.
>>108468504not my problem>t. poorfag who bought a series S for $250 in 2022
>>108468504You had to be a slackjawed mouthbreather to actually believe that consoles wouldn't be affected
>>108468840For that to happen, there would need to be will to create global platforms with a some level of funding certainty. Every western platform has been a wet fart and bottomless money hole besides Steam. There's all sorts of reasons for this I don't want to get into but it's hard to see that changing anytime soon with how fuck bloated and middle managed to hell they all end up.
>>108468956I remember people saying Sony has "stockpiles" of RAM while Microsoft had zero RAM and Sony could go a whole year without upping the price
>>108468965easiest fix is to just make steam an android store?i mean they sell porn on there already, a respectable mobile markplace doesn't seem like a stretch
>>108468504don't tell me your wage didn't increase as well? no?
>>108468982Steam has its own share of issues. It's become a dump and is normalizing churned out slop for twitch audiences. Would it be better than the app store? Undoubtedly. The problem then is how locked down mobile devices are.
>>108468504elsewhere in the news:https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.ft.com/content/e4e15692-187e-4466-832e-ec267e792292
>>108468504>People called me a retard a year ago when I said the next ps was going to be 1k bucks At this rate the 5pro is going to be the one breaching 1k kek.
>>108469010>It's become a dump and is normalizing churned out slop for twitch audiencesJust play good games?Your logic is like refusing to read books because 90% of the current publishing industry is shit tier smut for women.
Nintendo is gonna make a phone.
>>108469010i think valve should potentially pivot away from their x86 handheld while memory is so fuckeda valve modified android + a valve arm device would become the default choice for a lot of people buying chinkshit these daysand it would actually be affordable for kidsgames should be for kids and they're just getting priced out of a lot of gaming now
>mfw i bought a PS5 three years ago and now it's twice the price
>6 years late to the partyI don't recall a time in recent history where game console prices have been consistent or lower over time.
>>108469009Well, no, my pay hasn't increased with the price of RAM.
>>108469322Going by the steam frame, they are perfectly capable of putting out a linux based device using ARM I'd honestly love to see a steam deck "lite" in a more compact form factor maybe powered by the same SOC as the steam frame.
>YOOL 2026>gaymes>gayming>gayming gaymers arguing about hardware priceswho gives a shit? just play an older game that can run on older hardware. do you really have to play the latest troonmaxxed bolshslop that badly?
>>108468867Fucking how?
>>108469377haven't you watched the yt videos? all you need is an exhaustive list of pc parts, their performance, and resale price, access to fb marketplace in a very large city and a team of underlings.
>>108469377NTA, but you can buy a ""decent"" PC on PS5 level, the RAM situation is just crazy. But still, it doesn't matter this is not an option for most people because the majority can't build PCs and a PC isn't for everyone in general, most people are PC illiterate.
>>108468974Samsung can't even get RAM from their own fucking fabs for their phones. Console manufacturers like SIE and Nintendo were never going to get a favorable contract because they're far lower priority.
>>108469173Steam's advertising formula gets them on the front page regardless. I don't play these so I wouldn't care in a vacuum, but publishers see $5-$10 teenage dev trash selling and all that does is cheapen the platform as a whole. PlayStation games are leaving PC again for this very reason. If that trend continues then PC will be left behind with nothing but the netcafe demographic and fotm friendslop.
>>108469322That's not a bad idea, and I'm sure they've humored it internally. A midrange phone-tier dedicated handheld divorced from apple or Google could be a good niche, but the margins might be too thin for them.
>>108469694And it still barely has any games. The ps5 selling as well as it did makes very little sense to me even counting the feefer market.
>>108469702the average consumer has gotten dumber over three decades
>>108468809this is what the life of an anon is all about.
>>108469702people just buy it because it's the new playstationthats literally it
>>108468956It's called /g/. Have fun.
>>108469702Really not helping that the development cycle of a typical current AAA generation game is something like 5 years now. Feels crazy that an entire series of 3+ games could one out in the PS360 era now. It slowed down a bit during the PS4 era but it's almost ridiculous now.
>>108469377>>108468867>What they really need to do is make ~$100 dollar GPUs that aren't a complete joke.They're called igpus it's what consoles use anyway.
>>108468504>consoleUtility instance?
>>108469702it's a kids toy like any console, it's the newest one so it's what kids want
Consoles have been irrelevant since the PS3 days.
>>108472000usecase for being irrelevant?
hopefully this means the 10th gen consoles get delayed or not released at all. the current gen consoles are good enough currently. unless the ps6 can run aaa games at native 2160p 120hz w/ full ray tracing then there's no reason to upgrade.
>>108474857> aaa games at native 2160p 120hz w/ full ray tracing PCs can't even do that You will run upscaled sloppa with 600 trillion tris and you will like it
I voted for this.
>>108474857The PS5 is doing the equivalent of 4k at performance or ultra performance upscaling for a lot of games these days
EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS
>>108474961>>108475257so if the ps6 is just going to be upscaled 4K like the ps5; and it's likely going to cost over $600, what's the point of getting it? we're past the point of new consoles having meaningful performance upgrades like ps2 to ps3 did.
>>108475459There is no point, now.
>>108475459Was there a point to the ps5? It seems like at this point hardware only exists to compensate for shitty pipelines.
>>108468504Sony is fucked. They bet the entire farm on live service slop, and now live service slop is failing. Even the industry golden goose Fortnite is experiencing dropping player counts and engagement.The entire Sony pipeline of games is live service slop and woke trash...On top of that they keep raising prices on a console with no games, further lowering any demand for the ecosystem.
>>108475459>$600It's starting at $999 minimum when it launches in 2028 for sure
>>108468504>€60 PS4>€0 used SSD>Plays latest Gran TurismoNothing personnel kiddo...
>>108468504>OH NO CONSOLE CHADS NOT LIKE THIS>Ctrl+Alt+F1My console seems fine. Must be a (you) problem.
i wasn't in the market for such things but it is sad to see things that usually become cheaper become more expensive instead
>>108475532the ps5 was a necessary upgrade since the ps4 was pretty underpowered. aaa games suffered from slowdown constantly and couldn't keep a consistent 30ps.
>>108475718Right, but they barely look any better while demanding 10x processing power, hence the shitty pipeline part.
>>108468504>toms hardware thread
