4w ago

PS5 price to rise in Europe, Australia and New Zealand

blog.playstation.com

"Europe" also includes the UK. It's worth noting that GTA 6 will move a lot of PS5s when it releases.

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The PS5 was released more than 4 years ago.
The PS4 Slim was released 3 years after the original model and sold for $100/100,-€ less than the original.
The PS3 Slim released ~3 years after the original model and was significantly cheaper (to be fair, it also had a lot of features removed).
The PS5 saw a Slim model release with no price cut at all, and now they're planning to actually increase the price of over 4 year old tech that is almost certainly a lot cheaper to produce than 4 years ago, especially the Slim model that saw a reduction in cooler size, lower-powered PSU and other cost-reduction measures.
Gaming is becoming less and less accessible and more and more of a luxury.
- Gaming is becoming less and less accessible and more and more of a luxury.
  The writing has been on the wall for a while that I'm going to have to move away from consoles and game mainly on PC, where there are other options for obtaining games. Walled gardens all having Apple pricing is unacceptable to me.
  
  It's not like the PC market is in great shape either, though. I mean I'm sure it's fine if you're mostly playing indie games that are not too visually demanding and taxing on the hardware, but it is insanely expensive to buy a good computer these days that can play newer games in good quality. Even with the price increases, a GPU alone will run you the cost of a PS5 or more, maybe even double.
  Or maybe that's just it, maybe there won't be a noticeable gen bump for a long time, since no one can afford it. Time to start focusing on how to make hardware cheaper instead of better.
- Gaming is becoming less and less accessible and more and more of a luxury.
  Lots of people do their gaming on their phone or PC. And on the subject of phones, look at the top-spec models: they cost thousands, because some people have the disposable income to burn. There are still plenty of affordable options available if you don't fixate on having the latest best everything.

A 100 euro increase?! Am I reading that right? Did they give a reason for this?
- a backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates
  I think that's all you're going to get.
  
  Ah the old "In these trying times" once again!
  
  Nintendo has a "premium" price so we can too.
- Nintendo is doing it and no one can afford new PC graphics cards, so let's bleed 'em like stuck pigs.
  
  GPUs aren't expensive though. Consumers just believe they need a brand new 5090tellytubby edition overclocked 128gb to run basic games. When a super cheap 3070ti would do just fine, or even a $300~ 3060 or AMD equivalent for cheaper.
  
  Well at least Nintendo is releasing new hardware, don't know the fuck Sony is smoking
- 50 eur, second increase in its lifespan. 1st increase was 50 eur as well.

Uh, newsflash, the Euro appreciated vs RMB and USD to the tune of 10%. GTFO with this "trying times" nonsense. You're increasing the price because there's a massive hole in your accounts thanks to Jim Ryan's regarded chase of live service games. How much did he get as severance and how many consoles do you need to sell for those 50€ to cover that golden parachute?

Wasn’t going to buy one anyway

PS6 when that comes is going to launch at price that will make people rage
- I expect I'll be using the money that would have gone to a PS6 to invest in a decent gaming PC when the time comes.
  
  I have a PC that I mainly use for video/RAW photo processing. 7950x, 7600xt, Linux. I still game on it more than on my PS5 or Switch. Really hard to buy games on the PS5 or Switch when they're so much cheaper on PC. Plus how much years of paying for PS+ adds up to. 7 years of PS+ Extra is a gaming PC

They are trying to find the breaking point in fleecing gamers, and I sincerely hope they find it in the most painful (for them) way imaginable.
In reality they probably won't, because it seems the younger gamer generations enjoy being fleeced, but one can dream...