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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (21 children)

Well, everyone say hello to the $1000+ PlayStation 6.

What're you going to do, buy an Xbox? Build a PC with a GPU alone that costs almost the same?

No Xbox means Sony gains a monopoly on the console market. Unless Nintendo decides to actually compete with regular hardware again, which they won't.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

What are you talking about you can buy a PC for less than the price of a PS5 and it will be better than the PS5. The advantage of gaming consoles has always been that it's plug and play. You just turn it on and there you go.

Sony aren't going to create a revolutionary GPU that's only available in the PS6. They might try and charge $1,000 for it but they will always be other options. Where do you think they get their components from? They don't have their own fab.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Look, I am still using a GTX 1080 Ti (GOATED GPU btw, best dollar per performance value probably ever) because GPUs are too expensive. $700 USD for a low-mid tier card, or $1000+ for a card that should (and usually does) give good lasting value. I don't see where anyone is buying a PC for less than $500 and it has better performance than a PS5, but I suppose it is possible this is a result of Price Discrimination, since I am in California.

NVidia is showing what PlayStation will look like when it feels there is actually zero competition. Xbox, so long as its hardware exists, is a constant threat to PlayStation keeping a lot of things in check. Once Xbox completely disappears, PlayStation will have no competition. Then Sony can set the prices however they want and nobody can do anything about it except pay up, or don't.

[–] wraithcoop@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

I 100% agree with prices having bloated over the last decade. The first card I bought was a 380 for $80, but $700 for a mid-low tier card is an extreme exaggeration

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#X=10036%2C40368&P=8589934592%2C51539607552

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