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[–] tobz619@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

This wouldn't be bad if we were getting deals like we were in 2008/9 with like a PS3 + 3 games and 2 controllers for £350.

Now is £550 for the console alone + £70 per year to play online + £70 for one game + £60 for a new controller + £100 for disc drive? Get all the way fucked.

[–] cheesorist@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Me says i wont be buying garbo consoles when theyre trying to lock them down more than they already are couldnt care less about their games, i will watch them on youtube if i have to

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

death throes

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 6 hours ago

Probably not a lot of point while PC hardware costs this much.

I guess bringing it to PC several years late at full price isn't doing much for them either.

It may work for Rockstar, but that's about it.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Owned a ps5 and Xbox series x.

Sold both. Don't miss them. Won't miss them

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 9 points 13 hours ago

PlayStation/Sony still proving they would rather screw players to rip off PlayStation owners. Guess God of War Ragnarok will be my last PS game for a while 🤷‍♂️

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

Lol, sure. Voluntarily alienate an ever-growing chunk of your customers. See how that goes for ya.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 8 points 14 hours ago

Did I enjoy the Insomniac Spider-Man games on Steam? Yes

Will I buy a playstation to play future installments? No, I'll just go watch a letsplay or story summary on youtube if you dont want my money

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Enjoy going from getting some of my money to none of it, Sony.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 12 hours ago

Don't play station!

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Wasn't planning on buying anything with sony's name on it anyway, so whatever.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 18 points 22 hours ago

A $670 buy-in for one single player game? No thanks.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I'm just starting to play Subnautica. That's how bad my backlog is. I think I will be fine.

[–] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I literally just started playing Subnautica for the first time last night as well after owning it for about 4 years.

[–] HuePony@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Don't buy second one, it has slavery EULA

[–] Mearcfara@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I was actually going to, pls give a rundown of the eula

[–] gnate@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Isn't that from the publisher that asked AI how to about paying the developers a bonus?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no....

Please. Please don't make me address my 300 game backlog on Steam.

I'm a PC gamer so I don't have to deal with console bullshit. Been working out great for me since 1998.

[–] flameleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Only 300?

Some of the games in my backlog came out in 1998.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Uh, hard pill to swallow. So all my favorite Playstation games require a Playstation in the future? Like.... Eeeeehm, let me check my steam account with almost 700 games... Eeeeehm... Never mind, I found none.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I thought they were making complete bank by getting rid of their exclusives and going the open platform route (which everyone complained about)?

They did so well that Xbox became an irrelevant choice between PC and Playstation.

Plus they were doing delayed PC releases, so I don't really see how that would affect PS sales since the port would come out much later.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago

It's Sony. The various divisions never know what each other is doing and the moment a new executive comes in, they charge everything to make it seem like they're important.

[–] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 9 points 22 hours ago

Egads! I'll have to play other games. The horror! The humanity!

Oh, these indie games are actually pretty cool and much better. Maybe supporting passionate devs is better, huh?

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

All 5 of their exclusives won't come to PC? Oh no!

Anyways.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

PlayStation at this point is like those soldiers you find deep in the woods, trying to fight the war on their own, ignorant to the news that the war ended years ago. still trying to fight the console wars in 2026.

[–] PrinzKasper@feddit.org 36 points 1 day ago

Oh no, I'm so sad I won't be able to play their diverse library of third person action adventure games with linear narrative and light stealth and RPG elements!

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

oh no...wait didnt they say this last time?

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 27 points 1 day ago

And going forward, Sony won't get my money

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

This is what happens when companies become too comfortable.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

This would not be a problem if the PS5 had any games.

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

PC players arent starving for games. We're drowning in them

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[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 156 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh well, still not buying a PS.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sony: but line go up

(line turns out to be steam deck sales numbers)

Sony: not like that

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (8 children)

That’s a bold move, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them.

Tap for spoilerValve has made the console model irrelevant. This is Sony officially giving up on the gaming market.

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[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 26 points 1 day ago

That's funny because I'm not coming to PlayStation.

I guess they just sell less then.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 108 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I can almost guarantee you that dude has a board or shareholders or whatever, breathing down his neck, and his yearly bonus is depending on the number of units sold. So he will canibalize the whole system with a complete disregard for the long term effects, so long as the magic number goes up in the short term and he can cash in his bonus.

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