Playstation 5 Console Discussion

[Hero-of-Time]

It's honestly getting to the point where I'm really hating this hobby more and more. Prices of games continue to keep going up and that's without putting things like battles passes, DLC, season pass on top of the main price. Games are launching half baked and not even fully on physical media. Every company seems to be nickel and diming their user base, which is probably because the audience is shrinking and so they are needing to squeeze every penny out of the gamers they already have. Even Nintendo are at it, what with them charging for a tech demo and increasing the price of their games. The industry is just a mess.

[Cube]

The UK price of the PS5 digital being the same price as the Mario Kart Switch 2 bundle is probably great news for Nintendo. 

[drahkon]

Annoying news. Not particularly for me, though.

I'll probably stick with the PS5 until quite a bit into the 2030s. PS+ is keeping me afloat and it's not too big of an investment per year.

[Hero-of-Time]

29 minutes ago, drahkon said:

I'll probably stick with the PS5 until quite a bit into the 2030s. 

Considering how things are playing out, I feel Sony will do the same as well.  

I'm still working through PS4 games and will probably be doing so for quite a well yet. 

[Jimbob]

1 hour ago, Hero-of-Time said:

It's honestly getting to the point where I'm really hating this hobby more and more. Prices of games continue to keep going up and that's without putting things like battles passes, DLC, season pass on top of the main price. Games are launching half baked and not even fully on physical media. Every company seems to be nickel and diming their user base, which is probably because the audience is shrinking and so they are needing to squeeze every penny out of the gamers they already have. Even Nintendo are at it, what with them charging for a tech demo and increasing the price of their games. The industry is just a mess.

Not forgetting re-releasing Breath of the Wild at an increased price, and not including it's DLC (game is 8 years old)

Usually by now, console prices are coming down in price.  Not going up.......

The PS5 digital edition is practically the same price (near enough) as the disc edition PS5 was at launch now.  Coupled with an increase in PS+ in some areas, this really is becoming a niche market.  I did read on a Reddit post that Sony may want to consider re-branding the PS5 Pro into the PS6 going forward if prices just keep going up.

On one side now, it's making the Switch 2 look better.

[Hero-of-Time]

7 minutes ago, Jimbob said:

Not forgetting re-releasing Breath of the Wild at an increased price, and not including it's DLC (game is 8 years old)

I did read about that but wasn't sure if it was true or not. Crazy if it is. 

[Cube]

This is why I do my challenges. New games are pretty much a birthday and Christmas thing now. 

[drahkon]

30 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

I did read about that but wasn't sure if it was true or not. Crazy if it is. 

Crazy but not surprising. Nintendo is up there with the worst (in my opinion the worst) when it comes to re-releases and pricing.

Then again, these days every company is the worst  

[Hero-of-Time]

1 hour ago, Cube said:

This is why I do my challenges. New games are pretty much a birthday and Christmas thing now. 

My purchasing on brand new games has fallen off a cliff over the past year or so. I'm mostly happy enough to wait until things go on sale. I've been quite tempted to back to the PS3 as there are a lot of games on there that I never got around to playing. Most are pretty cheap as well.

43 minutes ago, drahkon said:

Then again, these days every company is the worst  

Indeed.

[Jimbob]

5 hours ago, Cube said:

This is why I do my challenges. New games are pretty much a birthday and Christmas thing now. 

Just like when we were all kids

I do the same, get the challenges in on any games for some PSN credit.  Did save some for a PS+ renewal last year, saved me about £25