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PS5 price to rise in Europe, Australia and New Zealand (blog.playstation.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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"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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[-] simple@lemm.ee 33 points 2 weeks ago

A 100 euro increase?! Am I reading that right? Did they give a reason for this?

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

a backdrop of a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates

I think that's all you're going to get.

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

Ah the old "In these trying times" once again!

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Nintendo has a "premium" price so we can too.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Nintendo is doing it and no one can afford new PC graphics cards, so let's bleed 'em like stuck pigs.

[-] SolidShake@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

When I build a new computer sometime in the next year or so, I'll probably end up buying the second-best AMD card available at the time, because that's where there tends to be the best bang for my buck. But in reality, I'll be using the full power of that card for only a handful of games over the lifetime of that machine, and I'll spend most of my time playing a 2D game that came out in 2012. Yeah, you can absolutely get away with cheaper cards and have a great time.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Good luck getting one, hardware has been practically non-existent lately. At least for anything other than scalper prices. I hope that this trend doesn't continue too much longer.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I built my last PC in 2021 just accepting that graphics card prices would never come down anytime soon, and I paid about $1400 for one. They did come down, not long after. I can wait more patiently this time.

[-] nawa@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I got a used 2080 Ti about a year ago and pretty much everything runs great in 1440p, not on top graphics but I don't really need that. Don't even see a reason to upgrade with all these crazy prices.