Nope. Not at all. It’s not even that it’s a terrible dollar to entertainment value, because it isn’t. A gaming PC is far more but has more utility. $1,000 entry point.. nah man. And I know I’m subsidizing AI companies at this point. And $1,000 is a pipedream by the way. By 2028 these consoles will be easily $1,400. Probably closer to $2K for the Pro.

I have over 30 years of games and consoles. I’ll be fine. Hopefully the costs comes back down eventually, but I’m not one to be hopeful of anything positive anymore, so I’m happy to live on my old gaming PC and my trusty OG PS5. Plenty of games there especially given how much time I have to game anymore.

@commentlife it’s like Plato’s cave; when you exist in a cave deep underground, it’s hard to believe there is anyone else beyond the shadows on the wall.

Signalis looks interesting.. I played the crap out of DL2 when it came out though and still need to get The Beast. I really gotta cancel this PS+ deal.

This is really funny, in 2026 we’re stopping the creation and support for Blu-Ray, the most advanced media format we have available - and weeks later releasing a turntable to play vinyls. I’ve stopped caring about physical media for the most part but this is all so odd to me. Yes I’m aware vinyls have been on the rise for a number of years but overall this is so weird and funny to me. Can’t really explain the confusion I’m going through this morning.

Not surprising at all. The physical buyers are just a loud minority. I am one of them and unfortunately I understand their business decision.

@dskatter same here, I didn’t vote in either poll because my situation was not described. I’ll stick to my OG PS5 and play the massive number of PS4/PS5 games I haven’t gotten to play yet. There are so many already out there, I don’t need to “move” to anything. Way I see it is I can easily run this thing for at least a decade, as long as the damn thing stays together. I’m perfectly satisfied with it.

I’m just sick and tired of every single company milking me for every single dollar I’m worth. I’m not a customer, I’m a “consumer”, ie. a pig at the trough, ready to feed on whatever ***** they give me.

Not me, I’m done with subscriptions, buying crap, paying for anything aside from used physical games off eBay - all of these companies I grew up loving are dead to me. And I don’t just mean gaming either.

Hate to say it, but I knew it was coming, as I think we all did. The PlayStation 5 will be my last console. Plenty of older games to play, with the amount of time I have to play these days, there are multiple lifetimes of games already available.

I never had a PS4 so on my day 1 PS5 I’ve still got about… 20 years of games to get through. Likely will be my last console.

@Nexozi well that and the PS6 will probably be $1500+ at this rate.

I loved everything about Playroom and the full fledged AstroBot was my most anticipated title of that year. I played it nonstop till I collected everything. Recently I started replaying it with my kid who was born the year it came out and is finally old enough to play it. In 35+ years of gaming it’s as close to perfect as you can possibly get!

@Oram77 this is just a cost of doing business they can write off as a loss come tax season. They most likely, as mentioned in the article, netted far more than this little fine.

If you sell 1,000 cars and you know the rate of explosions is 1/1000, you crunch the numbers and see if the average settlement is more than the profit you made selling the 1,000 cars. If it’s less, you’ll just sell the cars, knowing full well at least one is going to explode and you’re going to get fined.

This is how business works unfortunately.

Had no idea about this game, but boy I loved Returnal. Played it for over a hundred hours which is a lot for me. Will absolutely play this next after I finish Dark Souls 3, need to change it up after 5 souls games lol

I’ve switched back to buying physical for this reason.. but this sounds like an unintended bug. Let em work it out, stuff happens.

Completely understand the jumping to conclusions, however.

@AinsleyE I agree, the trend of UI design seems to be inefficient use of space and a focus on the biggest images possible. I see this everywhere and it boggles my mind. As a software developer myself it’s always frustrating when designs focus on looking pretty over displaying information.

@katamariUK it’s still roughly 200 times better than the original Nintendo switch! That was a boring UI.

I was so close to buying Lords of the Fallen last night, and I held off until I finish the trial. So glad I did, what nice news to wake up to. About to finish Bloodborne and ready for something else.

@Sergo they are still 6+ year old chips. The technology is by definition less expensive. The entire PS5 package broken down component by component is worth far less. It’s only artificially inflated due to AI and tariff nonsense.

But those things aside, all of the components for the base level PS5 are worth less because they are 6 years old.

@Balaam_ I don’t see how this game in particular would not have an install or require an update. The discs had to be printed a while ago, some bug fixes were bound to have happened between the time the disc got printed and the release date.

It’s an unfortunate reality where you don’t get a complete game on a disc anymore, but particularly for these gigantic games you’re almost always have bug fixes, rebalancing, etc.

Also your comment has f-all to do with this article, so it isn’t even relevant.

Shrinkflation for not even a digital product, but a digital currency is insane.

How big can the playerbase of sports games be that last years copy is some hot commodity? Anyone into these games likely buys them every year and the next one is probably due to drop, and everyone who wanted last years already bought it.

Cant we get some smaller indie titles, anything other than some random bargain bin sports game? I can’t think of anything more boring than golfing in a video game. And I actually golfed many times, I don’t hate golfing at all.

A price reduction? It’s not every day you get actual good news about reducing the price of anything. Thought I read the title wrong at first. That’s awesome!

I've been gaming since the early 90s and the PS5 base model has been peak for me. So many games, they load fast, they look great, has all my media apps.. Solved all the issues I took with other consoles. I have little to no reason to ever upgrade. There are enough games available on between the PS5 and PS4 libraries to last me a lifetime.

This will be nice when data centers push the cost of a kWh to $28.

I love my original H9! Granted, I don't hear myself speaking when I'm wearing them, but from my recordings my voice sounds just fine. Sure it's not perfect but it doesn't need to be. The battery life is awesome, I charge it overnight maybe once every ~3 weeks or so, with about 2 hours per day call it. And typically they aren't even dead, I just charge them to make sure they don't die while I'm playing. I assume the battery is pretty large since the headphones themselves are large.

The sound is awesome too. I got them as a gift and the gift-giver did solid researcher. Worth saying there is zero sign of wear on the ear cups. And I received them on Christmas of 2023 if memory serves.

My only “goal” if you can call it that is to beat Elden Ring. Have about 25 hours so far. First Souls game and definitely won’t be the last.

Whenever that happens, if it happens (ie. If I can actually beat the main story) I’ll definitely be playing another souls game. Maybe Demon’s Souls since it was released on the PS5. Won’t be interested in another open world title for a number of years but a nice linear version of this would be sweet.

I can’t get excited about these games anymore.. I have such fond memories of Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim when it released, but the current climate of games and how they feel when you actually play them is so, generic? I don’t know how else to describe it.

The DOOM games have been awesome so it’s not simply a “old man doesn’t like new games”, but between Fallout 4 and 76, I’m apprehensive about seeing another franchise I love getting the “modern gaming” treatment.

@godparticle72774 that actually makes sense lol. All good, your reply was super confusing and I couldn’t wrap my head around it haha

@godparticle72774 I’m not trying to save anything - this affects home computing in its entirety. I haven’t had a gaming PC in over 10 years.

You didn’t do your research man, it’s time to realize it.

I will play any metroidvania. Sign me up, this looks cool.

I don’t think it’s terrible to use it for certain things, but that’s irrelevant here. I’m happy to see the pushback against AI for bigger reasons. Like the fact that gaming is basically dead with the current state of RAM prices, for instance. If no one can build a PC or afford a gaming console to play these games, what’s the point of any of this?

All to make the rich richer, for something that nobody asked for, or even wants. This is mining 2.0.

On a related note, this does make me worry about the new Steam Machine, presumably prices have not been revealed yet because they’re trying to figure out how the heck they’re going to secure the RAM while still keeping the cost below $1000.

@Junghova yeah, I hear ya on that. I just replied separately but my sentiments echoed yours. I’m only a few short years away from 40 years playing games (more like 35 for me) and I’m the same way though. Big “been there, done that” vibes for 99% of releases.

Relating to the article, I couldn’t care less about the next system. This will most likely be the last console I ever buy. The graphics are peak, the games are great and span multiple generations, seriously there are enough games to play for over a decade. The controller is perfect, the SSD loads games damn near instantly, it has all the media apps I could ever want, I can stream right to YouTube from it with the push of a button.. it does everything I’d like it to do. We’ve hit peak with console specs and it simply doesn’t need to go any higher. Been gaming since the OG Gameboy.

Anyway my next gaming purchase will be a Steam Machine and likely nothing ever again after that. Everything else has gone to hell in this industry with Valve as the exception, and will continue to do so as gaming circles the toilet.

@Junghova what do you mean? You’re not buying any more in favor of PC, or playing only old games, or backlog, etc? I’m at the same point you are so I’m wondering what you mean specifically.

@Neonix Thanks for clarifying, right so that's better than not being upgradeable at all. But these direct 1:1 comparisons of the Steam Machine to a PS5 is really silly. The hope that a new device will somehow be cheaper than something that came out 5 years ago but with newer tech is something else...

Who ever thought this would cost $500? In today’s economy especially? And with AI spiking the prices of computer hardware, GPUs in particular? I was guessing it would start at $800 with different versions going up to $1000. It’s a gaming PC, not a console. And it’s upgradable from what I understand, but don’t quote me on that.

People expecting the prices of luxury items to go down when the rest of the world gets more expensive are delusional.

The only Call of Duty game I’ve ever played is the one with the zombie mini game, many years ago, so I know basically nothing about this franchise. But this review is hysterical reading it as someone who thought the franchise was a military shooter themed around some war, somewhere, at some point in time.

@bossuche9 thanks for the clarification.

This looks totally insane and I’m all about it. Been wanting to get back into something zombie related.

What about the console being language locked makes it cheaper? Or does the article mean it’s comprised of cheaper components? It’s a little ambiguous.

Don't forget you can use a mouse and keyboard on PS5. That's how I play, so I play with crossplay on, since it would seem unfair to play against controller users. Not to toot my own horn because I kinda suck at BF, but going against only controller users is definitely unfair for them.

It’s absolute lunacy that a corporation ever tried charging you to use your own internet service in the first place. To hell with Microsoft for starting in on this. Like every other corporation isn’t trying to gouge you for everything. Come on.

I loved Downhill and played the heck out of it on my Switch - though it had a stutter issue that would kill your run that happened every couple of minutes. Would love to try the sequel but would only entertain it on PS5 so this is cool news!

@LikelySatan humans have always done everything wrong. Unfortunately part of what makes us human is our ability to care for others, and choosing not to in pursuit of our own goals.

In this case, pursuit of more money = disincentive to hire people when AI is an "option". Who cares about artistic integrity when there is shareholder value to consider? Etc etc.

All depends if it has mouse and keyboard support. I can’t play first person shooters with a controller. I can’t for the life of me figure out why these things are never advertised since it’s such a nice way to play on console.

Battlefield 6 has m&k support but I was not able to find this information anywhere, luckily the beta answered my question!

@Runex2121 that would really be interesting to you? A game by a computer based off the work of actual games made by humans? And then eventually, based off the games made by robots? Completely soulless, void of any human expression? THAT'S what you want to spend 50-70 hours of your life doing?

@Retron this sounds the most plausible. Plus if they keep releasing halo remakes, they would have to keep remaking multiplayer systems, which would fragment all the players. It makes more sense to have a single point of multiplayer since these games already exist and aren’t brand new titles, as unconventional as it might be.

@Czar_Khastik that might be the first good chuckle I’ve had from these comment sections!

Something slightly unrelated - the Pro iterations are interesting in that, if you own a base PS5, the less incentive there is to buy a Pro as time goes on. 1) it’s getting too close to the next main iteration, so why spend the money upgrading, and 2) I’ve played through so many games already that are PS5 Pro optimized, but on the base PS5, and it was completely fine. So now I’m perfectly used to and ok with playing these games without that setting.

So what incentive is there to upgrade from a base model, if you don’t do it immediately upon release?