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Deathgl0be, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow

And Nintendo over here raising console prices for shit released in 2017 I guess only thing in common was Trump.

peoplebeproblems, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow

I got one Nintendo switch 2 before the price bump. I better get the other I was going to get before that gets bumped too I guess

Kolanaki,
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I ended up getting a Switch 2 I didn’t even order because someone at Amazon fucked up. I had just ordered some storage bins; one of them had a Switch 2 in it lol

peoplebeproblems,

I got on their invite thing but I had the vision of this sort of thing happening to it. Felt better getting it from the store anyway.

Vanilla_PuddinFudge, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow
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Damn shame, Sony. I’m lowering my buy price by $50.

But_my_mom_says_im_cool,

Are you under the impression this is Sony trying to gouge you? It’s your idiot president and your trash country

pathos,

Damn shame, Trump. I’m lowering my buy tax by $5.

Vanilla_PuddinFudge,
@Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub avatar

You’re right. I can’t forget to factor him in.

It’s $100 less now. I’m taking a tariff on it. Final offer.

ampersandrew,
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Other countries got their price increase months ago. Ours was probably delayed so that they could tell how bad the damages of our idiot president would be.

samus12345,
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Then why did so many other countries get an increase first?

dormedas, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow

Well, that’s tariffs for you. Completely expected, though a ~10% bump on the PS5 doesn’t adjust for all the tariff increase IIRC.

Hubi,
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Pretty sure this is due to the dollar weakening by 10%.

mesamunefire,
@mesamunefire@piefed.social avatar

Both? Probably both.

Rhaedas,
@Rhaedas@fedia.io avatar

Positive feedback from Trump trying to fix an economy he is beyond understanding.

Taldan,

That’s not a particularly realistic explanation

The USD index has weakened by 10% as a whole, but not relative to the JPY. It has held roughly steady against the yen for the past couple years, before which the yen had weakened significantly. USD to JPY is extremely high right now, compared to where it has been over the past 15 years

dormedas,

Pretty sure the dollar weakened by 10% over it being harder to trade with the US.

flandish,

*capitalism for you.

the tariffs are part of the overall system which is designed to exploit folks a few rich owners can profit.

ColeSloth,

Then why did Sony also increase pricing in several other countries?

Timbo303, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow
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I thought these increases were going to be as bad as Xbox by the looks of things. $50 for PlayStation is way better than I thought vs $100 for greedy Microsoft.

fartographer, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow

I’m gonna wait until 11:59 to order my PS5 and then list it tomorrow as a “limited edition pre-increase model” for $150 more. Then Sony will hire me as their CEO.

missingno, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow
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But the shouty man on TV said tariffs were good! Why vibeo janes cost more?

Lembot_0004,

Trump: tariffs ARE good. For budget, not for you, though…

pennomi,

Bad for the budget too, because a shrinking economy shrinks tax revenues from other sources.

Daggity,

Good for the sovereign wealth black hole of money though! Wherever that ends up getting spent, likely on gold plating the jumbo plane bribe he accepted.

rizzothesmall, do games w Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow

After them sports cars

sculd, do gaming w League of Legends is testing a new WASD control scheme, 16 years inThe WASD controls will launch in public beta first for an ‘extended run.’

Already seeing backlash from the gatekeeping league community. LoL is losing out to newer games partly because of the unintuitive control scheme.

When even Street Fighter is innovating despite the FGC’s reluctance, League needs to evolve or will be slowly left behind.

killingspark, do gaming w League of Legends is testing a new WASD control scheme, 16 years inThe WASD controls will launch in public beta first for an ‘extended run.’

Isn’t that going to make playing ADC way easier? I always had problems with the fast mouse actions involved in positioning and attacking

Segab, do gaming w League of Legends is testing a new WASD control scheme, 16 years inThe WASD controls will launch in public beta first for an ‘extended run.’

Anyone remember Master X Master? It was a MOBA that had WASD controls as its only option, even had a jump (though it was mostly useless), it felt so much more intuitive than spamming click. I don’t think that’ll get me to try LoL again though.

mienshao, do gaming w All Best Buy stores will have Switch 2 consoles on July 17th

Genuinely don’t understand why this is being downvoted.

racketlauncher831,

Because they hate Nintendo and what Nintendo does recently, and they think of the down vote button as a “I don’t like it” button.

0li0li,

Well, to be fair, when the post is essentially an ad for a product people don’t like, the downvote button takes another meaning.

caut_R, (edited ) do games w Digital Foundry, the most trusted name in game console analysis, is going independent

I remember them coping how it‘s actually good that they‘re owned by IGN now not too long ago lol

Of course this is good and I welcome it

nekusoul,
@nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de avatar

I mean, becoming owned by IGN was ultimately a good thing, as the previous owners were apparently preventing DF from going indepent before. At least that’s how I understood it from their announcement video.

PalmTreeIsBestTree,

Weren’t their previous owner EuroGamer?

SomethingBurger,

Yes, but IGN bought EuroGamer.

Nico_198X, do games w Digital Foundry, the most trusted name in game console analysis, is going independent
@Nico_198X@europe.pub avatar

Fantastic! Always love their analysis

murmelade,

I’m not into “game journalism” or whatever you’d call these guys. What sets them apart from any old random steam review?

icermiga,

They review graphical quality, not gameplay. They’re very thorough and detailed, and generally very pleasant and positive and fair, and non-sensational and have no emotional manipulation engagement stuff

murmelade,

That actually sounds interesting to my cynical ass. Will check them out, thanks!

Vupware,

Rip Totalbiscuit. Nobody ever filled the void he left.

SlartyBartFast, do games w Digital Foundry, the most trusted name in game console analysis, is going independent

That’s good, I should get better prices when smelting my scrap metal online now, I’m tired of paying for low quality copper

localhorst,

Ea-Nasir strikes again

SlartyBartFast,

I see you’ve dealt with him in the past

Dremor,
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