• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They’re right tho for $700 I better be able to fuck the PS5 pro

    For $700 the PS5 Pro better make my father tell me he’s proud of me.

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      Fun fact, the PS3, whose top model was $599 at launch, would have cost over $900 in 2024 dollars.

      So this is actually not the worst it’s ever been, even for this company, lol

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        OK but I think it actually might be interesting to see the difference.

        That top tier model got you:

        • WiFi
        • a hard drive 3x bigger than the standard
        • every type of card reader
        • full backwards compatibility with previous console games
        • bluray and CD player for home entertainment console use

        Now granted that last part is true for the cheaper model PS3 too.

        For the PS5 pro upgrade you get

        • the same amount of RAM
        • slightly better performing GPU under theoretical max use cases using updated hardware but not new
        • a removed disk drive for less functionality
        • 2x times hard drive space when storage costs are at a historical low.

        The extra money used to get you more functionality. This refresh seems like more for number fetishists to scrape more dopamine from the bottom of the barrel and get ripped off apple style to dish out more for basic features.

        Yes they have charged a lot but this is not exactly a great sign of “see how they have always done this?”

        Edit: also wages haven’t dramatically shifted since the PS3 launch so while inflation has ruined purchasing power to make it cost equivalent of $950, work hours needed to work to afford $600 is still the same thus making this new console still quite more costly. Its just you could buy more with same hours of work in the past.

  • srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Here, after taxes and if you brought it with everything it costs ~1000€. That (and less) already gets you a decent machine nowadays.

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      With upgrade potential even. Maybe you save a bit of cash to get a weaker used Gpu and later on maybe a year or so you upgrade.

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    I just ordered an rx 6400 for 198€ to make a franken-optiplex windows game machine.

    Sure, I had the old PC laying around for photoshop and 3dsmax (linux-complicatted softs) but man 800€ for a console I’m getting old.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    If the Play station was a fully open device that could play games and run software from anywhere it might be more reasonable. However, not only do you need to pay for the console you also are stuck in the ecosystem.