online you can get one, but I think only the very biggest eletronic stores actually have some physically on shelves. Where I bought my PS5, they have only Sony and Nintendo. Might already have happened there during Xbone era.
The entire gaming section at my local best buy looks depressing. They at least had a PS5 available (no xbox at all) but the software racks had about 10 games spread throughout racks obviously designed to hold hundreds for PS5, and the xbox section was even more anemic.
At gamestop they gave me the option of store credit or a MasterCard gift card. I guess they stopped handing out cash. The store credit they offered was more, but I had some non gaming stuff I had to get.
I was thinking about that kinda, actually. Though there is a big difference here: when SEGA ended Saturn in the West, the time between that and Dreamcast they published NO games on console platforms, and while they kept up with arcade releases, arcades were in a big decline by that period.
Microsoft, at least, still have a regular release of games coming between now and whenever those new Xbox devices launch. Yeah they spent $80+ billion to have those games to publish, but they have them in the pipeline. What's more they're publishing those games on more popular platforms like PS5, Nintendo, and Steam.
So, they'll at least very much be able to keep themselves relevant in the mainstream gaming spaces by keeping their profile active on popular platforms. SEGA neglected to do that in the 16 or so months between Saturn to Dreamcast in the West, and they ultimately kind of paid the ultimate price for that longer-term.
No way they can increase the price of GP this year. That has to be a 2026 thing. You can't raise the price of the console, games, and subscription service in the same year.
For the Xbox lunatics on Twitter this doesn't matter, the important thing is that there will be a Windows Skin called "xbox" that creates a shortcut to Steam games made by Sony and sold there.
For the Xbox lunatics on Twitter this doesn't matter, the important thing is that there will be a Windows Skin called "xbox" that creates a shortcut to Steam games made by Sony and sold there.
General public gets consoles online, at store during special occasions (Christmas, birthday, Black Friday etc.) Facebook marketplace does extremely well with consoles.