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[StylishMGTOW]

Shit like this is only gonna become more common with Sony as Xbox will slowly become more and more irrelevant in the hardware space.

Hope you are ready for that 700$ PS6Pro.

Eh, fuck em. I'm done with Sony after this generation. Shitty ass company that can't fix a simple stick drift. Never had this problem in previous gens.

 

[Hohenheim]

Get the official charging station for something like 20€ instead of spending another 70-80€ on a new controller.

I did both. It's no major issue, but just feels weird when all my other controllers lasts "forever" without needing to charge.

 

[Portugeezer]

Strategic move now that Astrobot is probably busting up all the haptics and resistive triggers of peoples old controllers.

 

[King Dazzar]

Let them laugh lol. They'll cry later as the lack of competition is always a bad thing. I own 2 PS5s and will be replacing them with 2 ps5 pros once they release but, it's clear as day to see what Sony is doing. I tried to support Xbox as well but sold my series x because Spencer and the whole microsoft crew are stupid.

The problem is they're all it. If I return to PC gaming I'm fully aware I'll have Nvidia taking the piss. There no escaping it, not even on PC.

 

[Punished Miku]

I said it earlier. Sony gamers will end up paying for Concord one way or the other. PS+ got raised to pay for Factions so you bought that game too.

 

[Three]

People who are bringing up arrogant Sony as a result of no xbox competition. You do realise how silly that is? A PS5 owner can't buy an xbox controller as an alternative, third party controllers are its competitors though. A PC user can buy an xbox controller, a Dualsense or any other controller and it has no effect on competition. This is greedy but it isn't a result of xbox failing. The controller market is unaffected by it.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Somebody with a better memory than me... Were controllers always so expensive? I feel like controllers have really shot up in the last two gens.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Somebody with a better memory than me... Were controllers always so expensive? I feel like controllers have really shot up in the last two gens.

In Europe it shows at 74.99€ (this is with tax). I bought one on sale a year ago for 49.99€. I think the previous gens were mostly around that price as well, definitely not above 60€.

 

[FeralEcho]

Eh, fuck em. I'm done with Sony after this generation. Shitty ass company that can't fix a simple stick drift. Never had this problem in previous gens.

Amen brother. It's the only fucking controller I've had stick drift issues with.

My damn PS2 controller from 20 years ago works flawlessly still.The most POS quality control on Sony this generation.

 

[Von Hugh]

I can't fathom how a controller can be 15 % of the console's price.

 

[Unknown?]

With Xbox being completely irrelevant, Sony is now showing their true colors. In other parts of the world, the Dualsense is already selling at $94.99 without taxes. If you're not on PC yet, you're scamming yourself. Sony has completely lost the plot this gen.

Cool, then you can just be scammed by Nvidia and many other parts companies!

 

[ArtHands]

Its just $5 to $10 increase. Basically the price of a month for PS+. People paid much more for a new phone every 2 years so $5 to $10 increase is nothing.

Worth it for the DualSense. If anything I don't mind paying $150 for those state of the art features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers.

 

[Three]

I can't fathom how a controller can be 15 % of the console's price.

Why not? Wouldn't the xbox controller be more than 21% of the consoles price?
Means nothing really.

 

[Euler007]

69$ in november 2020 is 83.40$ in 2024, so it's about 10% cheaper than at launch with these price raises.

 

[owandeseis]

Somebody with a better memory than me... Were controllers always so expensive? I feel like controllers have really shot up in the last two gens.

They were 35-45€ in the X360 era i remember depending if it was wired or wireless.

Having to pay 75€ for a controller now must hurt holy fk

 

[RoboFu]

Its just $5 to $10 increase. Basically the price of a month for PS+. People paid much more for a new phone every 2 years so $5 to $10 increase is nothing.

Worth it for the DualSense. If anything I don't mind paying $150 for those state of the art features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers.

A game controller is equal to a mobile phone.. you heard it here first!

 

[lughnasadh123]

I absolutely adore the Dualsense both for it's comfort and features but goddamn am I getting sick of getting drift in them. Right now it's two for two with each getting drift on the right stick drifting to the left. Not going to buy a third especially at an increased price.

 

[adamsapple]

A game controller is equal to a mobile phone.. you heard it here first!

I think Art is being cheeky there

 

[BlackTron]

Somebody with a better memory than me... Were controllers always so expensive? I feel like controllers have really shot up in the last two gens.

When N64 controllers were $30 it was like WOAH this is an advanced expensive new controller...because SNES pads were ten dollars by then. When controllers got even more expensive than games though, damn.

 

[KungFucius]

This is bullshit. They are already very expensive relative to others. And the battery life is ass. I had to swap controllers 4 times for Astrobot and that game took a little over 12 hours plus maybe 6 for the kids.

 

[adamsapple]

Sony’s PS5 controllers get a $5 increase.

Sony has quietly started increasing the price of its DualSense PS5 controllers by $5 at many retailers in the US. Wario64 first spotted the price increases at Best Buy, before noticing the DualSense has gone up at Target, GameStop, and Sony’s own PlayStation store. It comes after recent price...

www.theverge.com

The price has gone up everywhere, besides Amazon so far, even the official PS Direct store.

 

[NickFire]

Build quality still sucks IMO. If the sticks hold up the battery doesn’t in my experience. Anecdotal yes, but we’ve had quite a few.

 

[MayauMiao]

Could increase again if Fairgame$ bombs.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Its just $5 to $10 increase. Basically the price of a month for PS+.

$5 increase here, $10 increase there. That new streaming tier with no adds, it's only $2 extra, so who cares. Then you notice you are spending $100-200 more per month.

69$ in november 2020 is 83.40$ in 2024, so it's about 10% cheaper than at launch with these price raises.

Can we stop this argument? Average inflation is just that - average, with some customer categories increasing much more. We all know how it works - companies will use it as an excuse to raise prices anyway.

 

[Punished Miku]

Could increase again if Fairgame$ bombs.

I suggest Sony fans just buy the game. At least then you get something. If you are foolish enough to skip one of Sony's releases, they'll make you pay anyway and you get nothing. Your choice.

 

[Euler007]

Can we stop this argument? Average inflation is just that - average, with some customer categories increasing much more. We all know how it works - companies will use it as an excuse to raise prices anyway.

Inflation is a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in higher price. There's no stopping reality.

 

[StereoVsn]

This is absolute BS from Sony. Manufacturing cost for this thing must have significantly reduced by now and they were making good ¥ on it in the first place.

Sony corporate is trying really hard now to rip off people as much as they can. It’s kind of nuts considering that a lot of folks haven’t converted from PS4 or Xbox One platforms yet.

 

[Magic Carpet]

They need to triple the battery life before raising the price.

 

[adamsapple]

Inflation is a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in higher price. There's no stopping reality.

This is the only generation in my memory where both console and accessory prices have seen worldwide increase xyz number of years into it.

Dualshock 4, for example, did not have any notable increases and only saw it trending downwards as the generation went on, despite the inflation in those 10 years.

Playstation 4 Dualshock 4 Black Controller Prices Playstation 4 | Compare Loose, CIB & New Prices

www.pricecharting.com

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Consumers are increasingly more strapped for cash, so let's raise prices...that'll do the trick.

 

[Duchess]

Guys, chill. The controllers have gone up in price because Sony is now using hall sensors in the sticks, to counter drift.

/s

 

[CherryFalls]

UK has it still at £60 but its £65 or £70 in some places

And I still cant find the astrobot dualsense anywhere ;(

 

[firegamer273]

yea lets increase the price of 4 year old hardware so we can makeup for the challenging economic environment . these corpos are just putting their own problems on us consumers . its not our problem if economy is not good and consumers should not support these price increases .

 

[Mr Moose]

The fuck?
I've said it before, I'll say it again, these fuckers need to be sued over their controllers (Sony/MS/Nintendo). Charging high prices when they know for a fact that shit is going to drift so you'll need to buy another.

 

[firegamer273]

The fuck?
I've said it before, I'll say it again, these fuckers need to be sued over their controllers (Sony/MS/Nintendo). Charging high prices when they know for a fact that shit is going to drift so you'll need to buy another.

its not even our problem if they are facing challenging economic situation . they are just putting their own problems on the consumer shoulders . fuck them.

 

[SportsFan581]

its not even our problem if they are facing challenging economic situation . they are just putting their own problems on the consumer shoulders . fuck them.

And when they sell less controllers and consoles as a result they will find another way.

 

[Senua]

Its just $5 to $10 increase. Basically the price of a month for PS+. People paid much more for a new phone every 2 years so $5 to $10 increase is nothing.

Worth it for the DualSense. If anything I don't mind paying $150 for those state of the art features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers.

69$ in november 2020 is 83.40$ in 2024, so it's about 10% cheaper than at launch with these price raises.

 

[cash_longfellow]

With Xbox being completely irrelevant, Sony is now showing their true colors. In other parts of the world, the Dualsense is already selling at $94.99 without taxes. If you're not on PC yet, you're scamming yourself. Sony has completely lost the plot this gen.

Yea, because a PC doesn’t have to be upgraded often to stay relevant….try harder

 

[Physiognomonics]

Gotta make back that Concord investment

You may actually be right there. What will be their reasons here? TSMC increased their prices?

 

[CLW]

Woooooo my investment in every standard controller this Gen has PAID OFF

 

[Generic]

I'm already expecting Sony to increase the price of the PS+ again.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

Forgive my frustration, but fuck these disposable ass controllers. Stick drift has been fixed in other controllers years ago, so if it's not in the dualsence, then it's on purpose. I'm going to try to install some hall effect analogy sticks as soon as I can find a reliable supplier.

It's needs to be some kind of class action suit about these raggedy analog sticks Sony releases on these controllers.

 

[Euler007]

My rates went up a lot more than this tiny price increase. I don't consider my customers to be boot lickers. We're not all working at Wendy's.

 

[Punished Miku]

My rates went up a lot more than this tiny price increase. I don't consider my customers to be boot lickers. We're not all working at Wendy's.

PS5, the premium choice for gaming professionals. If you work at Wendy's, we have a product for you also. It's called a PS4.

In other unrelated news, why are young people not gaming these days?

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

Eh, fuck em. I'm done with Sony after this generation. Shitty ass company that can't fix a simple stick drift. Never had this problem in previous gens.

Pretty sure all three console manufacturers( Sony, me and Nintendo) are using the same supplier for analog sticks. Pretty sure the sticks are the same across their controllers. They have the same failure rate

 

[thefool]

Btw, why the hell are ps4 dualshocks so damn expensive?

 

[ArtHands]

The cost of the controller has stayed stagnant for years so nothing wrong for them to increase the price, especially when they introduced lots of improvements over the DualShock 4. Not Sony's fault if you cannot afford premium console gaming

 

[Euler007]

In other unrelated news, why are young people not gaming these days?

If you're a young person living at home that worked full time july/august at minimum wage where I live you now have enough money to buy 6.71 Playstation 5s (new, taking into account sales tax). If you also worked eight hours a week at Canadian Tire for the other 44 weeks of the year that's 13.87 Playstation 5s.

When I was a student working at McDonald's in the mid nineties, working the same hours would have only bought me 4.18 PS2s.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

With Xbox being completely irrelevant, Sony is now showing their true colors. In other parts of the world, the Dualsense is already selling at $94.99 without taxes. If you're not on PC yet, you're scamming yourself. Sony has completely lost the plot this gen.

Yeah, go to PC where markups are much higher and where there’s no innovation for controllers

Wait… what?

 

[Punished Miku]

If you're a young person living at home that worked full time july/august at minimum wage where I live you now have enough money to buy 6.71 Playstation 5s (new, taking into account sales tax). If you also worked eight hours a week at Canadian Tire for the other 44 weeks of the year that's 13.87 Playstation 5s.

When I was a student working at McDonald's in the mid nineties, working the same hours would have only bought me 4.18 PS2s.

So why did you bring up Wendy's?

Also, I think the biggest challenge young people are going to face is just affording rent, a car, car insurance, and food. The absolute basics to even get started and have a job.