Please explain how they lost it when they have gamepass which essentially gives you access to hundreds of games? They're telling you that you don't need to own your games to play them yet complain that everyone didn't buy games on the Xbone and did on the PS4? You don't NEED a library on Xbox anymore to have a library of games! You only need to rent games!
I have done the same this gen. Still own all consoles but I now buy everything on PC and I'm slowly transitioning over to PC only.
My series X is an old COD mp machine and I use it for gears of war 3 horde mode. Useless other than that. Also a portable emulation box. PS5 was a waste. rather wait for all their games to come ot steam, than buy into their walled garden. Where BC isn't a gurantee.
Demand is very low, but it's definitively not zero in the US.
GTA 6 will be a savior in a sense that it will move more consoles compared to other games. It will automatically give Microsoft and Sony a big 2026 in sales without them having to depend on their first party especially Sony.Holy shit that 2 TB Series X price
Actually all those prices are hot garbage
Horrible generation of consoles tho when it comes to these price increases; all the more reason I'm assured of switching to PC going forward (and a Switch 2 for Nintendo exclusives).
GTA6 will absolutely not be the savior some of you are hyping it up to be. The game itself is likely gonna sell gangbusters, but I don't see new console sales peaks being hit when it drops. Far from it, in fact.
Sony and Microsoft have been selling consoles on the better part going on two years now off of GTA6 hype, since the first trailer dropped in late 2023. Everyone knows it's coming, and the price increases have probably been incentivizing people to buy sooner vs. wait closer to GTA6's launch, if anything. Tho the prices themselves aren't doing the consoles any favors, especially in Xbox's case.
It really isn't.Yeah, with the native multi-gen BC and stuff it's worth a lot more.
You could be right but from my understanding of these things work. they do place an order for an X amount of units before they even start production. so MS in theory should already have a deal in place of lets say 50 million components to be produced in X amount of years. if anything, the prices should go down because MS is now having inventory in the warehouse that was already paid in a yearly base contract or in advance before the production even starts.
This seems like the real inflation rate, rather than that of the BLS.
Series x is unironically a better console than the PS5. Better services, backwards compatability that smokes the PS5, free cloud saves, party chat is more streamlined, tons of 3rd party controler options. Just has no compeling games/everything they make goes to PS5. PS5 UI is better though. Very clean and modern. Xbox looks stuck in 2016.
I've slowly moved that way with steam deck and since most exclusives are getting released on Steam now, I most likely won't buy a ps6 or series 2
Not sure, I won't claim to be in the know of how the supply chains works in this instance. People have been saying for close to two years now that Xbox hardware on store shelves is becoming more and more scarce, so it would seem there's been a major drop-off in production ( basically to match the ever-declining demand), which ties in with the strategy of 'everything is an Xbox' which decentralizes their console as the focal point of entry to their ecosystem. Now if what you're saying( the bolded) is the case and these are already manufactured units sitting in U.S warehouses, that's a whole different ballgame.
Inflation rate in the last 5 years seems to be around 25% (still crazy). However, shouldn't the manufacturing and the cost of parts go down in 5 years? Microsoft could have at least kept the consoles at the same price if nothing else.
I literally don't give a fuck about the PS5 I'm talking about the Xbox not being worth the price.
At these prices, they surely are at this point. Not at the original prices from 2020, though. And these increases are just to cover tariffs, essentially.
Microsoft:
The Pro Xbox console was in the room all along! Damn, I feel my $450 XSX at launch was a bargain now!
Yep, it's always "economic conditions" when the company is producing some of the highest profits ever.
