Conservatives are so in love with the past, you'd think they'd actually be able to learn from it, but well
PlayStation 5 getting price increases in America starting tomorrow Aug 21
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GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
This won't end well for Sony.
Americans won't have it.
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Kacho
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StreetsofBeige
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I wonder what dumb thing he said to get thread banned over there.He's trying his best, poor guy.
That site is very comfortable bashing Xbox. So I bet he said something stupid about Nintendo thinking the site is a free for all dumping on any platform. But mods called hm out on it and took away his thread privileges.
lol.
Xbox 360 slim
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He does it for free, too.mckmas8808 is really on top of things here
FoxMcChief
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He's trying his best, poor guy.
LordCBH
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You'll take your money backed by the imagination of unelected bureaucrats and you…will…LIKE….IT.
Cyberpunkd
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But that is uniquely the case if the higher price results in the same amount of sales. If the sales decrease then the amount of global revenue was the exact same despite the price increase.
Kvally
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T4keD0wN
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Kacho
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He usually waits a week to bump dead threads with bangers like "Well said!" and "Truth!"
UltimaKilo
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Less than 24 hours. 
Unknown?
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40% of all dollars created since the founding of the nation were created in 2020(and more since then), that's why. Also those are based on phoney gubbermint figures. We know the CPI is nowhere near realistic rise in prices.
Sucks, but it is what it is (for a variety of reasons)
metareferential
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Graph is inverted. It should talk about prices, not purchasing power. Prices have gone up, purchasing power down. It still sucks though xD
Sucks, but it is what it is (for a variety of reasons)
That graph and headline mean that 499 today has the same purchasing power of 625. Instead 625 today has the same purchasing power 499 had in 2020.
DenchDeckard
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Sony literally sitting on the most profitable generation ever and needs to keep that money growing. Ever company wants and tells us they need to make more money. It is what it is.
rubik's dude
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Y'all ready for that $1,000 PS6?
mckmas8808
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So most companies raising prices and saying why they are, is a bad thing now?
Buggy Loop
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Cyberpunkd
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Doing this the day before is a massive dick move.
Cyberpunkd
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Bingo. Since the pandemic prices have gone crazy, throughout the world the rich are getting richer and the middle class is decreasing, I don't see how that is beneficial in the long run.
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Pro console, 750 bucks
disc drive, 90 dollars
stand (LOL)-30 bucks
880 dollars.
You just got BF6, now you need PS plus to play online....that's 80 bucks a year for the basic tier, you rock this PS5 pro to at least 5 years. Thats 1200 dollars. add in a broken controller, because you aint getting TMR sticks. That's another 80 bucks. 1300 dollars. If you get the premium tier, thats about 180 a year. Or 1700 dollars. That's solid 1440p PC money. ATP, anyone shilling how much cheaper console is, is dumb. Consoles only exist ATP for people who want "couch comfort" and dads. also, the shocking number of IT workers. Who just "wanna come home and press a button".
disc drive, 90 dollars
stand (LOL)-30 bucks
880 dollars.
You just got BF6, now you need PS plus to play online....that's 80 bucks a year for the basic tier, you rock this PS5 pro to at least 5 years. Thats 1200 dollars. add in a broken controller, because you aint getting TMR sticks. That's another 80 bucks. 1300 dollars. If you get the premium tier, thats about 180 a year. Or 1700 dollars. That's solid 1440p PC money. ATP, anyone shilling how much cheaper console is, is dumb. Consoles only exist ATP for people who want "couch comfort" and dads. also, the shocking number of IT workers. Who just "wanna come home and press a button".
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owandeseis
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So PS5 has the price of a 5070 Super, which obv needs more components, but comparing, in 2020 it did cost as much as a standard 3070.
Tells you a lot about how the days of subsidized consoles are over
Tells you a lot about how the days of subsidized consoles are over
The sad thing is, it's very likely most of the tariffs will end once courts rule that the government's interpretation of the IEEPA is unprecedented nonsense.
Either that or whenever a new administration comes in and walks most of them back. Either way, they are not going to be permanent in practice.
However, these higher console prices will stick around for a while. We might see price drops once the tariffs are gone, eventually, but they'll do them very slowly.
Me? Oh, I'll just be playing with my mid-range PC. It's served me well all this time.
Either that or whenever a new administration comes in and walks most of them back. Either way, they are not going to be permanent in practice.
However, these higher console prices will stick around for a while. We might see price drops once the tariffs are gone, eventually, but they'll do them very slowly.
Me? Oh, I'll just be playing with my mid-range PC. It's served me well all this time.
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Unknown?
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I'd prefer bi-metal like before 1873. Anything is better than what we have now.
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Buggy Loop
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UltimaKilo
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It's actually 34% between 2020-2022.
Zuzu
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Announced on the official Playstation blog:
If you want a Pro, maybe try and order one tonight
Article: PlayStation 5 price changes in the U.S.
New prices effective starting on August 21.
Isabelle Tomatis
Vice President, Global Marketing, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Similar to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a challenging economic environment. As a result, we've made the difficult decision to increase the recommended retail price for PlayStation 5 consoles in the U.S. starting on August 21.
The updated recommended retail price for PlayStation 5 consoles in the U.S. are as follows:
PlayStation 5 – $549.99
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – $499.99
PlayStation 5 Pro – $749.99
The recommended retail prices for PlayStation 5 accessories remain unchanged, and we have no other price changes to announce for additional markets.
If you want a Pro, maybe try and order one tonight
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PeteBull
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Not gonna lie here, im nor american nor plan to buy ps5/pr0 and this price increase still pissed me off.
U can tell almost all games from their GAAS iniciative brought massive losses(afaik only helldivers2 was success, major success at that) and they wanna recuperate the cost selling more expensive hardware instead, sony top dogs are deranged thinking it will be good for the platform, or they simply know they wont last long so dont give a flying fuck about longterm gainz.
Edit: I will just predict same thing i said back when we just got official info on ps5pr0 price- gotta expect 999$ps6(at least with discdrive included) and 99$ games next gen, all clues point to that future.
U can tell almost all games from their GAAS iniciative brought massive losses(afaik only helldivers2 was success, major success at that) and they wanna recuperate the cost selling more expensive hardware instead, sony top dogs are deranged thinking it will be good for the platform, or they simply know they wont last long so dont give a flying fuck about longterm gainz.
Edit: I will just predict same thing i said back when we just got official info on ps5pr0 price- gotta expect 999$ps6(at least with discdrive included) and 99$ games next gen, all clues point to that future.
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omg some of you are hopeless
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
The truth hurts huh, pal? I'm sure every corporation on Earth are just greedy POS and it has nothing to do with an unnecessary rise of cost on businesses that came from one A-hole.
Here's a chart showing the average U.S. tariff rate from 1975 to 2025. Notice the dramatic spike in 2025 to 14.5%, the highest in nearly 90 years:
- From 1975 to 2016, tariffs steadily declined from about 5.5% to 1.5%, reflecting decades of trade liberalization.
- A slight increase occurred during the 2018–2021 trade tensions, peaking around 3.0%.
- In 2025, tariffs surged to 14.5%, driven by sweeping trade policy changes and new blanket tariffs.
Kacho
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Well said!The truth hurts huh, pal? I'm sure every corporation on Earth are just greedy POS and it has nothing to do with an unnecessary rise of cost on businesses that came from one A-hole.
Here's a chart showing the average U.S. tariff rate from 1975 to 2025. Notice the dramatic spike in 2025 to 14.5%, the highest in nearly 90 years:
- From 1975 to 2016, tariffs steadily declined from about 5.5% to 1.5%, reflecting decades of trade liberalization.
- A slight increase occurred during the 2018–2021 trade tensions, peaking around 3.0%.
- In 2025, tariffs surged to 14.5%, driven by sweeping trade policy changes and new blanket tariffs.
PeteBull
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Not as hopeless as most sony gaas games(1 excepion ofc, H2), at least we dont bring losses to our makers
Xbox 360 slim
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The truth hurts huh, pal? I'm sure every corporation on Earth are just greedy POS and it has nothing to do with an unnecessary rise of cost on businesses that came from one A-hole.
Here's a chart showing the average U.S. tariff rate from 1975 to 2025. Notice the dramatic spike in 2025 to 14.5%, the highest in nearly 90 years:
- From 1975 to 2016, tariffs steadily declined from about 5.5% to 1.5%, reflecting decades of trade liberalization.
- A slight increase occurred during the 2018–2021 trade tensions, peaking around 3.0%.
- In 2025, tariffs surged to 14.5%, driven by sweeping trade policy changes and new blanket tariffs.
playbignbox
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lmao
Putonahappyface
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Zuzu
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Nintendo's Witch
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that's sure is a way to increase USA average yearly spending on gaming. Stay losing LMAO
Skifi28
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Well, they did vote for it.
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