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[RJMacready73]

Everyone is getting tore into Sony over the recent $700 PS5 Pro price, yet the PC crowd are literally salivating at paying $2000 for a 5090 for JUST THE GRAPHICS CARD in their systems, what gives? We're all gamers after all, but why is one crowd going apeshit over a mid gen upgrade THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY but the other crowd cannot wait to dump twice the price on a minor upgrade!??!? Can someone make it make it sense?

The Pro, is nothing more than a way to give PS5 gamers fidelity mode running at 60fps, it's for a niche market of those with cash to burn that want to play at 60fps with all the bells and whistles, for everyone else the PS5 is perfectly fine, yet the PC crowd will eat up absolutely insane prices for those extra few frames per second, I honestly don't get it...

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[Self_Destructive]

You're acting like there weren't PC gamers losing their shit at the prices of highest end GPUs and that everyone just accepted them...

 

[Gaiff]

This ain't it chief.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[Bojji]

You're acting like there weren't PC gamers losing their shit at the prices of highest end GPUs and that everyone just accepted them...

Those who could afford them. No one that can't afford 4090 buys one (and then live on the streets hahaha).

I will never buy GPU above 800$ for example (it's usually much less when selling the old one).

 

[OverHeat]

OP is drunk?

 

[Punished Miku]

$2000 definitely is a larger number than $700. Checkmate. He got all of you guys.

 

[MarkMe2525]

I just downloaded this image so i'm going to use it again.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

$2000 for the 5090?

 

[Zathalus]

A grand total of 1.5% of Steam users own a 4090/3090. You’ll find that the overwhelming majority of PC players are not jumping at the chance to buy a $2000 5090.

 

[Skifi28]

Nvidia could probably get away with more than 2k.

 

[R6Rider]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

A grand total of 1.5% of Steam users own a 4090/3090. You’ll find that the overwhelming majority of PC players are not jumping at the chance to buy a $2000 5090.

*of those surveyed

Fuckers haven't asked me recently

 

[Gaiff]

diffusionx liked this post. Because of course, he did.

 

[Denton]

Flagship product with zero competition which is multiple times faster is expensive, news at eleven

 

[Senua]

Those pesky PC gamers! Glad attention is being drawn to those good for nothing pranksters.

 

[Zathalus]

*of those surveyed

Fuckers haven't asked me recently

Eh, statistics being what they are it’s probably accurate enough. I own a 4090 myself and got it two or three months back.

 

[Walter Matthau]

 

[T4keD0wN]

PC crowd are literally salivating

Ive had to sell both of my kidneys, you guys are just selling saliva in order to afford a 5090?

 

[Fabieter]

You basically getting ps6 pro with a 5090.

 

[Skifi28]

Ive had to sell both of my kidneys, you guys are just selling saliva in order to afford a 5090?

I sold my kidneys for a first generation iPad, fluids are all I got left.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

To be fair, a 5090 is likely faster than the PS6.

 

[Brucey]

The people who find value in the PS5 Pro will buy one. Those who don't and the mass market are still waiting for the PS5 to drop below $450 for a driveless model. I just hope they make enough units to avoid scalper nonsense.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

I sold my kidneys for a first generation iPad, fluids are all I got left.

You know that guy is bedridden.

 

[hinch7]

 

[BennyBlanco]

diffusionx liked this post. Because of course, he did.

I miss Ezekiel.

 

[AngelMuffin]

A grand total of 1.5% of Steam users own a 4090/3090. You’ll find that the overwhelming majority of PC players are not jumping at the chance to buy a $2000 5090.

Yep, Thera’s more scalpers out there salivating at at the 5090s than actual customers.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

I hope to get it for less.

 

[Lord Panda]

Everyone is getting tore into Sony over the recent $700 PS5 Pro price, yet the PC crowd are literally salivating at paying $2000 for a 5090 for JUST THE GRAPHICS CARD in their systems, what gives? We're all gamers after all, but why is one crowd going apeshit over a mid gen upgrade THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY but the other crowd cannot wait to dump twice the price on a minor upgrade!??!? Can someone make it make it sense?

The Pro, is nothing more than a way to give PS5 gamers fidelity mode running at 60fps, it's for a niche market of those with cash to burn that want to play at 60fps with all the bells and whistles, for everyone else the PS5 is perfectly fine, yet the PC crowd will eat up absolutely insane prices for those extra few frames per second, I honestly don't get it...

I reckon the outrage wouldn't have been so crazy, if Sony had included the drive, and cheapo stand that probably a small minority would only use. I'm just annoyed mainly because I feel like I'm being nickel and dimed.

Anyway $2000 for the 5090? That's like the best case scenario in this dark timeline.

 

[Fabieter]

I reckon the outrage wouldn't have been so crazy, if Sony had included the drive, and cheapo stand that probably a small minority would only use. I'm just annoyed mainly because I feel like I'm being nickel and dimed.

Anyway $2000 for the 5090? That's like the best case scenario in this dark timeline.

We are!

 

[Miles708]

The PC gaming crew hardware purchasing habits are a lousy standard to adhere to.

 

[Kuranghi]

I ordered the drive now just in case, then today I was talking to a customer (middle-aged PC gamer) and he says the PS5 Pro price is a rip off and I said "well after I sell my PS5 and discounts through work it'll be 40 quid more than what I paid for the PS5 so not too bad for me!"

Then he said don't forget to buy the stand and I was like:

...you're right you fud.

 

[Clear]

You don't need to go high-end. Basically you put a current mid mid-range PC GPU in a console and you are looking at around the PS5 Pro's price-point for the system.

The BOM adds up, start adding on the cost of SSD's, controllers, the CPU and Mobo obviously...

One of the things that always makes me chiuckle when you see people like Linus desperately trying to reassure their audience that they can build a better PC for more or less the same price isn't the way they have to fall-back usually on used parts, or components sourced one-off from Ebay sellers and whatnot... No, no. Its more obvious than that;

You want to fairly compare apples vs apples, show us what's on offer pre-built. New, with a warranty for an equivalent price.

 

[RoboFu]

yeah the xx90 will be over priced but those two things are not even close to equal.

 

[Kacho]

PC too™

 

[BennyBlanco]

yeah the xx90 will be over priced but those two things are not even close to equal.

Not to mention you are on an enthusiast forum. People here are dedicated gaming nerds myself included. Go look at the Steam hardware survey. The most popular GPUs are the 3060 and 4060 which are $300ish. Half of PsN is still on ps4 according to their CEO. Most people don’t give a shit and just wanna play CoD and GtA.

 

[ReBurn]

Sony needs to open an emotional support line to help people disturbed by PS5 Pro price reactions. $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year.

 

[Orpheus]

There is an ongoing thread discussing this very topic. Please post there.

Yeah, at $700 the PS5 Pro is expensive for a console, but I spent more than double that on my GPU alone

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/yeah-at-dollar700-the-ps5-pro-is-expensive-for-a-console-but-i-spent-more-than-double-that-on-my-gpu-alone/ The PS5 Pro was announced this week and, oh boy, it's a pricey beast. To slide this chunk of console meat under your TV, you'll need to slap down $700...

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