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[SScorpio]

$700 for a Steam machine is too bad of value versus a $500 PS5.

Gabe: OK, I'll wait.

 

[Sephimoth]

Greedy fuckers.
Thankfully its a weak console/gen anyway. To the backlog!

 

[pqueue]

With all due respect, if there is a company that will NOT subsize hardware in a losing market, it's MS.

Sony is not subsidizing shit either, so not sure why you felt the need to point that out about MS.

 

[Interfectum]

There has to be so much pressure on Rockstar now. If GTA6 isn't an 11/10-change-the-world game, this Christmas is going to be fucking brutal for the industry.

 

[zedinen]

 

[yogaflame]

Concord and marathon flop and up next the sure to flop the ugly horizon gathering is really eating up Sony's money.

 

[xanaum]

Sheeeit

 

[Wilhelm_85]

lol wut...

I think console gaming might be finished, guys.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Rockstar has to be pissed. They're Current Gen only and GTA 6 will not pull the numbers that GTA5 did due to a stagnant userbase.

They sold GTA V FOUR times, very little reason to complain.

PS3 - PS4 - PC - PS5

It took them 13 years to release a new GTA, many people literally died before they could play it

 

[Unknown?]

The digital PS5 now costs $100 more than the model with the disk drive launched for over 5 years ago.

We are in the worst fucking timeline for gaming hardware

If it makes you feel any better the dollar lost more than $100 in value due to inflation. Happy trails!

 

[yogaflame]

Well just imagine whats next with new pricing coming up for switch 2, xbox series or even there helix project and also pc gpu. Ai boom becoming a head ache.

 

[TGO]

They saw base PS5 struggling with games ans they still increase the price.

Tell me, who kinda of retarded still think this is the best generation ever?


The only game that force me to buy a PS5 was Astro Bot.

They're conditioning people for the price of the PS6.
"Oh look it only £150 more then the PS5 Pro, it's a bargain"
And that's if they don't raise the price again.
It really is the worst generation.

 

[ReBurn]

Alright.....French dude was right. Not going to change the fact that he was an unknown source.

Anyway...

Those prices suck. Glad I bought my Pro at launch.

Guess he's better known now.

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

Well just imagine whats next with new pricing coming up for switch 2, xbox series or even there helix project and also pc gpu. Ai boom becoming a head ache.

More like AI boom is becoming a death spiral

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

$700 for a Steam machine is too bad of value versus a $500 PS5.

Gabe: OK, I'll wait.

Gabe is not even sure his hardware can muster RAM, let alone settle on release window or prices.

If anything, it's even worse news for Machine and Valve hardware in general.

 

[LordCBH]

I'm going to ask Grok to tell PlayStation to go fist themselves.

 

[gerth666]

Yeah good luck trying to sell ps5 at those prices

 

[Sohurmk833]

$700 for a Steam machine is too bad of value versus a $500 PS5.

Gabe: OK, I'll wait.

The Steam machine is dead my friend.

 

[adamsapple]

we intend to minimize the impact of the increased memory cost on this segment going forward by prioritizing monetization of the install base"

And some of us owe the french and apology now.

 

[SmokSmog]

It's gonna be 999.99 for the base model.

Sony is insane.

Not a chance, GPU with 160bit bus, lower TDP than base PS5.

 

[yogaflame]

lol wut...

I think console gaming might be finished, guys.

Well gpu and ram will surely price will sky rocket too for pc.

 

[MCH2024]

But K KeplerL2 and MLIDo said that a 599$ PS6 with 30GB GDDR7-32Gbps and 2TB SSD was coming. Why is it 649.99$ for 1TB SSD?

Jensen was protecting PC gamers with his very limited price increases. If only they had capacity for non emotional thinking.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

You can look at the map of the Middle East and ask what happened since that claim.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Those prices in Europe can't be right. Aren't there heavy tariffs in US Still?

 

[MayaXG]

I've been following the console gaming industry since the late 80s... even with all the crazy shit like 3D0, Jaguar, Sega bailing, etc... it's never been as dire as it is right now. It's nearly unbelievable that the new initial buy-in for a game console is now $600... thats a fucking iPad at this point. If there is no dad or mom in the family that likes video games you are going to have generation(s) of kids who grow up without game consoles.

I hate to break it to you, but that's already happening. This will just accelerate that shift. Soon game consoles will be like vinyl record players. They will be the purview of older gamers with a lot of disposable income and super expensive.

 

[meliodas]

Wow price hike, I am glad I got mine last year

 

[MisterXDTV]

Those prices in Europe can't be right. Aren't there heavy tarriffs in US Still?

In Europe you have 20-25% VAT included in the price

 

[riko]

Dark times. I have trouble seeing people dropping $900 on a Pro given that the enthusiast early adopters likely already have them.

 

[Beechos]

Ms ahead of the game again lol. I guess this confirms like $1000+ next gen consoles.

 

[CLW]

Ps6 delay confirmed

The ONLY way to sell that console is MASSIVE launch day exclusives ONLY on ps6

 

[nosoynadie22]

Imagine how expensive the PS5 Pro would have been if Sony had expanded the RAM from 16 to 24 GB as some suggested 2 years ago

 

[yogaflame]

And some of us owe the french and apology now.

They reverse it. No more monetization but hardware price increase.

 

[adamsapple]

You can look at the map of the Middle East and ask what happened since that claim.

Do you really think this $100 price increase is a reaction to events that started a month ago?

Also

hmm ..

 

[Kokoloko85]

Retarded Sony. Fake wars and "Ai" causing price increases. This is probably just gonna get worse now

 

[Interfectum]

I hate to break it to you, but that's already happening. This will just accelerate that shift. Soon game consoles will be like vinyl record players. They will be the purview of older gamers with a lot of disposable income and super expensive.

Yeah I have three kids under 9... I see it already and, like you said, this will just accelerate it. Any hope that these kids will eventually "graduate" to consoles is all but gone with the cost of entry being this high. There will be no nostalgia for these devices.

 

[seb85]

 

[yogaflame]

Ps6 delay confirmed

The ONLY way to sell that console is MASSIVE launch day exclusives ONLY on ps6

Its okay. World not prepared for next gen especially its price. So 2 to 3 years launch from now is okay.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Do you really think this $100 price increase is a reaction to events that started a month ago?

Also

hmm ..

Google helium crisis, virtually all asian supply chains went AWOL.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Dark times. I have trouble seeing people dropping $900 on a Pro given that the enthusiast early adopters likely already have them.

People that want a Pro have a week to buy it at the current price....

If they don't, they simply don't care....

 

[nosoynadie22]

$700 for a Steam machine is too bad of value versus a $500 PS5.

Gabe: OK, I'll wait.

Steam Machine is going to be cancelled and Steam Decks discontinued.

 

[BattleScar]

You're forgetting a big war that is causing energy prices to skyrocket, which therefore causes manufacturing costs to rise exponentially.
And you can add in a healthy dose of corporate greed to add in some margin on top of all those rising costs.

Maybe they could financially account for the added cost of RAM. But now that everything else is going up? You'd have to be dreaming for them to absorb that cost too.

 

[Interfectum]

Steam Machine is going to be cancelled and Steam Decks discontinued.

Yeah Steam Machines are dead. There is no reason to pursue this now. Just release the controller.

 

[Moriarty1889]

Taps the sign.

Turns out Sony doesn't have special DRAM and NAND contracts not available to anyone else.

Yes they are out of their bloody minds. $900 for a Pro??? This is utter insanity.

 

[M1chl]

I understand why that is, however seeing 900 EUR console is wild.

 

[yogaflame]

Retarded Sony. Fake wars and "Ai" causing price increases. This is probably just gonna get worse now

Have you seen those advance robots even in military? Those will need allot of RAm and pc components. And also gigantic AI farms.

 

[SScorpio]

Gabe is not even sure his hardware can muster RAM, let alone settle on release window or prices.

If anything, it's even worse news for Machine and Valve hardware in general.

I'm not sure if you've been following news, but RAM manufacturers are current reconsidering their expansion plans. Current projections are that we aren't far off from supply normalizing.

Valve wants to set a price that a good value and maintain it. They don't want to have prices yo-yo all over the place. Anyone that thinks Sony is going to quickly drop prices when the market stabilizes is crazy. You'll get a nice $50 price cut even though they went up $100.

 

[Fabieter]

Delay the ps6. Holly hell.

 

[leo-j]

$649 for a ps5 is crazy… also this may push me to buy a pro for $799 and trade in my og ps5. The fact pro was $649 during Black Friday 2025 too.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Marathon sucess forced their hand.

Sony is trying to subsidize money lost on Marathon development, same thing happened after Concord failure.

Sony gotta get cash for keeping bungie alive from somewhere, and it wont be from marathon coz its huge flop, so with effectively 0 competition from xbox, nasty price increases in pc hardware market, they smelled out the blood(their customer's blood ;/ ) and keep biting harder and harder into this open wound

That Bungie and Marathon debt won't pay themselves clowns. Pay up

Concord, marathon and up next the sure to flop the ugly horizon gathering is really eating up Sony's money.

PC GPU, Memory, and CPU prices have increased over the past ~5 years. Not to mention the prices for food, gas, and everything else imaginable, yet we have braindead, "rent free" Marathon posts like these.......

Surely thats the reason of the console price increase... Marathon still living rent free in some peoples head i see