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I've been picking up game consoles for my whole life. I decided before the NS2 was announced that I was done picking up game consoles. Now there is absolutely zero chance of me picking up a ps6, it's just not acceptable to do this.

They all want you to go to digital storefronts because they get a bigger cut of the pie and you cannot use anyone else's copy. Soon we'll see them remove activating two consoles on one account entirely and possibly the offline capability as well. They want to make sure you drink your verification cans to keep playing, they just haven't gotten there yet.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The price increase part is sort of out of their hands. They are a small player in the chip game.

Other parts are all them all shit.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Microsoft is killing their software while Sony kills the hardware and marketplace. This looks like the end of the console generation with the only device left being a handheld by Nintendo.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

Media rights expiring surely isn't on them.

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[–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah. Sony will stick around, Playstation will die, Microsoft kills Xbox and everyone will complain about Steam being a monopoly despite their competition choosing to shoot themselves in the foot and dying all on their own.

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Personally I bought a PS5 only to collect physical games and be able to play them. I'm not paying premium PS prices for temporary, digital access.

I think it's safe to say this means PS6 will either be digital only, or heavily focused on digital. Which for me is a non-negotiable deal breaker.

PlayStation is pulling off the best marketing campaign Xbox could ever dream of.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

PS6 will 100% be digital only. It's likely directly related and will probably release in Nov. 2028.

This isn't gonna help XBOX any, they're even worse and will be doing the same, guaranteed.

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

it’s like they want us to own …. nothing. hrm.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

They also just announced that the PS3 and Vita Playstation Stores will be shutting down, starting next month in certain regions and everywhere by July 2027. At some point in the future it will be impossible to buy games for your old PS6 because it doesn't support discs and the Playstation Store doesn't support the system.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sony probably figures they can get away with pulling all this shit since what else ya gonna do? buy a new gaming pc? at literally double or more what they cost last summer?

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