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Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’ (www.theverge.com)

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Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’::Sony has cut its sales forecast by 4 million units for the fiscal year, down from 25 million to 21 million. It comes as the company missed its sales projections by a million.

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[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

The games don't usually come out on PC until a significant amount of time has passed since the console release. Not everyone wants to wait, and often those games are poorly optimized on PC.

I stopped buying games on PlayStation since I got my Steam Deck, but there are occasionally exclusives that will entice me back. The next FFVII chapter is probably going to be one such game. I played the demo last weekend and enjoyed it immensely.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Poorly optimized? They run better on PC than PlayStation. Horizon zero dawn and FF7 remake run beautifully on the steam deck. A handheld.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Not at 4K they don't, not on the Steam Deck anyway.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why are you setting your resolution to 4k for a 1280x800 display?

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I never said I was. The PS5 runs at that resolution. The question was asked why would anyone buy a PlayStation if the games find their way to PC. I gave reasons why someone might want to buy a game on PlayStation anyway. Higher resolution than the Steam Deck is capable of (handheld or docked) and ray tracing are good reasons why. That's in addition to the release delay and their sometimes bad performance on PC.

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