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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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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 32 points 9 months ago (8 children)

The PS5 feels next-gen to me, rather than current gen, lol

Probably because I was a late adopter to the prior gen, and I don't have a current gen console (just a PC).

[–] Vub@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

To me the PS5 feels like PS4.5 at most.

The box even says “8K capable” and they promised an amazing 4K-8K 120hz raytracing heaven before release. Every time I see the box or watch old presentation videos I feel scammed.

Because in reality almost all games have a pathetic “slow mode with higher res” (often 30 fps!) or “fast mode with previous generation graphics and resolution” (usually some variable upscaled mess and far from native 4K).

It’s still a decent machine (I like it being silent a lot, load times are also quite good) and I enjoy gaming regardless of performance BUT their promises were nothing but a marketing scam. It feels far from “next generation” to me.

(Same goes for Xbox Series X of course, it’s just as bad in this sense.)

[–] los_chill@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

With their inability to meet demand that first year they made many of us into patient gamers. I bought a PS4 Pro for a couple hundred bucks when that frenzy was going down and will happily play through that massive catalog at 12 bucks a game as long as they still charge almost $500 for a 4-year-old console.

[–] Vub@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Good for you, IMO (and as a PS5 owner) you're not missing much.

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