They're not doing it. The cloud providers are doing it so we will all have to pay for cloud subscriptions. I will stay on my PS5 until the AI bubble implodes and all the hardware ends up on the 2nd hand market.
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
59 points (89.3% liked)
Technology
84700 readers
4037 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I was at a large electronics retailer here in Germany recently and a new Xbox Series X was 599€ (launch price was 499€). A digital-only PS5 was 499€ (launch price was 399€).
The hardware hasn't changed at all, apart from minor revisions maybe, since launch mind you.
My real problem is that they're basically computers but they're locked down. A few hundred more and I can get something completely customizable, with a wider selection of games at better prices, and performance is about the same. And if course you can do a lot more with a regular PC.
I'd be more open to buying one if they supported running Linux OOTB (without hacking or voiding warranties etc.) even if it was a dual boot or a VM situation. Either that or a big price drop. I thought consoles used to be able to do more with less because of high optimization but maybe that's not a priority anymore.
It used to be you had to research a lot to get a good pc but nowadays it's kinda hard to go wrong so the argument that you don't have to look up stuff with a console and you are ready to play is also making getting a console slightly less attractive.
Not a great article even if it does attempt to make a relevant point.
Talks about how we didn't get slimmed down versions of consoles while ignoring the beefed up releases like PS5 Pro.
And then they totally lost me at the still image comparison between Xbox One and XSX and related talk about how games look mostly the same across gens. Anyone who has played the pictured game (Halo Infinite) on both knows how the visual differences are huge - better resolution, higher frame rate, WAY better draw distance, texture popping reduction, etc.
This author has an agenda that they go out of their way to push, even when they don't need to.
Talks about how we didn’t get slimmed down versions of consoles while ignoring the beefed up releases like PS5 Pro.
That's a strange callout. Why would he required to mention the existence of more expensive models when he's calling out the lack of a cheaper mid cycle refresh? That's like the exact opposite of what he wants.