Gaming Crash incoming, or has it already began?

[Half A $]

I wonder if $1,000 consoles are going to help

Bu-bu-bu-but it runs Steam!!

Phil is a Genius!

 

[Rekkapryde]

nikka ain't fooling nobody

 

[Half A $]

The video game console market in the US just posted it's worst November revenue numbers since November 2005 and spending was down 27% from November 2024. The memory shortage is threatening to raise console hardware prices despite this.

Yeah no shyt.

Switch 2 is more expensive than Switch (will still move massive number in December like always)

Black Friday PS5 on special is twice the price of PS4 on special after 5 years.... Could get a Spiderman bundle Slim for $199

Xbox is a fukking disaster has increased prices while not even running Black Friday, in 2018 you could pick up an Xbox One X for $399, compare that to a full price Xbox Series X

All 3 consoles in 2018 sold over 1.3 million units versus in 2025 going by vgcharts (742k ps5, 473k switch 2 and 120k xbox)

Sony dropped 43%
Nintendo dropped 63.5%
Microsoft dropped 90.77%

Yet you have the 90% crowd acting like it's everyones problem... yet we all know a November slim price drop combined with GTA6 is easily cracking 1.5m

 

[The Mad Titan]

Brehs can't stop thinking about Xbox

 

[ORDER_66]

Brehs can't stop thinking about Xbox

WHO???

 

[Barney Rubble]

China is making cheap, quality triple A games. India is starting to make games. The industry will adjust.

 

[ORDER_66]

China is making cheap, quality triple A games. India is starting to make games. The industry will adjust.

To me its not even about the games anymore its about prices of these games and prices of these parts...

 

[Barney Rubble]

To me its not even about the games anymore its about prices of these games and prices of these parts...

Parts, yeah, it's bullshyt. But gamers have already pushed back on pricing and some devs have backed down. Plus, most of the best selling games of the year, Silksong, Arc Raiders, Expedition 33 etc. are sub $50 games. Enough $80 flops will force a shift.

 

[ORDER_66]

Parts, yeah, it's bullshyt. But gamers have already pushed back on pricing and some devs have backed down. Plus, most of the best selling games of the year, Silksong, Arc Raiders, Expedition 33 etc. are sub $50 games. Enough $80 flops will force a shift.

EXACTLY they asking for $70+ when these games is trash...