The Floodgates have opened - Microsoft Raises the Price of All Xbox Series Consoles, Xbox Games Confirmed to Hit $80 This Holiday

[Legal]

Gaming slowly turning into a luxury hobby

People gonna be much more selective with their time/money and the games they play. Also expect more consumers to go with Used games, accessories, and things like that

If we're being honest, it's always been a luxury hobby, but the entry points were always just low enough to make it seem like it wasn't, and there was almost always a way to stretch your budget. Brehs used to have a rotation of three or four games that they would stretch out for eons off of replayability alone.

But now, the luxury end of it has just been made nakedly obvious, since the $80 game you bought for your $700 consol is chock full of attempts for the publisher to get an extra $5-$100 out of you.

 

[SNG]

If we're being honest, it's always been a luxury hobby, but the entry points were always just low enough to make it seem like it wasn't, and there was almost always a way to stretch your budget. Brehs used to have a rotation of three or four games that they would stretch out for eons off of replayability alone.

But now, the luxury end of it has just been made nakedly obvious, since the $80 game you bought for your $700 consol is chock full of attempts for the publisher to get an extra $5-$100 out of you.

It was but atleast you got full ass game. Like you said I don’t think 80 dollars is the issue it’s what comes with it especially with digital. People expect that there will be glitches the first day in drops plus there will probably be dlc somewhere down the line.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

It's so weird to me that ppl get borderline excited about the idea of a gaming industry crash.

And then ironically, those are the same types who don't buy/support anything, claim there aren't good games anymore, etc etc

They get excited about it because it gives them more to talk about lol

 

[The Mad Titan]

Even when microsoft raises prices this nikkas is incapable of not making it about sony and “sony stans”

some of you are honestly deranged to be doing this for 12 plus years

I love how you be on and off console wars depending on temperature of the kitchen.

Dude is the head console war General in charge and has been since he started posting, and as long as things look good on the side he's championing he'll continue be.
Otherwise he wanna act like he's been objective.

70 percent of the people posting in this thread shouldn't care since Xbox series X and Xbox games suck to them anyway. Yet here y'all are

 

[Bboystyle]

This and its time to pirate unless the game is on a big sale.

I been doing this since 2002

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I love how you be on and off console wars depending on temperature of the kitchen.

Dude is the head console war General in charge and has been since he started posting, and as long as things look good on the side he's championing he'll continue be.
Otherwise he wanna act like he's been objective.

70 percent of the people posting in this thread shouldn't care since Xbox series X and Xbox games suck to them anyway. Yet here y'all are

If i were still “on console wars” I’d be doing a lot more in this thread and this forum today

this is post retirement shooting 3’s at the Y

 

[The Mad Titan]

If i were still “on console wars” I’d be doing a lot more in this thread and this forum today

this is post retirement shooting 3’s at the Y

You wouldn't be talking about games coming from PlayStation, that's for sure

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

You wouldn't be talking about games coming from PlayStation, that's for sure

I’d be talking a lot about games coming to playstation though

 

[Phantum]

How they gonna raise prices on a console that isn't selling???

Seriously lol. You'd think they'd let Sony raise their prices and they could act like they care about the consumers.

 

[PS5 Pro]

Who "BUYS" new games anyway

Most games are on sale a month after release. Between that, subscriptions services like Gamepass and a backlog?
I have enough games to last me 20+ years of just new titles.

On the flip side, I've spent more on gaming since having Gamepass than when I didn't have it.
Lots of people have shared that same sentiment.

The way Gamepass works for devs is not only the bag from Microsoft. But if a good game leaves Gamepass then people buy it and they make another bag. You can double/triple dip on this process as well. That's why GTA5 is back in Gamepass. More players, then when its gone?
Why not buy it for $10 on sale if you enjoyed it on Gamepass.

Does that make sense? Cuz its reality

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Who "BUYS" new games anyway

Horse babble

 

[SNG]

Seriously lol. You'd think they'd let Sony raise their prices and they could act like they care about the consumers.

Cuz they don’t give a fukk they selling more games on the competition anyway.

 

[Jaguar93]

 

[PS5 Pro]

Horse babble

Gamers are gamers but that don't mean gamers are intelligent beings as a collective.
I'd say its the opposite with a few smart ones here n there. So let me hit you with this logic that I doubt you could deny

The industry itself is on a downwards spiral due to cost and demand eliminating creative freedom (summed up in a nutshell)

And so we are getting repetitive retreads/etc. Companies are closing left and right, prices are going up. But gaming overall from a quality perspective has not matched the price increases.

With all this well known and true, you still think buying a game first is ideal or even logical.
Is it? I laugh at all the classic franchises I haven't played because you can't play everything.
So if you a console warrior, who has limited himself to one console? You have so many classic games you have yet to play
I can assure you it gets much better than Grounded or Sea of Thieves
But I digress. I hope you find what you're looking for in a game, right now Gamepass been on fire so I can't complain

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Gamers are gamers but that don't mean gamers are intelligent beings as a collective.
I'd say its the opposite with a few smart ones here n there. So let me hit you with this logic that I doubt you could deny

The industry itself is on a downwards spiral due to cost and demand eliminating creative freedom (summed up in a nutshell)

And so we are getting repetitive retreads/etc. Companies are closing left and right, prices are going up. But gaming overall from a quality perspective has not matched the price increases.

With all this well known and true, you still think buying a game first is ideal or even logical.
Is it? I laugh at all the classic franchises I haven't played because you can't play everything.
So if you a console warrior, who has limited himself to one console? You have so many classic games you have yet to play
I can assure you it gets much better than Grounded or Sea of Thieves
But I digress. I hope you find what you're looking for in a game, right now Gamepass been on fire so I can't complain

Horse babble