• amenotef@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’m not sure if it’s the meme but here (Europe) there is a huge difference in price between the basic 512GB OLED SD and the basic PS5 pro option.

    569€ vs 800€.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    If you think $700 is bad, it’s £700 in the UK… which is $913. 🤢

    Also:

    • median household income, UK (2022): £32,400 ($42,265)

    • median household income, USA (2022): $74,580

    A PS5 Pro is 26% of the typical UK household monthly income.

    A PS5 Pro is 11% of the typical US household monthly income.

    The US pricing is bad. The UK pricing is absolutely insane.

    The OLED Deck starts at £479. Still a lot but not as egregious. The LCD Deck is currently £262 ($344), which is pretty great.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I really like my PS5, but I see no value in a model costing 80% more and being only current for half a generation.

      All that for an “up to” 40% performance increase.

      I don’t care how much of a graphics nerd someone is, that just isn’t worth it.

  • arthurpizza@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    Eventually, Sony will stop supporting the PS5 and it’ll be a brick. If Valve ever stops supporting the Steamdeck, it’ll keep running.

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Unless they change CPU architectures.

        And even then it’s no guarantee. Plenty of games needed support from the likes of GoG to run. Hell, I couldn’t even play Ex Machina because I had a HDR monitor and the game detected that and completely broke. Disabling HDR in Windows did nothing.

      • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        2 years ago

        While valve has a lot of deserved goodwill, that’s always the problem - they’re well-behaved, but set up in a way in which the customer has no leverage if they where to change their approach tommorow.

        Good thing drm-free games run just as well on the steam deck.