I don't know about recession, but I know I've hit a personal inflection point with prices where I'm just sick of the bullshit and only buy if absolutely necessary, or on sale.

Everyone is so fucking greedy, everyone wants just 5 more dollars bro to the point where the consumerism has been driven out of me.

I actually have money to buy shit, I just don't want to anymore because nothing seems to correspond to its value anymore.

A new car? 35 k for a fucking base kia, gtfo out with this shit.

New phone? 1.2k for the same screen bullshit as the last 5 years.

Same with this PS5, they are pricing this shit like it's lifesaving medicine, when in reality it's just shit no-one really needs

[–] tux7350@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

35k for a base Kia? Hell naw, I bought a fully loaded 2024 hyundai elentra hybrid for 34k out the door. Base Kia K4 is 22k plus tax title and reg. That's like almost a third less than what I paid lol

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We also don't give a shit.

If you own a PS5 already, it doesn't offer you much and if you own a PC, it offers you less.

[–] NecroParagon@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have a PS5 with the disc drive, which I paid extra for. I don't see any reason to get this when it doesn't even come with that. The performance of the base PS5 has been very good. If it's just a hardware boost, I don't really need it. I don't get the purpose of upgrading. The battlefield games I play run like butter, and the new titles, like Dead Space that I've played also run great.

This just runs better? Not necessary to me.

And I do own a gaming PC. I just prefer having a dedicated game console for a couple good reasons.

[+] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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[–] anas@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you did not just make a whole comment responding to one single downvote

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You got one too you better go talk to 'em, it wasn't me though I swear

[–] TheBraveSirRobbin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Not the down voter, but as a day 1 PS5 buyer who could afford the pro I will just say they didn't offer any value to me. I've played 1 game on the PS5 that I couldn't have on my base PS4 (Demon's Souls) and I could play the original of that on my PS3. They promised all of this great stuff on the PS5 and under delivered. Why would I put down the $700 why would I spend that when I hardly even use my PS5 and even when I do I could've just used my PS4?

[–] AWittyUsername@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm not arguing for or against being a recession. But the sales for this console don't prove or deny a recession, they just show that either no one actually wants this thing or Sony has managed to misjudge demand.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

No I think it just proves this is a shit product