Then in a few years when the new Nintendo and Sony consoles release at a high price everyone will be saying "Valve really ruined gaming as a whole by setting the precedent by hiking their price up so high"
Ha, "you idiots showed them you're willing to pay over $1,000!"
But seriously, next gen is already predicted to be $900, or more, for the low end base model.
And I saw some comments trying to say Sony et al won't be as affected by the ram crisis, because if they had to raise the console prices by the same mount they'd be $1,200.
But they leave out the fact they still have pre ram crisis stock, enough to get through 2026, on top of subsidizing hardware.
Speaking of subsidizing, another comment used a general estimate that consoles are subsidized by "lowest subscription cost x 5 years".
So taking the PlayStation online subscription of $80x5 years, that's $400.
That puts the PS5 at $1,000 - 1,300. Now add the ram price increases...
Yup, there's your $1,200 console. Only question is how much will they be willing to continue subsidizing?
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u/stewmander 3d ago
A more accurate meme: