Maybe the Gabecube will launch with a "console price" after all.

There's literally enough in my PC backlog for the rest of my life probably, don't need another new console, game or graphics card, ever.

Haha ok buddy, can't wait to see you puzzling about why millennials hate game consoles or whatever when launch sales numbers are rightly in the shitter

Well, here I was thinking that Steam Machine had priced itself out of the market, but it sounds like it's gonna end up having parity with PS6 anyhow

Okay, I guess it’s PC then.

PS5 was too much day one at £400 and it's only gone up since. What happened to the days of sub-£200 consoles later in their lifespan?

Well this may be the final push for me to stop getting new consoles and fully switch to my pc and steamdeck with a little bit of switch on the side

My Xbox One was not worth $500 at all, ever during its lifespan. My Series X is solely a 360 Pro. I think I'm done with these. How the mighty have fallen.

Maybe we’re not quite there yet but I got some dice and miniatures that don’t need ram or internet…

$999 "is not impossible"

At that price, just buy or build a fucking computer already.

Just gonna throw this out there; If you've never had a Nintendo Wii, I'd genuinely recommend picking one up and modding it.

My last console was a PS3, after that I went exclusively PC since every newer console seemed far too expensive for the very few exclusives that interested me, and they began to charge a monthly fee to play games online. The only console I didn't have from that generation was the Wii, as I'd always written it off as a gimmick. But after taking a closer look at its library, it's surprisingly packed with good titles, and the motion controls are a pretty unique way to interact with games.

I picked one up a few months ago off ebay, and even for a lot that included a Wii balance board, it was less than $80. Modding it was extremely easy, and after it was done, I was amazed to find that it has access to a surprisingly polished online homebrew store full of emulators and cool little homebrew games that download and install with a single click.

That means the console has access to:

• The entire Wii library (Including unique modern light-gun style games, like Deadspace: Extraction, plus Wii fit with the balance board, which is actually really fun)
• The entire gamecube library with the Nintendont emulator (best paired with either a gamecube controller or the Wii Classic controller)
• Pretty much every retro console such as SNES, Genesis, GB, GBC, GBA, etc with emulators
• The highlights of the N64 and NeoGeo catalog thanks to being ported to the Virtual Console (the Wii shop is dead, so you'll need to sail to get those).
• You can even still play online in Mario Kart thanks to modders, and it's still active!

All for less than $100. It's an absolute gem of a console, especially when paired with sailing the high seas (which is really easy since the Wii has an SD card slot, so you can slam it full of stuff), and has quickly become my favorite of all time. I sold every other console I've ever owned, but I suspect I'll be keeping the Wii for the foreseeable future due to its versatility and ease of use (especially for retro games, no messing around with RetroArch's horrible interface!)

I guess it’s finally time to tackle my backlog.

Personally I don’t need better graphics, PS4/PS5 level is already great. Developers can do pretty much everything they can imagine.

I’m for cheaper, more accessible hardware.

I wonder who they're trying to sell these to. Back in 2002 the Xbox cost 480e and it was already very expensive. The 360 was cheaper at release already (400e). Fast forward 25 years, salaries are the same and hardware costs... double? The math doesn't work out

That'd be quite high compared to historical inflation-adjusted launch prices.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/game-console-launch-prices-adjusted-for-inflation-1975-2024/

Game Console Launch Prices Adjusted for Inflation (1975-2024)

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/995e4917-5bb0-4dee-8b7d-f43e8ef21d62.webp

May as well give it 9999 HP , wasnt buying it anyway but would not even consider it at those prices.

This news coming on the back of the Switch 2 sales suffering is certainly one of the decisions of all time.

We must be reaching a plateau in terms of generational leaps in between consoles. Though I love the PS5 it's not a huge jump from PS4, just slightly better graphics and better frame rates. As things stand, I can't see a need to upgrade for years. PS5 it's only 6 years old. It's easily got another 6, maybe 10 years in it.

I seriously wonder if they'd be better off just deferring the next console generation until 2028.

I mean…those are not prices the market will pay so I guess rip console market?