Gaming

[John Kimble]

It's insane how expensive gaming has gotten. Definitely tge biggest victim of the rampocalypse. Glad I got my Steam Deck when I did

I hadn't realised how bad the situation was until I checked the price of a new XBox Series X on Smyths just there. €800 for a bit of kit I paid €500 for back in 2020!! Madness.

[Dr Rockso]

Genuinely disheartening. This generation is 6 years old now and there's not a lot of games that you need current systems to play them on. So the pricing is a bit insulting to be honest.

[Ducky]

It's a bonkers scenario. I can't believe that my launch day PS5 was basically the most value I could have got from the thing.

All I know is if (when) it packs in, I'm tapping out of gaming with those ludicrous prices.

[Dr Rockso]

It's a bonkers scenario. I can't believe that my launch day PS5 was basically the most value I could have got from the thing.

All I know is if (when) it packs in, I'm tapping out of gaming with those ludicrous prices.

A lot of people are saying the same. The next gen consoles are rumoured to be over €1000. Stupid money

[Born of Fire]

Same as that. I can see this being my last gen of console. Time and money just making it too hard to actually get value out of it. And like you said so much stuff that I'd actually be interested in is still on PS4 so I imagine PS5 titles will still be released for a long time to come.

And Sonys push to all digital and taking away ownership rights is just going to push people to piracy. I'd seriously consider jailbreaking mine if it hadn't already updated itself to version 14

[Dr Rockso]

Same as that. I can see this being my last gen of console. Time and money just making it too hard to actually get value out of it. And like you said so much stuff that I'd actually be interested in is still on PS4 so I imagine PS5 titles will still be released for a long time to come.

And Sonys push to all digital and taking away ownership rights is just going to push people to piracy. I'd seriously consider jailbreaking mine if it hadn't already updated itself to version 14

Bummer. Bad timing for sure. Plenty of emulated stuff out there so we won't be stuck for games. Just not the modern ones, but I can live with that

[Mooncat]

Having not had a modern console since the Xbox 360, I just bought a new Xbox today. Partially as a way to connect with some friends back home, and partially because I want to play the new GTA (and Baldur's Gate). Now I have to try and figure out what has happened in gaming after a 15yr absence...

Are you gonna fork out for the Game Pass? It's gone up in price quite a bit over the years but I still think it's worth it, and there's a huge library available.
If not, there's still loads you can pick up for quite cheap in its physical format, such as Red Dead Redemption 2. The Resident Evil 4 remake is still amazing and holds up well, even if you played the original to death.

Yeah I have the middle tier one right now, seem like good shit.

I've played a bit of Fortnite and Cyberpunk so far, both great craic. Was surprised at how adult Cyberpunk is, someone threw out a "cunt" in practically the opening scene. Things have changed since Mario and Yoshi 

[Ducky]

Same as that. I can see this being my last gen of console. Time and money just making it too hard to actually get value out of it. And like you said so much stuff that I'd actually be interested in is still on PS4 so I imagine PS5 titles will still be released for a long time to come.

And Sonys push to all digital and taking away ownership rights is just going to push people to piracy. I'd seriously consider jailbreaking mine if it hadn't already updated itself to version 14

Bummer. Bad timing for sure. Plenty of emulated stuff out there so we won't be stuck for games. Just not the modern ones, but I can live with that

Yeah I've basically stopped spending money on PSN. I'd usually pick up an interesting indie game once a month or so, but of I'm ultimately going to be priced out of hardware then what's the point? Doubly so that Sony are removing consumer choice with cessation of disc production.

My only gaming spend since that news is a few discs that I sell to CeX once I'm finished.

Funnily enough, PS5 emulation is coming along at a blinding pace these last few months. And the boffins have managed to get the PS5 to run PS2 games direct from disc!

But yeah it's kinda weird to witness the death of my oldest hobby in real-time. Oh well, more time and money for CDs and books I guess.