samus12345 comments on Gamers push back: 71% say they’re not ready to let physical games die as PlayStation and Xbox move toward a digital-only future”

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago (6 children)

Yes. This is mixing up console advantages. The "game just works" one will still exist - in fact, it will pretty much be the only advantage left. Not worth the much higher cost of games and playing online.

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[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Even at $100, it's still cheaper than games of yesteryear. If you take an average PS1 game, most sold for $50 in 1996, so $110 today. Games themselves are cheaper than ever, and consoles still have major advantages of just hooking it into a TV, and it simply works.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That whole "adjusted for inflation" thing is BS because the average wages haven't kept up.

consoles still have major advantages of just hooking it into a TV, and it simply works.

That's part of the "game just works" thing. It's not worth the higher cost of games and playing online to me, but you do usually have to have some tech-savvy to use a PC that way.

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[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Depends on how you take it, but wage growth has matched for core services and grown. Now if you are talking about education or housing costs, then no, they have went beyond wage growth. But electronics and energy? Wages have outpaces their costs and inflation quite a lot.

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