Instead of convincing us digital-only games are secretly a good thing, Sony was just caught testing dynamic pricing again on PlayStation 5

a month ago by Sunshine to c/gaming

Sony just gave us yet another reason to hate its digital-only strategy in the form of dynamic pricing.
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saltesc 40 points a month ago

Remember when Sony was massively successful by delivering what gamers want?

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0li0li 9 points a month ago

Not really, when was that?

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thatOneGuy 23 points a month ago

PS1, PS2 & PSP era.

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0li0li 5 points a month ago

I see, just before I got my first and only PS product, a PS3, cause money was too tight for a pc back then. Damn, I missed the golden years of PS!? :(

(EDIT: Oh no, that's not true, I have a used DS5 controller next to me lol)

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thatOneGuy 11 points a month ago

I mean, I personally view the start of the PS3 era as part of that same golden period - but it was also the time when we began to see the beginnings of enshitification also:

  • Day 1 patches
  • Day 1 “on disc DLC”
  • Microtransactions
  • $10 “online pass” for 2nd hand games

The launch PS3 was probably the peak of Somy giving the customers what they wanted; full hardware backwards compatibility with PS1/PS2 titles, affordable Blu-Ray player, built-in and upgradable HDD, heap of standardised IO options.

It’s just been all downhill from there.

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callouscomic 2 points a month ago

Looool, money was too tight, so the overpriced PS3 was the answer. Too funny. Thanks for the laugh.

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DoucheBagMcSwag 4 points a month ago

PS3... But at the last few years era ("It only does everything" era)

They absolutely cooked with exclusives that people wanted

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pirate2377 3 points a month ago

Tbf, PS2 sold itself at the time since it was both a dvd player AND a console for the price of one, lol

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