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Did the crossgen games, $70/€80 price hike and unclear messaging affect your PS5 purchase?

Stance on PS5 now?

  • Unaffected, getting it

    Votes: 82 51.6%

  • Concerned, waiting

    Votes: 43 27.0%

  • Dismayed, not getting it

    Votes: 34 21.4%
  • Total voters
    159
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Dust

Dust

C H A O S
Member
Oct 25, 2017
32,169
Honestly I am floored at how horribly Sony handled things. Just...blasted away into pieces. And I consider myself a relative PS fan.

I have no idea if this is knife on throat due to COVID, $399 system or what, but...fuck.
 
DanteMenethil

DanteMenethil

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,054
I went from looking for pre-ordering the digital edition ps5 tomorrow after watching the conference to waiting for slim with the price hike news.
 
Bigkrev

Bigkrev

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,307
No, we already knew that $70 was coming from other companies doing it, if anything, the price being cheaper than expected made me more likely to buy early than I was before as I don't really care about any of the launch stuff
 
Savantcore

Savantcore

Member
Oct 28, 2017
880
The price hike has put me off. I was dead set on the digital version as all of my PS4 games are digital - you can get deals on PSN credit so that it works out the same (if not slightly cheaper) than disc versions at launch. But if we're talking £70 a pop, that might just be too rich for my blood.

Cross-gen games I don't give a shit about. Of course they wouldn't leave 100m PS4 owners behind haha.
 
Cyber Jim Davis

Cyber Jim Davis

Member
Oct 25, 2017
453
The bad communication has no impact on my purchasing decision, but the high amount of cross-gen first party games and increased game prices make me want to wait a bit.
 
Dynedom

Dynedom

Member
Nov 1, 2017
4,666
I won't be picking up every launch title at those prices but that's it. The announced console price and confirmation of DeS at launch along with Miles solidified the Day 1 purchase.

I definitely won't be buying PS4 versions of these cross-gen games.
 

Titanpaul

Member
Jan 2, 2019
5,008
Yes, I'll be waiting to buy one now as most of the games are cross gen.
Whats the point of buying one this year?
 
chrisPjelly

chrisPjelly

Avenger
Oct 29, 2017
10,492
Extremely concerned, but it generally didn't away me on my inclination to buy a PS5

THANK GOD FOR BC
 
Renna Hazel

Renna Hazel

Member
Oct 27, 2017
11,557
The price hike is lame. I'm not sure what's confusing about the messaging though. They gave the price and date and games. That's enough info. That they didn't do it sooner or did it in a press release instead of in a video doesn't impact my purchase decision of the console. I still plan to get one.
 
Rodelero

Rodelero

Member
Oct 27, 2017
11,510
£69.99 for a game feels insane. I mean it will obviously reduce quite quickly when it comes to retail in the UK. The other stuff I'm not that bothered about. Ultimately the console has the stuff I actually want to play.
 
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