• @madcaesar@lemmy.world
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      169 months ago

      I don’t know about recession, but I know I’ve hit a personal inflection point with prices where I’m just sick of the bullshit and only buy if absolutely necessary, or on sale.

      Everyone is so fucking greedy, everyone wants just 5 more dollars bro to the point where the consumerism has been driven out of me.

      I actually have money to buy shit, I just don’t want to anymore because nothing seems to correspond to its value anymore.

      A new car? 35 k for a fucking base kia, gtfo out with this shit.

      New phone? 1.2k for the same screen bullshit as the last 5 years.

      Same with this PS5, they are pricing this shit like it’s lifesaving medicine, when in reality it’s just shit no-one really needs

      • @tux7350@lemmy.world
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        29 months ago

        35k for a base Kia? Hell naw, I bought a fully loaded 2024 hyundai elentra hybrid for 34k out the door. Base Kia K4 is 22k plus tax title and reg. That’s like almost a third less than what I paid lol

      • Anas
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        159 months ago

        you did not just make a whole comment responding to one single downvote

      • @AWittyUsername@lemmy.world
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        49 months ago

        I’m not arguing for or against being a recession. But the sales for this console don’t prove or deny a recession, they just show that either no one actually wants this thing or Sony has managed to misjudge demand.

      • @TheBraveSirRobbin@lemmy.world
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        49 months ago

        Not the down voter, but as a day 1 PS5 buyer who could afford the pro I will just say they didn’t offer any value to me. I’ve played 1 game on the PS5 that I couldn’t have on my base PS4 (Demon’s Souls) and I could play the original of that on my PS3. They promised all of this great stuff on the PS5 and under delivered. Why would I put down the $700 why would I spend that when I hardly even use my PS5 and even when I do I could’ve just used my PS4?

    • GHiLA
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      89 months ago

      We also don’t give a shit.

      If you own a PS5 already, it doesn’t offer you much and if you own a PC, it offers you less.