Gamers may have begun to shy away from the now more expensive PS5. U.S. April data highlights a 30% decline in PlayStation console sales compared to the previous year. Before the impending Switch 2 price increase, Nintendo’s handheld extended its lead over the competition.
  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Their strategy right now is literally “Let’s charge more to sell less, and let’s also kneecap a revenue stream that could prop us up during this memory crisis.” So has been winning so long that they forgot how easy it is to lose. They are gonna find out.

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 days ago

      “Also, all our first party games will be released on PC at a later date. Why would we leave money on the table? That’s just stupid!”

    • aMockTie@piefed.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Oh shit, you just reminded me that the new DCC book is out. I know what I’m doing on my lunch break.

      • aMockTie@piefed.worldEnglish
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        5 days ago

        It’s a reference to the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of books. If you haven’t read them, I can’t recommend them enough. The audiobooks are also incredibly well done.

          • aMockTie@piefed.worldEnglish
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            5 days ago

            That’s true, but they also have Grand Champion, Breed Winner Regional, National Winner Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk.

        • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.caEnglish
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          5 days ago

          They are absolute garbage.

          If you thought Ready Player One was good and you like reading self-published internet fanfic, though, knock yourself out.

            • WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.caEnglish
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              4 days ago

              I mean… if you think “the walls were covered in a weird glowing moss, giving the an area an strange glow,” is writing worth your time, go nuts.

              In the first 50 pages the protagonist has a “boss fight” with a mentally ill woman of color, against her will, and murders her. I thought maybe the author was setting up some BIG THEMES but nah, just video game lulz. If the book actually had anything to SAY about human vulnerability transformed into spectacle, I could maybe respect it, but the author simply doesn’t have the chops or the courage to really examine that in any sincere or meaningful way.

          • aMockTie@piefed.worldEnglish
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            5 days ago

            I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy them. I don’t feel like there is much similarity between DCC and Ready Player One personally. I didn’t care for the protagonist in Ready Player One, and the whole story revolved around pop culture references. DCC has likable main characters in my opinion, and any pop culture references are very few and far between and have no impact on the story.