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Steam Deck and PS5 are more expensive and no one complained then lol
Gamers are idiots. Stop doing console wars to distract from what is a problem with the whole industry. Nintendo fucking sucks on greed, but staying silent on Sony and Valves outrageous prices and only focusing on Nintendo's bullshit pisses me off because THEY ALL NEED TO BE CRITICIZED.
Anyway, With this I've been priced out of every modern console (PS5, Steam Deck and Switch 2). I no longer feel bad about being a boomer for retro gaming and indie titles because at least I'm not spending $120AUD per game for my slop.
TBF Sony did get a lot of flack for the PS5 Pro pricing, especially given the lack of standard features. But yeah, gamers’ psychology when it comes to pricing and corporate malfeasance is all over the place and prone to double standards. For example, gamers getting super salty about a new game being exclusive to the Epic Store, like something shady and unethical must have gone down if it’s not available on Steam. They’re whining that Valve doesn’t have a de facto monopoly on digital distribution of pc games.
Couldn't afford them while I was a kid and I still can't but at least there are linux based retro handhelds out there for emulated games that are a looot cheaper in comparison. Someday I will get one of those instead.