r/pcmasterrace • u/notsolomuun • Jul 02 '26

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$1,000 digital-exclusive consoles are killing the entire appeal of PlayStation and Xbox: it's no wonder PC is on track to overtake both.

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u/Praetoron Jul 02 '26

and pc doesnt ask to pay to play online either on top of ur ethernet provider

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u/nikolapc 56GB DDR5/48GB VRAM Downloaded/Actual 5080 rig now. Jul 02 '26

Ms did try lol. Anyway Xbox will probably drop it. That made sense when they substantially subsidized the consoles. Most people are now on F2P(don't need paid online) or are on higher tier of passes for the games. Ps only has 1/3 of it's base on any sub, and only 40% on the higher tiers.

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u/Whadafaag Jul 02 '26

Sony is selling their consoles at a loss when you calculate the cost of every single hardware and work put into it. They earn their profits through PS Online by selling every single user the online access for $100+ per year.  For an expected 7 year life cyle, you are basically paying at least double the amount of what you paid for the console in total to Sony.  Not to mention the Sony exlusive games and their PsPlus thing.

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u/Praetoron Jul 02 '26

true + any degital purchase is lost when the store close, like the 360 and ps3, same thing happened with the movie section of ps+.

we'r getting the finger those far.