We are in for a cataclysmic decline. A theory I've had recently is...
Legendary Drops@ALegendaryDrops
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Oct 21, 2026
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We are in for a cataclysmic decline.
A theory I've had recently is that much of the success the games industry enjoyed in the past decade was actually because they didn't adjust for inflation or drastically increase the cost of entry.
Gaming from the start was expensive, but by not adjusting prices, wages eventually caught up and surpassed the games themselves leading to insane growth.
With $1800 dollar consoles, $80 to $100 games, a digital era with no secondary market for used games, we've rubber banded back further than the industry can recover from.
These prices completely shut out younger generations and those yet to be born. So sure you might coast awhile longer on Gen X and Millennials, maybe even part of Gen Z, past that, you have no future.
A theory I've had recently is that much of the success the games industry enjoyed in the past decade was actually because they didn't adjust for inflation or drastically increase the cost of entry.
Gaming from the start was expensive, but by not adjusting prices, wages eventually caught up and surpassed the games themselves leading to insane growth.
With $1800 dollar consoles, $80 to $100 games, a digital era with no secondary market for used games, we've rubber banded back further than the industry can recover from.
These prices completely shut out younger generations and those yet to be born. So sure you might coast awhile longer on Gen X and Millennials, maybe even part of Gen Z, past that, you have no future.
CharlieIntel@charlieINTEL
Xbox reportedly intends to release its next-generation console in 2028
Xbox reportedly projecting the console to cost $1,200 - $1,800, unless the company subsidizes some of the cost
Source: Fortune Magazine
Xbox reportedly projecting the console to cost $1,200 - $1,800, unless the company subsidizes some of the cost
Source: Fortune Magazine
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Many executives believe if they price people out of hardware, they will go peacefully into the night with either subscribing to hardware through cloud or financing through debt and by extension more growth will follow.
I think those executives are retarded.
I think those executives are retarded.