Tim

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@DMC_Ryan If you’re doing the conversion to USD then the ps5 is now $100 less than at launch.

It’s just down to the yen halving in value.

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@DestinLegarie Components are priced in USD.

In 2020 66980 yen was worth $670
Now 79980 yen is worth $553.

The exchange rate change means the cost of the console has gone up for Japanese people but Sonys still $100 worse off.

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@jasonschreier That seems perfect. They should have complete inconsistency on what they do with other platforms. Get the benefit of selling on other platforms but don’t make it something people can rely on.

The dumb thing this week was telling people Indies coming to ps5 early.

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@Procreate Does that also mean you won’t use AI to write code as you build the app?

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@Djmoyer23 @SpaceBeetle1 @deltaIV9250 From what I understand the ability to do this has existed for years, it’s just far cheaper to create new rods from scratch rather than process the used ones.

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@The_VII_KWT @DeekeTweak There’s a fairly good chance everyone with a pension is an investor.

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@Puertorock77_ @DeekeTweak Investors are the public.

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@ThatGenericEric I don’t get it, why’s it scary?

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@AuFreeSpeech1 @Aussiefranco @ianmiles Because Australia is a different country that’s not part of the UK, has its own government and its own police force.

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@James_ENTMT_ @New_Legal_ I enjoyed hellblade 2, but sparse outside of that though.

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@_kazimo @DestinLegarie We’ve seen a lot of Indy too. Other than a trailer at launch I don’t see a need for them to show more than they have. What else are you looking for?

As it’s Microsoft I don’t actually expect any advertising at launch really. They’ll probably just post a pic on instagram.

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@JayDubcity16 Do you think any Series S owners thought they were going to get the best version with a console that was almost half the price and advertised as a lower spec? It’s hardly a revelation that the device aimed at people who don’t care as much about graphics has worse graphics.

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@bmuny101 @Harkirat_Singh3 Sony paid $3.6 million per person working at Bungie. If the value was in Bungies staff it would have been substantially cheaper just to poach them all with a half million starting bonus.

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@GPTGamingNews Despite all the hate it got, that Xbox one dash is far more about just giving you button to open stuff than showing off pretty pictures.

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@DestinLegarie You could reword that, gamers are so pedantic Microsoft had to write a 3 page FAQ that lists every possible comparison between tiers.

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@LJITimate @JezCorden That makes no mathematical sense. You’d save more money having months where you’re not subscribed than the extra ultimate costs.

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@Boxenberger I think the new tiers make it simpler as now they all have multiplayer.

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@DMC_Ryan @AmorphousMuffin Fairly good handling I thought. They could have just dropped the middle tier, but they’ve left it for existing subscribers.

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@Rattlehead73x @Charalanahzard That’s a relatively good example of why the term does exist.

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@BRay4ever @thereddragon The irony of the articles is the site are only writing them because they attract so many views. So you’ve got to wonder if Xbox is dead, why do so many people want to read about it.