PS5 is not for “poor” gamers

With the price increased to $ 70 / game, PS5 is really a challenge for gamers who do not have strong financial resources.

Returnal is one of the first exclusive AAA blockbuster games after the PS5 console was officially launched, but after its release, Returnal has encountered some criticism from the gaming community about the gameplay as well as the gameplay. the game’s expensive $70 price tag. Last year, when the Next Gen console was officially released with the announcement that the price of the game would increase from $60 to $70, this made many gamers feel extremely apprehensive.

But these fears disappeared when the excitement surrounding the launch of PS5, gamers only cared about new features, pros and cons. People are so excited that they only care to see if there is a way to buy PS5 as soon as possible, but entering 2021, when the topic of discussion about PS5 becomes less, gamers begin to care about the $70 price. that they’re about to pay to buy a new AAA game. And the first game that gamers bring to the “dissection” is Returnal, especially this game is not so impressive that many gamers think that Returnal is not worthy.

In addition to the rather high price of $70, the fact that the mixture of shooting and Soulslike genres is extremely difficult has made many gamers not overdone but with Returnal. However, if an expected blockbuster like God of War: Ragnarok costs $70, surely gamers will rush to buy this blockbuster without thinking about the price. Sony seems to be taking a risk when raising the price of each AAA game to $70 during the still raging COVID-19 pandemic. Many gamers are even finding it difficult to spend $60 to buy games, not to mention the current $70 price.

Meanwhile, rival Xbox seems to help gamers “breathe” more during this period. Thanks to Game Pass (and the Series S’s much lower price tag compared to PS5), Xbox allows players to get into next-generation titles on a budget, while Sony is increasing their prices. In return, Xbox Game Pass has very few new exclusive blockbuster titles for this system, for example, only Outriders and MLB: The Show are two big titles released last month.

Perhaps because Sony has realized that its blockbuster titles are gradually becoming high-quality titles and serving higher classes of gamers. For example, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, Horizon, Uncharted, Spider-Man, etc. are exclusive blockbuster titles that are not available on any platform other than Sony’s Playstation. Xbox is incomparable right now, Sony knows they have the upper hand and that means they will shape the market and they can raise their prices to increase the quality and premium of the upcoming exclusive blockbusters on the internet. PS5.