Gamers may have begun to shy away from the now more expensive PS5. U.S. April data highlights a 30% decline in PlayStation console sales compared to the previous year. Before the impending Switch 2 price increase, Nintendo’s handheld extended its lead over the competition.
Price of consoles went up with RAM and storage. It got more expensive on PC too. Brand new midrange prebuilt (5060ti, 9500f, 16 GB of RAM) is now 1500€ near me. PS5 Slim Digital is 549€ at the same store.
You get more use out of the PC, but the price difference is big enough that if you just want something for gaming and already have a laptop for non-gaming PC use cases, you might as well get a console.