PS5 Software Sales Could Be Struggling Because Of Scalpers

@fitzy_2812: That is if discounts happen. The game is still in the shrink wrap, so the full value is still there. My savings account is fine. I put $200 in there every month. I already made the $20 that I may lose. Why do people go to Reno, Vegas or Atlantic City to gamble, when the house makes sure that people lose? Because it is fun to gamble. My main reason for getting a PlayStation 5 is for the new Ratchet and Clank. The game is a guarantee for 2021. If I am getting a PS5 sometime next year, then obviously I am at least going to get some games at full price brand new. If I was really looking to save money, then I could just quit playing games, and that will save me a whole lot of money. Why get the console next year or in 2022 when most games will still be at a solid price? Why save $20 when I can save hundreds to thousands by not playing video games in the first place?

This is going to be my last console. I do not see myself being into games as much by the time I reach the age of 45. Go out with a bang.

@Lamesy: Maybe, but I doubt that the games will go down in price that much if at all. Willingly, stock will be somewhat plentiful by spring of next year. The launch games could be $40 by that point. True, I still lose $20, but you have to take a risk sometimes in life. It is the only game that I am going to buy before the console. I am not getting anything else. I am not going to invest in a TV remote or a 3D headset until I have the console. This is how gaming is. If you want to make the best moves financially to play video games, then wait 5 years and get everything second hand. You can get all the big games for dirt cheap. It is not like I am buying a PS5 when I should be paying bills or something. It is money that I can part with. I am also building up credit, so buying the title at full price may have been beneficial for me tp do it so that I can have a bill on a credit card to pay off to say I used it.

This is going to be it for investing in video games for awhile. After this purchase that will last eight years. I may get the next Nintendo when it eventually comes out, but this is where the train stops.

@Barighm: True, but they made it worse.

@Gibbeynator: It’s like you didn’t read the article at all.

@Gibbeynator: they will if it hurts their bottom line as it looks like doing when they are not making any sales in regards to games etc.

@Barighm: As someone who bought an Xbox Series X and has ****-all to play that isn't straight from my existing Xbox One X... I find it perfectly plausible someone bought a piece of console hardware and was bothered with the lack of specific software.

I can't speak for anyone else, but at launch it's about 'buying in' to the generation more than it is picking up a console for a specific game.

@naydazng7: Highly doubt it LOL. Someone getting a PS5 and Series X this early. If he got both that early, I want to learn his secrets haha

@naydazng7: wow way to talk out of your ass. Never in my life have I ever owned an Xbox but because I don't like the ps5s library of current games. All of sudden I bought an Xbox? Just because I buy a product doesn't mean I gotta praise everything they do