Roger (Caller from Kansas City)

We are in completely uncharted territory, and I'm so interested to see if, hopefully, when the tariffs go away and we're able to get back to a normal economy when it comes to electronics. Eventually, in the next seven years or whatever. Next administration, whatever it looks like. Well, I mean, that'll be Trump's third term. Jesus fucking Christ.

We are in completely uncharted territory, and I'm so interested to see if, hopefully, when the tariffs go away and we're able to get back to a normal economy when it comes to electronics. Eventually, in the next seven years or whatever. Next administration, whatever it looks like. Well, I mean, that'll be Trump's third term. Jesus fucking Christ.

But that causes more chaos in the market. Well, that is the question that I have, right? Like, is this a forever thing now? Will we never see a market now where the PS6 goes to half price halfway through its generation? Is it always going to be, if it launches at $600, is it always going to be $600?

But that causes more chaos in the market. Well, that is the question that I have, right? Like, is this a forever thing now? Will we never see a market now where the PS6 goes to half price halfway through its generation? Is it always going to be, if it launches at $600, is it always going to be $600?

Yeah, it's tough because I am of the mind that some of this will stick. I don't know what that is. I'm sure it's game prices. Game prices, if we're going to 80, if Xbox is going to 80 temporarily, or they didn't say temporarily, but for now, we're not going back to 70 unless they see all these games completely. Unless Call of Duty completely flops. I don't think we're going back to 70.

Yeah, it's tough because I am of the mind that some of this will stick. I don't know what that is. I'm sure it's game prices. Game prices, if we're going to 80, if Xbox is going to 80 temporarily, or they didn't say temporarily, but for now, we're not going back to 70 unless they see all these games completely. Unless Call of Duty completely flops. I don't think we're going back to 70.

Yeah, I mean, I pitch the Steam Deck to more novice and casual gamers more than anything now. Where I look at them and say, hey, if you have a kid that is into the stuff or semi into the stuff and you don't know what to get, maybe a Steam Deck is the right option. Games go on sale all the time. You know what you're getting. You can potentially, you can fix this thing.

Yeah, I mean, I pitch the Steam Deck to more novice and casual gamers more than anything now. Where I look at them and say, hey, if you have a kid that is into the stuff or semi into the stuff and you don't know what to get, maybe a Steam Deck is the right option. Games go on sale all the time. You know what you're getting. You can potentially, you can fix this thing.

You can upgrade it for another thing. You can play it on a PC.

You can upgrade it for another thing. You can play it on a PC.

Allegedly games. Allegedly games.

Allegedly games. Allegedly games.

Yeah, but I mean, they're the bedrock of this whole industry. Like, I mean, that's my argument here, right? Like, you see those numbers. You see the games that are always at the top of the charts. It's always the casual games.

Yeah, but I mean, they're the bedrock of this whole industry. Like, I mean, that's my argument here, right? Like, you see those numbers. You see the games that are always at the top of the charts. It's always the casual games.

720, finally. Finally.

720, finally. Finally.

Yeah, and you've got to think about it, right? Talking about the generations of it all, right? There's so much cross-generation games. Every single game that matters in terms of the big top five games of the year are pretty much cross-generation games. It took about four years for a big, exclusive, casual game to come out that was exclusive to the next-gen consoles, and that was college football.

Yeah, and you've got to think about it, right? Talking about the generations of it all, right? There's so much cross-generation games. Every single game that matters in terms of the big top five games of the year are pretty much cross-generation games. It took about four years for a big, exclusive, casual game to come out that was exclusive to the next-gen consoles, and that was college football.

And that was a big seller for those consoles specifically because that was the first time people looked around and said, oh, it doesn't work on my Xbox One?

And that was a big seller for those consoles specifically because that was the first time people looked around and said, oh, it doesn't work on my Xbox One?