Yep. At least at launch, they each cost around $700 to make. I wouldn’t be surprised if, due to component improvements and economies of scale, they’re actually selling at a unit profit now, but yeah, consoles are fucking expensive. Remember when the PS3 launched at literally $600 (for the premium model) and still…

That’d be a bummer. Overwatch seems like a cool world with cool characters that I’d love to engage with, but multiplayer-only is a non-starter for me. I don’t want to play games online, so I was really looking forward to that option.

I’ll bet it does.

Aye Strange and Decks are just so, so much better and actually understand what Star Trek is

It started out in the past.

I just did a Wikipedia deep read, because I remember there are characters from TOS that are involved and was confused how it could be past TNG.

I went back and watched the WiiU reveal video after seeing the one for Switch in 2017. Absolutely blown away at how different the focus was between the two. Nintendo knew exactly what they wanted from the Switch, and I think consumers picked up on the message quickly.

“Give it some time”

There’s some pretty good writing advice that says, “End the story when it ends.” It works for some stories, not others. This story, about tornadoes? It works. They accomplish the single objective (weather data), remaining loose ends are tied (reconciliation of the relationship). It knows it doesn’t need to say…

Isn’t the conclusion that they got enough of the weather data from the vortex to better predict the twisters? Or at least implied.

Make your life better and go watch DD S3, it’s the strongest season of the 3 by far.

I loved TR Anniversary so I’d play the h*ck outta that

They show up about 5 minutes into the game (fairly low-key though, to start with). The game doesn’t exactly hide its tie-ins with Control.

Three great voice performances: Hamill’s laugh, Sorkin’s mournful line, and Conroy’s deadpan quip. RIP, Ms. Sorkin, the original, and still the best, Harley Quinn.

Seriously, Conroy, Hamill and Sorkin. Everyone in Batman: TAS series, hell, the whole DCAU, knocked it out the park, but those three were on a completely different, character-defining level. All three are the voices I hear when I read their characters.

RIP. Just like Hamill will always be my generation’s Joker, Sorkin will always be our Quinn.

Think about how much more it would be to buy a PC that has the same game performance. Even discounting a couple hundred bucks because the game console has limited functionality, there’s still a pretty massive gap that they’re covering to keep the price lower.

Most consoles when first created are sold at a loss, with the expectation that they make that up with software sales.

PS5 and XSX are very powerful PCs. Graphics card similar to what they use would be in the $200-400 range.

We will likely never know the real numbers: the esitmated Bill of Materials for the parts for Series X and PS5 are close to, or is at, the RRP of the console.