No, but it’s been getting stronger relative to the dollar consistently over the past 2 years. But we aren’t seeing that in prices.
I’m not expecting it to be like ~2007 time where £1 was $2.
But things should definitely be better than it was 2 years ago, relative to USD pricing.
The PS5 Pro pricing is testing the waters for PS6 pricing. If they can’t sell well, they can easily drop prices (the PS5 Pro barely costs more than the PS5 to produce). They’re just gathering data on what people will accept.
Doing that with the PS6 is too risky. Sony botched the launch of the PS3 and it backfired on them hard letting MS get a foothold with the 360. MS then did the same with the XBone launch and the PS4 ran away with it.
If people signal to Sony now that the PS5 Pro is way too much (it’s £700/$913 here ffs), then the PS6 will be cheaper. Don’t accept their greed.
If you think $700 is bad, it’s £700 in the UK… which is $913. 🤢
Also:
median household income, UK (2022): £32,400 ($42,265)
median household income, USA (2022): $74,580
A PS5 Pro is 26% of the typical UK household monthly income.
A PS5 Pro is 11% of the typical US household monthly income.
The US pricing is bad. The UK pricing is absolutely insane.
The OLED Deck starts at £479. Still a lot but not as egregious. The LCD Deck is currently £262 ($344), which is pretty great.
This isn’t SWAT. Or SEK, since this is Germany.
It’s just the usual armed police.
Allegedly, someone (likely a hater of this dev) reported that this dev was going to kill his partner then himself. Armed police turned up.
Guns aren’t the only thing that can cause bodily harm.
There was no arrest.
Idk why this submission is being downvoted, this is some nice work.
The attention to detail in Libadwaita is pretty great
Based on my pricing…
LCD Deck: starting at £262 ($344)
OLED Deck: starting at £479 ($630)
It’s certainly better. But by enough to justify an 83% higher price? You may as well be saying why buy a MX-5/Miata when a Porsche Boxster 718 is better.
Fedora. Installer is a bit rubbish (being replaced soon) but it’s not difficult.
In terms of speed, stability, and being up-to-date it’s been exceptional IMO.
Pop is the only one that really ever makes any reference to windows in its marketing
Gnome is great. I don’t really see how it’s tablet-like. It’s an extremely keyboard-focused desktop.
It’s a great addition. It’s a surprisingly powerful aspect of gnome that nobody, not even Gnome, ever seem to talk about.
They really should place a text file in that folder to explain how it works (and of course exempt it as being used as a template)
Ubuntu, Mint, and to some extent PopOS are pegged as easy Windows/MacOS alternatives, just like ElementaryOS. They’re still popular.
Both are pretty great on Fedora, although Fedora gives Gnome just a tiny bit more attention, and even specifically align Fedora’s release schedule with Gnome’s.
Gnome will likely be a bit more stable, consistent in UX, and have a workflow that’s very different but pretty amazing when it “clicks”. Gnome has a pretty great Adwaita app ecosystem that matches the system theme very well. Features can take a little while to come to Gnome, because the devs are pretty anal about getting things implemented perfectly before they’re added.
Plasma is more powerful and customisable, most parts of the system, and apps in the KDE app ecosystem, have a load of options you could spend hours going through and customising to your heart’s content. Plasma out of the box pretty much operates like you’d expect a Windows PC to work (sans the enshittification of course lol) . Plasma adds features rapidly, and just works out the kinks while in production, so-to-speak.
Both of them are great, albeit very different, which keeps the Linux desktop interesting and varied IMO. I’d try both for a day or two and then make your choice, because it’s highly subjective.
You can, but it always just feels a little janky and missing a couple of Gnome touches
Fucks around with GPU drivers for some reason
Experiences GPU driver issues
“How can Linux do this to me??”
Of course they know.
When Ticketmaster does their surge pricing, the musicians also take a cut - the extra profit is split.
It’s a win-win for them both. They both get more money, and Ticketmaster gets all the blame, absorbing all the hate, which they don’t care about.
So the most comparable console there is $456, and this is $700.
That is bad.
The PS5 Pro barely costs more to produce.
$700 is bad. $913 is awful.
Just because the PS3, a console universally panned as being way too expensive, was similar, doesn’t mean PS5 Pro pricing is alright.