Things keep getting more expensive, and the timing couldn’t be worse.
Things keep getting more expensive, and the timing couldn’t be worse.
by Andrew WebsterSep 22, 2025, 4:00 PM UTCAndrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
Established wisdom used to be that buying a game console at launch was a bad idea. It was the worst-possible version of the experience: launch consoles cost more and had fewer games, and often these consoles got not only cheaper but better over time, through