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And you will love that 600 dollar price tag too i assumeLove that Canada always gets to tag along with our big brother. Thanks, guys!
And you will love that 600 dollar price tag too i assumeLove that Canada always gets to tag along with our big brother. Thanks, guys!
I think we know by now SonyGAF has zero intellectual honesty or consistency. It's all a PR game for fan boy warriorz who wish they were on the Sony payroll.
That said, the $400 price point is a good one for the digital edition. Sony's hand was forced by the $300 Series X. Both companies are going to lose money on the digital consoles. Sony doesn't have the cash reserves for a battle of attrition but they do have significantly better global mindshare. So both companies are going with the "make money on the razor blades" model as should be expected.
This should be interesting to see how it plays out. We'll get to see how much price matters vs perceived value. It's clear the better hardware value at the low end is the digital PS5. But will the Series S $100 lower price plus Game Pass make up for it? Xbox may consider a quick price drop to $249 and/or include some value add stuff like digital game bundles and/or 12-month Game Pass subs (if not at launch then soon after).
The value proposition is reversed at the top end with Series X holding the hardware advantage at the same price and Sony offering the promise of more/better exclusives in later months. The launch window will show us if a more powerful Xbox at the same price can blunt the projected Playstation advantage. I suspect PS5 will maintain a similar hardware sales lead this gen of 2:1, but it's going to play out a little differently as it's pretty clear MS's strategy depends far less on hardware sales to hit profit targets.
From a consumer standpoint this played out well. MS forced Sony to go with a lower $400 price point (that they are most likely losing money on per unit). And gamers have two good options at a cheap entry point.
Personally, I'd go with PS5 digital for "only" $100 more. But we have to remember that for many families - especially in the middle of a protracted pandemic depression - they may not be able to budget that extra $100 so the Series S wins for that subset.
I'll be picking up both $500 consoles and calling it a day...until maybe picking up a presumed "special edition" of the S. For me the 512gb drive is too small but release a 1tb version and I'll put one in my spare bedroom.
I've been thinking I might wait for a slim redesign of the PS5 as that thing is ginormous with an ugly as sin color scheme (and I keep going back n forth on whether or not I like the design...sometimes I appreciate the design risk, other times it just looks like a tacky piece of Chinese garbage). Ultimately, I don't know if I can resist any new launch console. If Sony surprises us with a black variant I'm 100% in.
Agreed, mate. Imagine buying a game just to play 2 hrs only to never touch it again, just like the steam library meme. I mean, im not rich so if i see a game thats taking up shelf space, i try to sell it, even if its a minuscule amount of money. I do that with football titles every year. And guess what, it right is being taken away very soon.Yes I know a lot of people don't mind it and it's a very good price but I'm not touching a digital-only console with a pole. MS tried to pull alot of shady stuff back in the day and there was a lot of (deserved) backlash. Now a lot of people are ok with this "smoth" transition from both MS and Sony but the result wont be so good for the consumer.
It's inevitable we all know but I will never play along with it as long as there's options. Then we'll see.
The 100 dollar difference is maddening. Its like they are trying to take the power away from consumers by discouraging to go for physical version.
Everyone quoting $399 don't care about the disk drive all of a sudden? What happened to muh series S is going to fail with no drive crowd?
You guys do know a standalone 4K UHD blu ray player costs more than 100 dollars right? It's literally pro consumer to cut the price of something after taking out a feature, what are you guys on about?From a consumer standpoint I agree 100%.
From their standpoint, they make more profit on digital sales AND don't have to compete with used sales once physical is gone. So it's to their benefit to encourage the digital version of the console. They are basically subsidizing the digital console bc in the end its more profitable.
That said, the ultimate death of physical is exaggerated. It'll be around in some degree for at least one more generation after this.
Exactly!! Retailers regularly discount games to clear inventory. You dont get that with digital sales. However Sony is pretty good about playstation store sales. You just wontWhy do I get the feeling that Sony may make up for the 399 price for the DE by charging more for the digital version of the games during sales etc..than what you be able to get the physical copy for? Like even higher prices than current gen?
That may make the 499 PS5 the better overall value?
If you resell two games near release for $50 you just paid for the drive. Just two games.The 100 dollar difference is maddening. Its like they are trying to take the power away from consumers by discouraging to go for physical version.
Looks like many people were right with PS5 and SeX prices.
Looks like a logical flow.
- Series S $300 for people who want in as cheap as possible
- PS5 DE $400 for people who are all in for digital
- PS5 disc $500, not a good value as SeX is $500. $450 would be more reasonable, but might well round off to the nearest $100
- Series X $500, most powerful system of them all
I don’t think it’s the lack of Disc drive that would make the S fail. It’s the lack of horsepower inside it compared to the PS5 DE.
Not that I think the S will fail, it’s dirt cheap for the casuals or a bedroom unit, but it’s nothing compared to the DE.
It amazes me that Sony had to adjust their prices due to xboxes being cheap. That xbox leaked info really hurt any advantage they could of had price wise
It turned into $69.99 and crossgen games.Lol what happened to £600....??
Anyway, great price. Digital day one lads.
It turned into $69.99 and crossgen games.
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It was more than xbox and so y had to adjust their pricesI just don’t understand how anyone thought it would be more than the Xbox. I really don’t.
It was more than xbox and so y had to adjust their prices
PS5 DE @ $399 makes sense when you have a gamepass type service, not so much when you're paying $70 - $80 per game
I mean, what are sales even?
Series S AND X are a terrible deal now.Yup Xbox Series S is a terrible deal for that price.
PS5 fat + Demon Souls + X900 55'.
There goes my Christmas bonus...
Told you guys a $50 discount would do nothing that's why its a $100 difference. They saw what happened with the Xbox SAD with only a $50 discount, it was not flying off shelves.
ManaByte and @prinz_valium how does the salt taste?
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"A great deal has happened since we last spoke. Terrible things happening in the world, which puts everything that you …www.gamesindustry.biz
"I think the best way that we can address this is by providing the best possible value proposition that we can. I don't necessarily mean lowest price. Value is a combination of many things. In our area it means games, it means number of games, depth of games, breadth of games, quality of games, price of games... all of these things and how they avail themselves of the feature set of the platform."
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Daaamn canada got fucked
I mean, what are sales even?
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You seen digital sales of anything newer than two years? I mean if you can wait for a digital sale more power to you
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Yeah, not getting ripped off by PSN pricing.That Blu-Ray drive for €100/$100 more better be something truly amazing...
Any press photos of it from different angles?
Think you're missing the point but that's ok. It's $10 per game, how many games you buy each year?Show me physical disc sales? Those days of pre-order discounts from Amazon and Best Buy are over.
It's $10 and you guys are going crazzzzzy. There's multiple ways to get online keys far as I know though I don't use it much.
I was more interested in the portsIt seems to have a ton of vents in the back.