Sony struggling to keep PS5 cost down

[Deleted User]

As long as it's not the nightmarish PS3 price then they're okay. $499.99 is a reasonable price for launch, and then the price eventually drops.

That's the thing, if you buy early, you pay more, but you also play sooner than most (if that's your thing).

 

[Larsenic]

The next generation console should NOT cost the same as the previous generation. That's stupid af.
If you can't afford the latest console, wait until you can. A SLIM version always comes out.

To the guy saying his PC costs $300-400 and blows away a PS4 Pro or XBox One X, as a builder, I call BS.
The RX580 costs around $400 CAD (it's maybe around $160 now since the 5600XT got released this year).
The 1060 costs around the same price.
The CPU will cost anywhere between $300-400 CAD for a good one ($150 for entry-level)
The monitor will cost.
The board will cost $100-$200 CAD.
The RAM will cost $200-300 CAD.
The PSU and Cooling will cost $100-200.

Translated to USD that's already around: $500 USD if we take the lowest prices (not including monitor, mouse, keyboard, SSD or HDD).
So shut up with your lies.

Even if you went ENTRY level everything and spent the minimum amount possible AND did the mail-in rebates (which almost no one does)..
(Please note, none of the links above even have cooling or PSU included)

It will cost a $500 USD (after mail-in-rebate, not including the monitor, mouse, keyboard, headphones/speakers, Windows license key, cooling, PSU, etc)

To even have the audacity to make such claims without posting the specs of your PC is beyond me.

How are you guys even comparing with such biased views.. a PC to a console. Let's be real, an entry level PC isn't going to play the latest games for 5 years like a console would.. but it would allow you to do other every day life stuff too so that's a PLUS for PC.

It would be quite very reasonable for the PS5 to cost $500. On ALL the platforms, the cost of games are high anyway. So if you can't afford a console at $500, good luck buying the damn games that cost $80-100 anyway.

Ok, this is a pretty unfair comparisson, you shouldn't include a monitor or headphone and speakers the same as you don't include the TV cost in the console price. Any PC today can connect to a TV just as easily as a console, and wireless mouse and keyboard are dirt cheap. As for cooling, unless you overclock most PC components work great out of the box without need of additional cooling solutions.
Of course a game console at $500 is still cheaper than a gaming PC, at first glance. So leaving aside all the other stuff you can do with a computer, suppose you only use the computer for gaming. I wonder how much cheaper it is on the long run. Games are more expensive on console as a general rule, and you can only buy compatible or original accesories, wich are also more expensive. You have to pay for multiplayer too.
Also, you have emulation and almost complete backward compatibility on PC. As a plus on the console side you have the software tailor made for the system (on PC you sometimes have to deal with shoddy ports), the exclusives and the convenience of a dedicated gaming device.
For me, even if it's more expensive at first, in the value for money department the PC always wins. I still have a 4 year old GTX 970 that runs quite well at 1080p with console-like quality.

 

[MasterJ360]

Even so we all know there will be a better model of the said console. So might aswell just wait and see how things play out.
PS4 support aint going away anytime soon either.

 

[Deleted User]

$399

 

[DANTENDO]

I will come back when there are games

Didn't you say the same thing with the ps4-is 2447 games not enough for you https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_4_games

 

[ChibiMofo]

even if was 500 quid stil a good price compared to hundreds mor youd hav to pay for a pc with hardly any difference and the hassle of configuring games and settings-plug and play way to go-dont kno what yr on about re fun games are you saying thers hardly any on ps4 bit of a stupid statement saying tht

Folks like you act like a high-end PC has no other use other than to play games. I compose music on mine using very large instruments (NI Kontakt) in real time. I can also edit and process 4K video. And I get to do all those other PC things stunningly fast. What else can you do with a PS4/PS5?

The answer is nothing. It's a game machine/media center. If you do nothing but button mash your whole life, and judging by your grammar I'd say there's a pretty good chance of that, then stick to a simple to use little console. The rest of us have no trouble justifying a far more powerful PC that is capable of running far better - and far more - games.

 

[DANTENDO]

Folks like you act like a high-end PC has no other use other than to play games. I compose music on mine using very large instruments (NI Kontakt) in real time. I can also edit and process 4K video. And I get to do all those other PC things stunningly fast. What else can you do with a PS4/PS5?

The answer is nothing. It's a game machine/media center. If you do nothing but button mash your whole life, and judging by your grammar I'd say there's a pretty good chance of that, then stick to a simple to use little console. The rest of us have no trouble justifying a far more powerful PC that is capable of running far better - and more - games.

We wasn't talking about about other uses -and people like you need growing up mate not me - criticising ones grammar is pathetic lol this is the internet not a fkin English exam and I'm sure you understood what I wrote-and I hav nothing against pcs I'm just saying thers not much difference in gameplay or looks from a ps4 pro to a £800 pc

 

[Rahkeesh]

That is exactly why I don't think it's good value. At least a PC can be upgraded to an extent but consoles (that are now no longer unique and interesting but just basically PC's) are just throw away hardware. I can't believe I'm saying it but it almost seems like a subscription based model is the way to go (I've always hated subscription based models). Make it like the black box the cable company provides. They replace the box after a few years when better tech is available and all you have to do is keep paying the monthly bill. Just to be clear, I don't mean streaming.. just normal digital downloads.

Microsoft already is doing this. Between that and Lockheart, that is the company to follow if you want lower prices. They are the ones trying to get in there and fill that void Sony is leaving.

 

[FAST6191]

Didn't you say the same thing with the ps4-is 2447 games not enough for you https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_4_games

Numbers=/= quality.
I go wandering around game shops fairly often and see not even a fraction of what made the 360, and PS3 when it stopped failing, as enjoyable as they were. I am pretty sure you could skip this entire generation and not have missed out on much of anything.

 

[DANTENDO]

Numbers=/= quality.
I go wandering around game shops fairly often and see not even a fraction of what made the 360, and PS3 when it stopped failing, as enjoyable as they were. I am pretty sure you could skip this entire generation and not have missed out on much of anything.

I got work tomorrow so no time to debate this and I don't particularly want to debate it lol thers games out ther just look a bit mor plus you got realise it's mor digital now than ever before

 

[FAST6191]

I got work tomorrow so no time to debate this and I don't particularly want to debate it lol thers games out ther just look a bit mor plus you got realise it's mor digital now than ever before

Download games or not I have similarly not seen anything floating around online or on the PS store either, nor would anything of that amazing quality remain download only.

To that end I am back to there essentially being nothing out there worth upgrading from PS360 for if you do not need the absolute shiniest graphics and wish to sacrifice gameplay to do it, much less enough to warrant dropping big boy money on something.

 

[JayMathis]

This won't be popular but I don't care. I'm not talking to any one person btw but it's cool if you love PC gaming, but do you need to bring it up in every thread about a console ever? This thread has nothing to do with PC gaming, it is about PS5. If you aren't interested in a PS5, then go game on your PC you don't belong in this thread. You are not going to convince anyone that wants a PS5 not to buy one so it's kind of pointless. Millions and millions of people will buy PS5 just like they did every other Playstation console.If there was a thread about some new high tech PC coming out some of you might find it kind of annoying if people were in it saying PS5 is better and in that situation they'd be wrong to do that in your thread about PC.

 

[chrisrlink]

remember the ps3 launch price? that was a nightmare and the scalping on ebay for months i seen them sell as high as 1k+ on ebay

 

[Xzi]

Yeah I'm not surprised. They were smoking crack if they thought they could keep the price of an 8K-capable console modest. It's going to cost at least $500 and it still won't deliver on everything they've promised.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Shit i was expecting to put a thousand on it. Hell at that cost i will preorder 3 of them.

That’s only if you get the family pack that comes with one extra controller and a remake of sonic and tails.

 

[wartutor]

That’s only if you get the family pack that comes with one extra controller and a remake of sonic and tails.

Damn guess all i need now is the family to play it with and shit this isnt no portinto we get triple A releases with the big dogs. Seriously though nintendo needs to bring the damn mario and shit wtf. Last mario was a make your own and was still higher $ than a AAA Title. Wheres my mother fuckin money nintendo. Want me to work for ya need to pay my ass

 

[Deleted User]

Even so we all know there will be a better model of the said console. So might aswell just wait and see how things play out.
PS4 support aint going away anytime soon either.

"PS5 Pro" but you're going to have to wait a few years.

 

[Bladexdsl]

remember the ps3 launch price? that was a nightmare and the scalping on ebay for months i seen them sell as high as 1k+ on ebay

they were 1k AUD at launch here no BS

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8K-capable console modest

lol don't make me laugh 8K my ass what at 15fps ultra LOW settings?!

 

[Xzi]

lol don't make me laugh 8K my ass what at 15fps ultra LOW settings?!

Hey, it'll definitely do 8K!

In games like Minesweeper.

 

[GBADWB]

the ps3 launch price was what it was becuase it was the cheapest bluray player on release, as well as it contained the ps2 processor for backwards compatibility. the latter was later removed. Sony wanted to push the bluray spec with the ps3, and it worked.