$499 for PS5, $399 for PS5 digital edition (no disc drive)
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So the rumored prices are true. While the $400 PS5 is cheap, but that's the disc-less version. If you're trying to save money then you buy the $500 disc version and get used games. Also, $70 a game is almost confirmed when Demon Souls is now $70. I just don't see the PS5 doing well frankly. I can see a lot of people buying the $400 version and getting pissed that they can't play their older disc games on it. Also $70 a game is a lot. Sony is forcing you to go through their store to buy games, which there is no competition to lower prices. It'll be interesting to see how people are going to react to these changes and restrictions.
What's everything? Housing and automobiles? They can justify it all they want but in the end customers will decide whether the $70 price stays or goes.$70 is looking to be the new norm on both platforms. The arguments I keep seeing are "games have stayed the same for 15+ years while the cost of everything else has gone up."
Yea, because they know that some people may not buy the $70 games at all. This could cause a huge surge in piracy or people just not buying a PS5 since the price increase seems to focus on the PS5. Most people will be happy to game on their PS4.Take-Two recently backtracked on their $70 for all games and are now saying they will evaluate it on a per game basis. Ubisoft is planning on keeping the $60 price for their next-gen games at least through the Fall.
$70 is looking to be the new norm on both platforms. The arguments I keep seeing are "games have stayed the same for 15+ years while the cost of everything else has gone up."
Take-Two recently backtracked on their $70 for all games and are now saying they will evaluate it on a per game basis. Ubisoft is planning on keeping the $60 price for their next-gen games at least through the Fall.
Ya I lucked out super hard, I logged into reddit to see if there was any good news from the ps5 conference and my front page was bapcanada with listings from bestbuy that had just gone up literally minutes prior so I managed to get my pre-order in with 0 issues. Also managed to get into walmart pre-orders if I wanted from the same reddit post, the temptation to be a dick and scalp an extra unit was super strong but I decided not to do itStayed up till like 4 am EST fighting for a pre-order. Failed. My last best effort will be with Sony and their crazy pre-order thing later today.
Gamestop immediately opened preorders after the conference when Sony said today. Everyone else followed. Amazon was trying to wait but an unlisted holding page was discovered on Twitter/Reddit and sold out in seconds. GameStop is sold out of preorders until Q1 2021 iirc.
I have 4 monitors and a laptop, all of them had two webpages on each. Two tabs per store each tab with a different account had one had the Digital and one had the Disc version. Target, Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon and GameStop. I had Auto Refresh installed on Chrome refreshing every 2 seconds.
PC is hardwired on 1Gb/1Gb Fiber, I got to Best Buy’s checkout/payment processing probably 20 times each time crashing back to an empty cart.
I don’t remember having this much of a hassle when the PS4 launched in 2013. I literally just went to Amazon and preordered.
Probably locked in the firmware.I wonder if it will be easy and cheap to mod in a disc drive on the cheaper model. I am sure people will look into it. If they by chance use the same motherboard and just a different case might happen sooner than later.
Piracy hasn't been much a issue on the PS4 or the xbone. When work around a have been found they were quickly patched out. I believe there is a exploit that works on the new firmwares atm but still it wasn't easy and took a long time to get cracked. It the Xbox one even got exploited.What's everything? Housing and automobiles? They can justify it all they want but in the end customers will decide whether the $70 price stays or goes.
Yea, because they know that some people may not buy the $70 games at all. This could cause a huge surge in piracy or people just not buying a PS5 since the price increase seems to focus on the PS5. Most people will be happy to game on their PS4.
Xbox One is a dead console so therefore nobody is really interested to pirate Xbox games. You wanna pirate Xbox games then you do it on PC since every Xbox game is now on PC. There's a reason why nobody has a fully working Xbox or Xbox 360 emulator, and it isn't because Microsoft is good at security. PS4 was hacked in the beginning and then Sony patched it, but now it got hacked again so a lot of new games you can't even pirate on PC is now piratable on the PS4. Since the PS4 is near the end of it's life it's safe to say that you can continue to use this version of the firmware without worry that newer games won't work on it. Plus there's a good chance that the PS4 and PS5 will both get games at the same time for a while since developers know that it isn't a smart idea to completely dump the PS4 which has an established user base for the not established PS5.Piracy hasn't been much a issue on the PS4 or the xbone. When work around a have been found they were quickly patched out. I believe there is a exploit that works on the new firmwares atm but still it wasn't easy and took a long time to get cracked. It the Xbox one even got exploited.
There really is no reason to own either of these consoles if you have a gaming pc. Sony already annouced they are bringing in their 1st party games to PC.
There really is no reason to own either of these consoles if you have a gaming pc. Sony already annouced they are bringing in their 1st party games to PC.
Anyone expecting under $499 was/is living in Candy Land...
Wow!
Did you beat em all?
You know what else has gone up... profits. Take Ubisoft their gross profits have increased year after year the past 15 years. To date revenue for the year has been 1.773B, profits for the year 1.492B I don't want to hear this horseshit about "everything has gone up"$70 is looking to be the new norm on both platforms. The arguments I keep seeing are "games have stayed the same for 15+ years while the cost of everything else has gone up."
IF Sony any MS were smart they would price the retail disc's at $70 while selling the digital version on their stores for $59.99. That would make more sense.You know what else has gone up... profits. Take Ubisoft their gross profits have increased year after year the past 15 years. To date revenue for the year has been 1.773B, profits for the year 1.492B I don't want to hear this horseshit about "everything has gone up"
Not only that but Sony can later change the price of digital downloads to $70. It's evil but not outside of Sony or Microsoft.IF Sony any MS were smart they would price the retail disc's at $70 while selling the digital version on their stores for $59.99. That would make more sense.
IF Sony any MS were smart they would price the retail disc's at $70 while selling the digital version on their stores for $59.99. That would make more sense.
Exactly this. And when it comes to PlayStation exclusives, I don't want to wait to play them. Especially since waiting means a decent chance of getting the ending or important plot twists spoiled.No, Sony said there are interested in bringing more titles to the PC. They never said it would be all. Even if they do, it will likely be a year (or much longer) after release.
Waiting also means all the bugs will get fixed by the time you play it. Also good chance it'll come with DLC's as well.Exactly this. And when it comes to PlayStation exclusives, I don't want to wait to play them. Especially since waiting means a decent chance of getting the ending or important plot twists spoiled.
Not worth it if the game gets spoiled for me. The vast majority of PS exclusives worth playing are single player and story-based. Ruining the story in many of these games is almost as bad as ruining it in a movie. Severely diminishes my motivation to play it. I’ll usually still play it, but I won’t nearly enjoy it as much.Waiting also means all the bugs will get fixed by the time you play it. Also good chance it'll come with DLC's as well.
So the rumored prices are true. While the $400 PS5 is cheap, but that's the disc-less version. If you're trying to save money then you buy the $500 disc version and get used games. Also, $70 a game is almost confirmed when Demon Souls is now $70. I just don't see the PS5 doing well frankly. I can see a lot of people buying the $400 version and getting pissed that they can't play their older disc games on it. Also $70 a game is a lot. Sony is forcing you to go through their store to buy games, which there is no competition to lower prices. It'll be interesting to see how people are going to react to these changes and restrictions.
$70 is looking to be the new norm on both platforms. The arguments I keep seeing are "games have stayed the same for 15+ years while the cost of everything else has gone up."