Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

[JoeBoi]

Sony shafting uk

https://twitter.com/x/status/1833526410939601054

US price won't include taxes mate.

 

[welshrat]

Can't wait until the 26th and btw yes you are all right none of you should buy it (at least I have a chance then of getting one if the scalpers are out.)

 

[RavenXXX2]

US price won't include taxes mate.

Well sales tax in US can vary from 0 to 10% so really not applicable.

 

[Raymond Lin]

I’ll be playing GTA6 in 1080p in 30fps!

 

[JoeBoi]

Gran Turismo 7 has an 8k resolution output for the ps5 pro



Horizon forbidden west

Ps5 bottom
Ps5 pro top

Hope you can see the difference, very worth $699usd, much value right

 

[darkgen]

I’ll be playing GTA6 in 1080p in 30fps!

I'll wait for the PS6 to drop before even touching GTA. Thrice bitten, mugged out!

 

[Purgatory]

What price were you expecting?

You need to just get less emotionally invested. This is a niche product. It's not a next gen console.

If you want the best console at the current time you can splash the cash. If not. The current crop is fine.

Its like getting all worked up because an RTX4090 is expensive. It is.. But nvidia have alternatives.

£550 with the optical drive for the PS5 PRO... The PS4 Pro was £350 with last of us part 2. The price of the PS4 original on release was £350, the slim on release was £250, then the PS4 PRO came out £100 more than the PS4 Slim and with a game.

The PS5 slim with optical drive is £450-480 when not on sale, on sale can be found for £400 and two controllers and a game.


Also the PS4 to PS4 Pro was a larger hardware update than what PS5 to PS5 PRO is. So why do they think they can ask double the price now ? It really is £800 with the optical drive .. apples to apples here .. So if we do what they did back in PS4 days the PS5 PRO should be now max £550 with the optical drive.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Looks exactly the same. Think I can wait for the PS6.

 

[Rannoch]

Shame no internal disc drive

 

[ZG002]

Couldn't even include the stand... unreal.

It's like they know the price will go down like a **** sandwich, let's not give them anymore ammo... no no no, let's make them pay for the plastic stand as well lol

 

[JoeBoi]

Well sales tax in US can vary from 0 to 10% so really not applicable.

Well yes it is, because ours is 20%. Which would take the PS5 Pro down to around £559 and convert to $731..

 

[djcj]

I think I'll definitely be looking at picking up a ps5 slim on sale somewhere.

 

[Mightyashy]

Anyone got a link for the announcement vid that isn't compressed to death on YouTube?

 

[DIABLO]

Well sales tax in US can vary from 0 to 10% so really not applicable.

Of course it’s applicable… if it adds 10% to the price. Only 5 states have zero sales tax. The price without tax is £560 = 732.36 USD. It’s not Sony’s fault our tax is high.

 

[markoboyo11]

£550 with the optical drive for the PS5 PRO... The PS4 Pro was £350 with last of us part 2. The price of the PS4 original on release was £350, the slim on release was £250, then the PS4 PRO came out £100 more than the PS4 Slim and with a game.

The PS5 slim with optical drive is £450-480 when not on sale, on sale can be found for £400 and two controllers and a game.


Also the PS4 to PS4 Pro was a larger hardware update than what PS5 to PS5 PRO is. So why do they think they can ask double the price now ? It really is £800 with the optical drive .. apples to apples here .. So if we do what they did back in PS4 days the PS5 PRO should be now max £550 with the optical drive.

The price of everything has gone up in the last few year tho so it can't really be compared to last gen. I do believe that Sony are genuinely struggling to get the cost of the original ps5 parts down.
But I still think 700quid without the drive is crazy. Even 700 with the drive and the 2tb hard drive would have been easier to swallow.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

699 for a digital is a swift F U to the console gaming community.
I really hope folk don't pay this ridiculous price, if they do you know what the price is next gen consoles will be

 

[Hedge]

£550 with the optical drive for the PS5 PRO... The PS4 Pro was £350 with last of us part 2. The price of the PS4 original on release was £350, the slim on release was £250, then the PS4 PRO came out £100 more than the PS4 Slim and with a game.

The PS5 slim with optical drive is £450-480 when not on sale, on sale can be found for £400 and two controllers and a game.


Also the PS4 to PS4 Pro was a larger hardware update than what PS5 to PS5 PRO is. So why do they think they can ask double the price now ? It really is £800 with the optical drive .. apples to apples here .. So if we do what they did back in PS4 days the PS5 PRO should be now max £550 with the optical drive.

The whole semiconductor industry is different now though isn't it. Prices are up across the board.

I bought an ssd last week and it was more expensive than it was a few years ago.

 

[AStaley]

£550-600 and I’d buy the Pro, £700+disc drive, I’ll wait until the games I’d play get a PC release and enjoy them at higher frame rates.

 

[welshrat]

Looks exactly the same. Think I can wait for the PS6.

To be fair the pro is running at 60 and the bottom is 30 so quite a difference.

 

[Purgatory]

But I still think 700quid without the drive is crazy. Even 700 with the drive and the 2tb hard drive would have been easier to swallow.

I agree that way you feel it is a PRO model at least then with double the storage of the SLIM and an optical drive.

£700 with the optical drive,2TB SSD, two controllers in the box and the stand and maybe some code for a cheap game of your choice on the digital store, doesn't have to be a latest AAA game just some game so people can play right away if they have no games, then the £700 could work at the start but later it would still need to come down to £650 etc etc.

What it is priced at now is not real world acceptable and will fail badly for SONY..