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[johntown]

PS5 price won’t be cheap warns Sony boss — but it will be a ‘good value’

PS5 might not be cheap, but Sony says it will be worth the price

www.tomsguide.com

Sony's PS5 isn't likely to be cheap, but the company's CEO Jim Ryan has said the next-generation console's price will be worth the premium.

Ryan told Gamesindustry.biz that he expects the PS5 to sell well even with the economic pressures many of the world's nations are under due to the coronavirus pandemic. But that indicates that the PS5 might be significantly more expensive than the PS4 was at launch.

"I think the best way that we can address this [economic challenges] is by providing the best possible value proposition that we can. I don't necessarily mean [the] lowest price," said Ryan. "Recent history has told us that gaming is one of the pastimes, and one of the businesses, that benefits in economically difficult times."

Hmmm I am thinking $600 maybe more?

 

[Paulxo87]

499

 

[BiohazardX95]

500-550

 

[NickFire]

False flag to induce MS to say $499 or $599 before Sony says $399. So says my wallet as it prays for mercy.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Neither of these consoles will be cheap. Unless they are willing to eat a huge loss.

 

[johntown]

499

I am hoping but I am sure they know the current specualtion on price and this seems to be move to try and soften the blow a bit.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I stick to my guns with this. I think each console is worth 600 bucks easy, but I think they will be priced no higher than 499 (and both will be insane values at that price)

I still say 449 for PS5 and 499 for XsX

But just wanna say that if these consoles cost 600 bucks, or close to it, they are still outstanding values

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

I have no problem with that. Ill be selling my Pro anyway for extra cash so even if its $600, its fine.

 

[RayHell]

I don't necessarily mean lowest price

That sentence doesn't mean it's gonna be expensive, it means the value will not only come from the console price.

Click Bait

 

[Codes 208]

I bought a system for $499 at launch due to a peripheral i absolutely hated. Ill gladly buy a console at $499 that actually has specs that warrant it.

 

[NullZ3r0]

Weaker console for the same price as the most powerful one? That would be a disaster.

Sony's just playing mind games with MS. Their strategy of flat-out abandoning the PS4 as far as new titles are concerned points to them wanting to get as many people as quickly as possible on the PS5. I'm guessing it's still $399.

 

[LOLCats]

$499.99 base model for sure.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Define cheap?

If you can't afford to pay up to £600 for a console, once every ~7 years, then you should look for another hobby.

 

[FranXico]

Their strategy of flat-out abandoning the PS4 as far as new titles are concerned

If this is what I'm getting on my "abandoned" platform, I can't even imagine what I'd get on a PS5.

 

[ethomaz]

It was not supposed to be cheap here lol
Basically a kidney price.

Anything below R$5000 will probably be considered "cheap" in the circumstances I guess.

 

[CobraXT]

PS5 cost 470 $ to manufacture .. so most likely it will be 500 $ machine ..

 

[mortal]

Four hundred ninety nine US dollars.

 

[lukilladog]

If you can't afford to pay up to £600 for a console, once every ~7 years, then you should look for another hobby.

Sony is also counting on parents willing to buy a "time waster" toy for their kids, it just can´t appear to be expensive.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Weaker console for the same price as the most powerful one? That would be a disaster.

Sony's just playing mind games with MS. Their strategy of flat-out abandoning the PS4 as far as new titles are concerned points to them wanting to get as many people as quickly as possible on the PS5. I'm guessing it's still $399.

Wher did you get that idea?

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Sony is also counting on parents willing to buy a time waster toy for their kids, it just can´t appear to be expensive.

There's a console for parents willing to buy a time waster toy for their kids and it's called the xbox 360

 

[Degree]

$499.

 

[Shin]

`Should not take that site serious OP, they run with everything and anything.

 

[Orta]

Reckon it'll be something like $529.99

It's clear that Sony themselves know they can't undercut MS, hence this announcement. And if they were launching at a higher price in the region of only $30 or so they wouldn't have mentioned it.

I'm guessing $400-450 for the Xbox and Sony launching in the region of $80-130 more.

 

[SleepDoctor]

$499 isn't "cheap". So im still sticking with that prediction.

 

[Degree]

If this is what I'm getting on my "abandoned" platform, I can't even imagine what I'd get on a PS5.

this will be Released before the launch of PS5. He is talking about the time as soon as PS5 launches

 

[Lupin3]

If Sony boss says PS5 will be good value, then it must be true.

$5799

 

[Birdo]

Current gen is going to last a lot longer than people think.

 

[Hostile_18]

£450-499 each console. Both same price (MS will eat a little loss to match Sony).

 

[sublimit]

Man i waited so long for tomsguide.com to give us THE FACTS!

 

[Bankai]

Best scenario for everyone would be:
PS5 499
Xbox Series X 399-449

PS5 will sell out either way, but Xbox could really use the bump. In the end competition is good for all parties involved.

 

[Imtjnotu]

tell us its pricey then drop a $449 bomb on the whole thing

 

[JimmyRustler]

Best scenario for everyone would be:
PS5 499
Xbox Series X 399-449

PS5 will sell out either way, but Xbox could really use the bump. In the end competition is good for all parties involved.

Yup. This is my guess too for Next Gen. Xbox gonna be cheaper. MS will be going in hard this time I think. Sony probably won't be able to afford that but unlike with the PS3 will at least deliver tempting games this time.

 

[Imtjnotu]

Yup. This is my guess too for Next Gen. Xbox gonna be cheaper. MS will be going in hard this time I think. Sony probably won't be able to afford that but unlike with the PS3 will at least deliver tempting games this time.

so you expect ms to just take a huge loss on each console just because? both consoles will be the same price

 

[Solarstrike]

$599 US, PSV Standard Model
$799 US, PSV Pro Model
extra controller/gamepad: $74.99
External 4TB Hardrive: $199.00
Playstation Plus V Edition: 12 Month subscription $74.99

 

[Aidah]

Both will be great value, at least hardware wise, and both sound like they should cost about the same to make.

$499 is my guess for both. Xbox might throw in a few months of Gamepass.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Best scenario for everyone would be:
PS5 499
Xbox Series X 399-449

PS5 will sell out either way, but Xbox could really use the bump. In the end competition is good for all parties involved.

How is that the best scenario?

 

[Tesseract]

seven hundred and ninety nine dollars

 

[Portugeezer]

Good, maybe it will be easier to find at launch

 

[Entroyp]

Best scenario for everyone would be:
PS5 499
Xbox Series X 399-449

PS5 will sell out either way, but Xbox could really use the bump. In the end competition is good for all parties involved.

Best case scenario is both cost $399

 

[Hobbygaming]

Weaker console for the same price as the most powerful one? That would be a disaster.

Sony's just playing mind games with MS. Their strategy of flat-out abandoning the PS4 as far as new titles are concerned points to them wanting to get as many people as quickly as possible on the PS5. I'm guessing it's still $399.

It wouldn't be a disaster as long as the games are there to justify the price and they will be, even if it's not day one

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Could this be taken as a hint we WILL get a price during thursdays live stream?

Btw I wouldn't be surprised by 599.

 

[SometimeLaterToday]

Regardless of the price, these few months have definitely been the secret ingredient for Sony's cocktease marketing strategies. A combo that's easily dealt double damage. A lot of folks have had nothing but time to draw up possible futures and imagine different things. Hopefully, those expectations won't end up getting away from them.

At the end of the day, they're all just relatively rectangular portals that aim to do the same thing: play games.
I'm honestly surprised all the hype's gone towards the hardware itself and not the software.
Hopefully, after things calm down after release, everyone gets back on track towards what really matters.

 

[M1chl]

It was not supposed to be cheap here lol
Basically a kidney price.

Anything below R$5000 will probably be considered "cheap" in the circumstances I guess.

That's what currency, pls?

 

[Codes 208]

There's a console for parents willing to buy a time waster toy for their kids and it's called the xbox 360

Funnily enough i still get people asking me if we sell 360's/wii's.

 

[Arkam]

Hasnt Sony been saying this since the initial Wired article early last year. Something about it being a "Premium Device" so expect a premium price.

 

[Solarstrike]

 

[phil_t98]

I stick to my guns with this. I think each console is worth 600 bucks easy, but I think they will be priced no higher than 499 (and both will be insane values at that price)

I still say 449 for PS5 and 499 for XsX

But just wanna say that if these consoles cost 600 bucks, or close to it, they are still outstanding values

I honestly see it being the other way round price wise. I think that super fast SSD is gonna hit the cost

 

[MrS]

Ain't no budget. Price don't matter.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Funnily enough i still get people asking me if we sell 360's/wii's.

That was a Don Mattrick quote. He was asked what people without Internet should do about the Xbox one DRM. Don replied "we have a console for people without the Internet, it's called an Xbox 360"