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[tmlDan]

wait is Food this expensive in the US? 2 bags of doritos for 10 ?
that's why electronics are so cheap there

I know its more than ever, but chips have always been way overpriced in NA.

Its just dust covered potatoes for 3-5$/bag lol

 

[chonga]

it has been everywhere
in 2021 a bag of 185gr of doritos is 1,70 euro now it's 2,70 euro

It is the US, they're probably 50 kilo bags.

'Chips' as they call them have always been way more expensive in the US compared to Europe, no idea why.

 

[RyanEvans21]

Dualsense for $50? Buying another camo controller.

 

[BrunoCoel]

Good thing the Xbox Series S can survive fire.

 

[64bitmodels]

I want to see a price drop on the Digital. a PS5 for 350 or 330 would be great, i can live without the disc drive

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Makes the price of the Spiderman console seem that much higher

Since this is a temporary discount, all PS5 models will be around the same price once that bundle is released anyway.

Sony wants to have those huge sales starting in August with thee discounts...then the PS5 bundle in September...Spider-Man 2 release in October...Black Friday in November...Christmas in December. And a redesign somewhere in here.

These next 4 months are going to be insane for PS5's hardware sales and nothing is stopping that train.

 

[mansoor1980]

jim ryan from ''the art of console war''

 

[FalconPunch]

Good thing the Xbox Series S can survive fire.

Underappreciated comment.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I’ve felt a price drop was long overdue, there’s times where console manufacturers go to long without a price drop.

 

[Ansphn]

Calm before the storm......

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

I’ve felt a price drop was long overdue, there’s times where console manufacturers go to long without a price drop.

So do you feel price drops are time sensitive? Or sales sensitive?

I mean, what's the point of a price drop if you are unable to meet the demand for your product at its current price?

 

[Negotiator101]

Great news, UK gonna get one too?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Calm before the storm......

"Calm" as in...PS5 just had the best June since the PS3 days and it's only getting bigger from here on out until December. That's what's impressive.
(July will probably be selling less than June though)

 

[SlimySnake]

Definitely a stock clearing situation. My guess is PS5 Slim will come in at $399 or $349 for the discless version.

 

[Poltz]

Great news, UK gonna get one too?

Already on sale on sale.

 

[sn0man]

What if there is `no` PS5 slim in the traditional sense?

What if the Slim is just the PS5 DE, but a new revision of it that gives it a disc drive bay? So the DE covers would still work. It could explain why we are or have not seen any leaks of the new model.

If you’re telling me I can get the DE form factor with a disc drive slot then I’m sold

 

[rapid32.5]

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

If you’re telling me I can get the DE form factor with a disc drive slot then I’m sold

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying.

 

[Ronin_7]

He wants that August Record in the history books.

 

[ReBurn]

Definitely a stock clearing situation. My guess is PS5 Slim will come in at $399 or $349 for the discless version.

My guess is they're all discless for $399 and you pay Sony extra for a disc drive If you want one.

 

[StereoVsn]

TMI...

if not for salt how is that relevant to this thread? like why should we give a fuck what you bother to do or not? More importantly, why did you need to tell us that so much?

It's because salt.jpg of course.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The dualsense also got a nice $20 price cut there.

Time to pick me up that sexy purple,

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Time to pick me up that sexy purple,

I bought an Edge... now I can't buy an edgeless dual Sense...

Well at least the great thing about the DSE is that you can get it in any color as long as its white.

 

[kiphalfton]

The dualsense also got a nice $20 price cut there.

That's what most people refer to as a "sale".

 

[mckmas8808]

Not to get political or whatever, but the cost of groceries in general have been on the rise in the states.

And this is mainly due to things that aren't political too. It's the nature of the economy.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

June record was without the price drop?

Looks like the Inflation Reduction Act was a success!

 

[mckmas8808]

They’d planned for their hardware revision to launch around September for a while, but the timing of this to clear inventory is also perfectly timed to suck the money out of people’s pockets before Starfield launches and to drive install base ahead of what will probably be a very aggressive Xmas season.

TOTAL MINDSHARE

Don't get me wrong, I am fully in team slim. Just thinking about an alternative possibility. I could see the slim just being the current DE, albeit a different version of it. One that allows you to slide in/snap on a disc drive attachment (to be sold separately). I mean if I saw something like that I am saying I won't be surprised. A lot of shrinking would have to be done to everything else in that DE PS5 to allow for something like that.

Well yes, but this is all on the assumption that whatever design they go with on the new SKU wouldn't also use some sort of covers too?

The bold WILL be what the new PS5 is. Not sure why people are expecting a true "slim" PS5.

Yeah, here in Latin America, that's about as much as we pay for that.
But then I saw that in some American stores they were selling a dozen eggs for like $6 and I was like "WTF?".
That amount of money buys almost three dozens. What's going on over there?

We had an issue with chickens for a few months that caused the price of eggs to skyrocket. That issue is basically over now.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Good news for those looking to buy. Now's a great time to dip in.

Also nice to see a sale for the DualSense. Been sitting on a wonky right stick for a few months and could use one. Plus it'd be nice to do some couch co-op with a few games. That sexy black one is looking fine.

 

[ReBurn]

Time to pick me up that sexy purple,

I love my purple dualsense. It's probably my favorite controller.

 

[Archaic101]

I've only had the XSX since 2020, but Baldur's Gate 3 (and to a lesser degree, Spiderman 2) are driving my first real temptation to buy a PS5 now. This is well timed.

 

[Pelta88]

A new 30 second add for Spider-Man 2 just dropped at Evo.

 

[Generic]

Still too much, especially considering it was released almost 3 years ago. No console should be more than $300.

 

[StereoVsn]

I love my purple dualsense. It's probably my favorite controller.

I forgot they had the purple color. Might grab it against my better judgement.

 

[StereoVsn]

Still too much, especially considering it was released almost 3 years ago. No console should be more than $300.

I agree, and high end GPUs should be at most $500. Let's party like it's 1999.

 

[Generic]

I agree, and high end GPUs should be at most $500. Let's party like it's 1999.

"I agree, and high end GPUs should be at most $500"

Yes.

 

[ReBurn]

I forgot they had the purple color. Might grab it against my better judgement.

It was a total impulse buy for me because I didn't need it. Couldn't help myself the day it went up on PlayStation Direct. It's the only one I ever want to use.

That said, if I ran across that red one on sale I would probably get that, too.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

PS5 hasn't been supply constrained since November of 2022.

Ah, I see. They are still pretty hard to find in my area for some reason though.

 

[splattered]

It was a total impulse buy for me because I didn't need it. Couldn't help myself the day it went up on PlayStation Direct. It's the only one I ever want to use.

That said, if I ran across that red one on sale I would probably get that, too.

Funny, red and purple are the two controllers I've purchased so far

 

[Kerotan]

Well that all but confirms a slim most likely late next month. Sales will be huge between now and Christmas.

 

[CrustyBritches]

wait is Food this expensive in the US? 2 bags of doritos for 10 ?
that's why electronics are so cheap there

Those are party size.

Yeah, here in Latin America, that's about as much as we pay for that.
But then I saw that in some American stores they were selling a dozen eggs for like $6 and I was like "WTF?".
That amount of money buys almost three dozens. What's going on over there?

There was a shortage, but they never hit that price where I live, they were like $2.28/dozen and they limited you to 2 cartons. Now they’re $1.54/dozen on Walmart.com.
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On topic, I really want that purple dualsense, but black will do to match my DE with black plates.

 

[brian0057]

There was a shortage, but they never hit that price where I live, they were like $2.28/dozen and they limited you to 2 cartons.

Yeah, that sounds about right. And also painfully familiar. Right down to the rationing.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Already lol
They are desperate

Numbers don't really indicate that. Also they were the first ones to increase their price in other regions so I wouldn’t call them desperate.

 

[Tommi84]

A bit larger than I imagined but it keeps my room nice and cool.

I think it's fake. It should make the room nicer and warmer, not cooler

 

[TransTrender]

 

[kazuyamishima]

To the ones saying that this is a desperation move, the PS4 launched on November 2013 at $399

By October 2015 they cut the price to a permanent price of $349, almost 2 years after launch

And introduced the slim on September 2016 at $299.

The PS5 is going to 3 years and never had any permanent/temporary price cut in the US until now.

 

[Orbital2060]

If its a permanent global price drop, then Id assume its because of the Switch2 incoming. And the leaks of it coming in 2024. And not something to do with Xbox. Although Sony might find themselves in a situation where both Xbox and Nintendo have cheaper consoles than what they got, and Xbox having a huge library of game pass games and the added value that comes with that. They migjht have to adjust the price of the PS5 because of that, a Switch 2 that beats the PS5 on price and then Xbox with Series S + game pass.

 

[Tsaki]

My guess is they're all discless for $399 and you pay Sony extra for a disc drive If you want one.

I agree. I don't think Sony wants to go back to losing money/barely making profit from selling the PS5 at this point and a $350 price tag would lead to that. Taking into account [BOM + packaging + shipping + retailer cut + taxes + currency fluctuations], that low of a price would be pushing it.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

Lawd have mercy.

A used 6800xt/6900xt or a PS5.. jeez, this is tough.

 

[Stooky]

Much like many devs, Sony is scares of the XSS success, it seems.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

Xbox