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[Hoho for breakfast]

It doesn’t work like this.

It can work like that. It has before (I think it was Sony and Nintendo back in the day if I remember right). Not saying that's true here, but possible.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Gimme that $399 edition. The cheaper the better for all of us. They can take their losses, idc.

 

[GymWolf]

Was meant to be 500 and they dropped it to 499. There. Done.

 

[Unknown?]

Roflmao! Considerably more expensive than $499? So what they said the price would be attractive to gamers and want the fastest transition ever but decided to go $599 or higher? Then suddenly can cut it down to $499 and possibly $399? Nope.

 

[Calverz]

Great news if true. Great for everyone in this forum if true. Even the blinded fanboys

 

[CobraAB]

449/499 is my bet

$50 difference?

What is the point with having two models then?

 

[VN1X]

New Socom game will be a Call of Duty and Halo killer(tm). Coming at launch btw.

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

Who was the source? Roberto Serrano? Foxygame? Timdog?

 

[CobraAB]

Maybe the model with Drive would come with a game?

That could make for a $100 difference?

who knows really?

 

[AmuroChan]

Business decisions of this scale doesn't work like this. If Sony was flexible with pricing, then they would've had all the different scenarios mapped out already. This article makes it seem like Xbox's pricing caught them by surprise and now Sony is scrambling for plan B. Sony likely already had plan B, C, D, etc ready to go depending on what MS does.

 

[LeftThumbstick]

i cant see $399 unless they are willing to take utterly massive losses, which they are in no position to even need to.

if the xsx is taking a loss at $499 and the ps5 has a cutting edge proprietary SSD and a super hot gpu that requires special cooling, then i seriously doubt the PS5 cost less than a xsx to build. in fact it probably cost more despite the xsx having the costlier GPU.

its clear Sony got caught off guard by the 12 tflops and redesigned the ps5 to have variable clocks just so they could close the gap on paper. this cost them a fortune and the price will reflect it

Holy shit, someone who isn't dreaming and speaks sense. Anyone thinking a PS5 will launch at $399 is beyond deluded. That SSD is going to screw them over good on pricing because they went for such a cutting edge version. Also, no a discdrive isn't going to knock $100 off the top either, $50 at best.

I can see it being $499 and $550.

 

[Bryank75]

They will hit 399 for digital, not because it won't sell out for months at a higher price but because it will give the platform cannonball momentum for the next few years.

GameReactor is nordic region and I'm guessing this is from Tidux. I wouldn't put too much faith in the overall rumor.

 

[M1chl]

I made a mistake, that I did not write for gaming media. Zero responsibility, zero brain needed, etc...

 

[Stuart360]

$50 difference?

What is the point with having two models then?

For people that want to, or already have, gone full digital.
With the amount of bulk buying Sony will do for something like this, they probably get the drives for like $20 or something stupid like that. Why would the difference be $100?.

 

[CouzinD]

Well, this is what they HAVE to do to keep momentum going. Whether or not this is bollocks or not we shall see.

 

[oldergamer]

It doesn’t work like this.

says you that doesn't know

 

[RoboFu]

A $399 diskless would be very aggressive! since thats the one I want I would love for it to be true. lol but I am not holding my breath.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

For people that want to, or already have, gone full digital.
With the amount of bulk buying Sony will do for something like this, they probably get the drives for like $20 or something stupid like that. Why would the difference be $100?.

If the strategy is to push digital adoption then the $100 is going it be more enticing.

 

[Bryank75]

For people that want to, or already have, gone full digital.
With the amount of bulk buying Sony will do for something like this, they probably get the drives for like $20 or something stupid like that. Why would the difference be $100?.

You have to consider the increase in their take from digital sales and cutting out used game sales and lending of games. They can take a hit of anything less than 100, especially on the digital.

 

[Bergoglio]

$50 difference?

What is the point with having two models then?

Then 549 and 449.

Good luck.

 

[Zok310]

We have not heard shit about ps5 in months and in just 24 hours the internet some how knows that Sony is going to slash ps5 price in response to xbs?

 

[truth411]

i cant see $399 unless they are willing to take utterly massive losses, which they are in no position to even need to.

if the xsx is taking a loss at $499 and the ps5 has a cutting edge proprietary SSD and a super hot gpu that requires special cooling, then i seriously doubt the PS5 cost less than a xsx to build. in fact it probably cost more despite the xsx having the costlier GPU.

its clear Sony got caught off guard by the 12 tflops and redesigned the ps5 to have variable clocks just so they could close the gap on paper. this cost them a fortune and the price will reflect it

This is flat out false. Stop spreading this nonsense.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Surely they were never thinking about 599 anyways...

 

[Fake]

Is this 'anonymously' source was from Neogaf? If so, I can guess.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Eh, even amateur nerds like ourselves managed to guess the Xbox prices. I don't see Sony changing anything because of this. But they probably do wish that too went with two power tiers at this point.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

"Anonymous source" = "Write anything you like"

 

[Boss Mog]

They would likely be taking a massive loss at $399

It's okay for them to take a big loss on the digital edition since they will be able to quickly make back the money as they will be the sole source for game purchasing and they make a lot more money from a game sold on PSN than a physical copy from a store.

 

[Hendrick's]

$50 difference?

What is the point with having two models then?

Well the disk version is fugly, so if you are a digital only consumer already, you get the marginally better looking console and save $50.

 

[prinz_valium]

No
But it doesn't matter. The release is just a little to late

 

[martino]

click click click cick

 

[daninthemix]

According to my sources Sony are going to pay me to take their console.

And I'll still decline it.

 

[cragarmi]

They will hit 399 for digital, not because it won't sell out for months at a higher price but because it will give the platform cannonball momentum for the next few years.

GameReactor is nordic region and I'm guessing this is from Tidux. I wouldn't put too much faith in the overall rumor.

Agreed price has been know internally for months, things don't change overnight, advertisement etc has to be ready in advance, i dare say both MS and Sony have known what each other have been doing price wise for months too. No blindsiding, just MS was ready to announce and Sony arent quite ready yet, probably deciding what games are definitely ready for launch, they don't want another DriveClub debacle!

 

[turtlepowa]

I don't beleive this. I mean 499 is on the internet like forever, they can't be completely surprised by that and they 100% already have plans A-F for everything Micorosft could do.

 

[Topfuel]

New Socom game will be a Call of Duty and Halo killer(tm). Coming at launch btw.

DLC?

 

[TGO]

 

[EverydayBeast]

PS5 will be great right out the gate

 

[Bryank75]

According to my sources Sony are going to pay me to take their console.

And I'll still decline it.

They will never be able to replicate what Xbox has done in that vein...

 

[alabtrosMyster]

I say the only option is to release the digital version at $199, this way even if I don't work I'll at least be able to buy it!

 

[Blond]

Surely they were never thinking about 599 anyways...

I expected it honestly. Remember, minimum wage was WAY lower when the PS4 launched. Hell, in my area Chick Fil A pays people 20 bucks to fry chicken.

I say the only option is to release the digital version at $199, this way even if I don't work I'll at least be able to buy it!

Could you imagine the mad dash to get one of they did this? That's just straight up price warring at that point lol

 

[Coney]

The digital edition won't be $399. They are a business, not a damn charity, lol.

 

[LordOfChaos]

399 DE would be huge. 100 dollars more than the S to jump to the "full" next gen experience.

 

[SilentUser]

Not giving any click there. What a piece of BS and amateurism, this is NOT how pricing works.

 

[Moses85]

 

[Yoshichan]

says you that doesn't know

True, I’m no Gamereactor employee

 

[INC]

"Anonymous source" = "Write anything you like"

China

 

[Spukc]

Holy shit sony is doomed

 

[Castef]

mmmmh... I always thought that PS5 would have been 399/499 (All Digital/With disc).

Can't see them changing plans on the fly.

 

[GamerEDM]

gamereactor source

 

[Zok310]

Business decisions of this scale doesn't work like this. If Sony was flexible with pricing, then they would've had all the different scenarios mapped out already. This article makes it seem like Xbox's pricing caught them by surprise and now Sony is scrambling for plan B. Sony likely already had plan B, C, D, etc ready to go depending on what MS does.

Exactly, they likely submitted multiple budgets to Japan and they were waiting to see which one to go with, ms announcement will now make it easier fir them to pick the best one if they have not already done so.
Companies do this all the time, submit multiple models to senior management and wait until september, october, some cases november to move forward with the model that fits better.

When i worked retail management i would create and submit 3 models for the coming year, i would usually start in June.
One model we grow, one model we stay flat, and the other model we take some loses.
Once summited the cfo and his/her teams would review, watch the market trends and let us know by october what model they are going to go with.
Managed budgets for 20 years across 4 different employers snd they all did the same shit.

 

[VincentMatts]

No way digital PS5 is 399.

Thats the equivalent of the 13TF rumors. Wishful thinking.