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[Craig of War]

PlayStation 5 launches in November, starting at $399 for PS5 Digital Edition and $499 for PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc Drive

New games announced at PS5 Showcase, including Final Fantasy XVI, Hogwarts Legacy, and a new God of War title

blog.playstation.com

• Astro's Playroom (Japan Studio) – pre-installed on PS5
• Demon's Souls (Bluepoint Games / Japan Studio) – US$69.99/¥7,900/€79.99 (RRP)
• Destruction All Stars (Lucid Games / XDEV) – US$69.99/¥7,900/€79.99 (RRP)
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games) – US$49.99/¥5,900/€59.99 (RRP)
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Mile Morales Ultimate Edition (Insomniac Games) – US$69.99/¥7,900/€79.99 (RRP)
• Sackboy A Big Adventure (Sumo Digital / XDEV) – US$59.99/¥6,900/€69.99 (RRP)

 

[Cert.in.Death]

69 dude...

 

[Chiggs]

Ah, so here is the bad news we were expecting.

 

[iconmaster]

Oof.

 

[GaviotaGrande]

That's the price you pay for 399 all digital box. I hope you like it.

 

[dorkimoe]

Both systems Have the weakest launch I've ever seen

 

[cerealbuster]

PlayStation 5 Launch Day Games from SIE Worldwide Studios

• Astro's Playroom (Japan Studio) – pre-installed on PS5
• Demon's Souls (Bluepoint Games / Japan Studio) – US$69.99/¥7,900/€79.99 (RRP)
• Destruction All Stars (Lucid Games / XDEV) – US$69.99/¥7,900/€79.99 (RRP)
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games) – US$49.99/¥5,900/€59.99 (RRP)
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Mile Morales Ultimate Edition (Insomniac Games) – US$69.99/¥7,900/€79.99 (RRP)
• Sackboy A Big Adventure (Sumo Digital / XDEV) – US$59.99/¥6,900/€69.99 (RRP)

80?!

 

[hyperbertha]

 

[JimiNutz]

£60?

Edit: Actually that's probably wishful thinking based on the € price.

 

[M1chl]

Get that shit outta here, that means like a 80 EUR for me, fuck that.

 

[Nikana]

 

[RoadHazard]

€80?!?!! That's $90.

What the fuck. We're heading back to SNES game prices.

 

[turtlepowa]

That's the real price of the DE.

 

[NickFire]

Ain't that a bitch.

 

[Ellery]

Damn those prices are insane. 80€ for a game is like 130$ Australian Dollars for a Video Game

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Whoa, that's a shit suprise.

 

[bender]

They tested this water all generation with their digital deluxe versions of first part titles. Not surprising at all.

 

[Panajev2001a]

80?!

€80?!?!!

What the fuck.

Remaster of the previous game included apparently.

 

[Rolla]

As long as they keep Micro Trasnactions out of their first party I'm good with the $10 increase.

 

[jshackles]

Ouch, that stings.

 

[HotPocket69]

Demons at launch? Shiiiiiit

Take my money and suck my dick

 

[Starfield]

70-80€ games.

HA HA HA

HAHAHHAHAHAHHHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH LE MAJO

 

[octiny]

Yikes, the bad news just keeps coming.

Although I do like the number

 

[johntown]

I wonder if Demon's Souls will be $60 on PC? They are not making the PS5 very favorable to buy for me at least anyway.

 

[Stuart360]

It gets better and better

 

[Nydus]

wtf 80€ for demon souls???

Disc version here I come!

 

[Flat5iv]

Disc version just became that much more important to me.

 

[Wunray]

Don't forget you still have to pay for online.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

That's the price you pay for 399 all digital box. I hope you like it.

LOL. I don't think too many people expected they'd get back revenue by hiking up prices $10.

 

[chilleverest]

All digital gents and ladies will have to pay more, considering how slow prices drop compared to physical version...and that they cant even sell the game back as used. This is the world we are heading into. All the power is going to be held by corporate head honchos.

Edit: Imagine paying £70 for FIFA.

 

[Adam_802]

LMAOOO

Lot of bad/confusing/weird news coming out after the show lol. Not a good look.

 

[jshackles]

I suppose that helps explain the $100 price gap for the digital version. Everyone was making Sony revenue projections based on current-gen prices. If they get a bigger slice of that $70 pie (especially for these first party games) the digital edition should be making them a bunch more money going forward.

 

[Leonidas]

Will wait for $15 flash sale in 2-3 years.

 

[Mister Wolf]

How long is the play length of Miles Morales to cost that much? I don't give a shit about the old Spiderman being packaged with it.

 

[Gamer79]

Both systems Have the weakest launch I've ever seen

Agreed. Neither has great games to play outside of backward compatible ones.

 

[DESTROYA]

As long as they keep Micro Trasnactions out of their first party I'm good with the $10 increase.

This, we all new games wouldn't be $60 forever but this is still disappointing news.

 

[Digity.exe]

$89.99cad?

 

[-Arcadia-]

I don't know what to say. Game prices have been frozen for so long, the audience hasn't gotten much bigger, and the development costs keep going up.

Something had to give. I'm not happy about it, but I understand it.

 

[Tripolygon]

Makes sense. Its been a long time coming.

 

[blastprocessor]

Ouch so £59.99 UK price? I doubt I'll be pre-ordering games in future at these prices.

 

[Birdo]

I only buy in digital sales anyway.

Can't remember the last time I payed full price for a game.

 

[Blond]

Said it before and I'll say it again, 60 dollars wasn't sustainable for the rise in development cost considering Americans buy the most games but pay the least for them. Also, game prices in Japan can reach 85 USD easy I was ready for 70 dollar games and figured it would've happened this generation. Scream and moan all you want but you can't keep expecting games to balloon in cost from the sheer work required to produce them and not expect to pay for it: games are so heavily favored in the consumers favor it's not funny.

 

[SlimySnake]

lol the hits just keep on coming. what a disaster.

 

[Redlancet]

good luck selling most of these games at 80 sony,good luck

 

[cerealbuster]

Remaster of the previous game included apparently.

so there is a second remaster for demon souls?

 

[RoadHazard]

wtf 80€ for demon souls???

Disc version here I come!

Ah right, these are PS Store prices I guess? Those are always higher than physical store prices here. Disc version it is.

 

[Aggressive Carrot]

I'm not surprised. There was no way 2K would be the only one selling games for $69.99.

 

[JimboJones]

Gotta recoup that $100 price cut digital version I expect the same for Xbox.

 

[Fbh]

Meanwhile on PC thanks to regional pricing:

Going PC next gen is turning into a no brainer.
Can then pick up a Ps5 on the cheap in 4-5 years and buy the few exclusives I want for $20/each

 

[chilleverest]

I don't know what to say. Game prices have been frozen for so long, the audience hasn't gotten much bigger, and the development costs keep going up.

Something had to give. I'm not happy about it, but I understand it.

Lmao as if micro transactions arent a thing.