Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@JohnnyShoulder I’m also worried that if I don’t get PS5 at launch by pre-ordering then it will be many months of searching high and low over the coming year to find one. I could be wrong but I am a little concerned and it’s pushing me more toward pre-order

@Th3solution These are uncertain times we live in at the moment, not helped but not having things confirmed this close to a console being released. Nobody knows what the climate will be like come November and how this will effect the distribution of a new console in the long run. I'd rather pre-order at launch just to be safe. In an ideal world we will have loads of PS5 games to play, but unfortunately we are not living in an ideal world at the moment. I have no problem filling the gaps (if any) with games from my PS4 backlog. The console is still being used and the games will be improved, its not like it be in the corner gathering dust with tumbleweed forming.

Anyway hopefully the price, released date and launch line up will be confirmed in the next couple of weeks. Then there will biggest collective sigh of relief recorded lol.

Just recieved the below in an email from one of the trusted retailers I regularly use:

Hopefully this means we will hear some news very soon.

Also interesting when they say it could not go on general sale....

@JohnnyShoulder Sony asking people to register their interest directly must’ve spooked them. Whilst I’m sure you won’t be able to go into a shop on the afternoon of the launch day and buy one I’m sure they’ll be selling lots around launch. It’ll definitely be far more than a paper launch.

As usual, i will always wait until at least 5 years from day launch to see Slim model and White color with cheaper price than Fat model. I believe i will have a lot of PS5 games choices to buy after 5 years from now.
But the thing i can do right now is buy the PS5 games first if there are some interesting titles during first 5 years.

This made me chuckle.

Xbox SS £249.
I have good hope the PS5 will be affordable now.

@JJ2 I dunno, this is the budget version. The full Series X and PS5 could still be about £450 - £550.

I still expect both consoles to be €500.

@nessisonett
Between £399 and £449 for PS5 and under £399 for DE sounds good to me.
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@Kidfried
SeX is rumoured to be same price as XB1X

One of the early leaks had Series S at $299 and Series X at $499, both releasing Nov 10th. Interesting that they only confirmed the pic and price of the S.

Also this is appearing now.

@Kidfried There's this, but no hard specs, just the marketing specs.

@Kidfried It's definitely strange. Until today I don't think Microsoft had even officially said the Series S was actually a thing, it was all rumours as far I was aware.
I noticed someone speculate it could be a careful leak by Microsoft as it also showed the Series X at $499 and they may have put it out to entice Sony to reveal their prices. But by only officially confirming the Series S and it's price, if Sony comes out and says the PS5 is $449 (just for example) they can lower the X price as they never confirmed the leaked one. All pure speculation of course and not sure I go along with it, but interesting all the same.

Seems like their marketing the series S at people with 4K TVs. 1440p and upscaling with 4K streaming media playback. Whilst it probably would’ve of been fine targeting 1080p and rendering to a quarter of a pixels of the series X. As it is when we start to get the more demanding NextGen games I worry that they’re going to try and run them at high resolution is to the detriment of frame rate and effects.

I don’t think we can read too much from the into the price of the full fat consoles. You can see from the form factor just how much less material went into making the series S.

Yeah I have no interest in the console and think it is a little bit pointless, which confuses things ever further especially for the general consumer who is not so tech savvy.

I suppose if people can't afford a SeX, this is a good alternative. It just basically replaces the one x, but with the fast ssd but less powah.

Having two consoles that are different in specs and making the same games for them both means that they'll be compromised on one console or the other.

Just hope this means Sony is going to announce something soon.

@JohnnyShoulder I’m not sure, these games are all getting released on PC anyway. You’ll probably find they’re just using say, medium graphics settings on this console and ultra on the Series X. Games that came out on PS4 looking great could also be played on PC on potato settings.

I still prefer PS5 machine design over than Xbox Series X/S.
PS5 has some 1st party that i have booked on my shopping list. (Astrobot Playroom, Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart so far)

@BearsEatBeets
Woah. 500gb only SSD. Didnt expect that.
It really sounds like a scam to me. It's all outdated in a couple years.🤷‍♂️