There’s no question that the PlayStation 5 sounds incredible, but considering its impressive roster of features, it also sounds pretty pricey. As you probably already know, SSD drives don’t exactly come cheap – and nor does the kind of processing power that the platform holder’s boasting about. But given the success of the PlayStation 4 at its original $399.99 price point, we reckon that the company realises it can’t go all $599.99 with its next-gen device.
Writing on Twitter, Wired’s senior correspondent Peter Rubin shed a little light on what we can expect price-wise by sharing a snippet from his interview with system architect Mark Cerny: “I believe that we will be able to release it at an SRP [suggested retail price] that will be appealing to gamers in light of its advanced feature set.” Asked to clarify if the comment meant it may be on the higher side, the Knack man shut the conversation down: “That's about all I can say about it.”
We’re not sure what to think here, to be honest. Products like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X have demonstrated that hardcore gamers are willing to pay a premium for high-end hardware, and that’ll be the audience that the PS5 will be targeting at launch. Having said that, the PS4’s relatively low price point at release certainly played a part in its impressive success – we’re confident that Sony will have the right kind of target in mind.
[source twitter.com]
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the perfect middleground would be 499.
not as "cheap" as the ps4 but not as overly expensive as the ps3 was.
Having bought the Pro and the X I doubt there's a price point that's going to stop me getting this at launch
449.99? Maybe, i don't see the system selling for less than that.
I think $449.99 would be okay. I feel $499.99 is too much.
If there is going to be a Pro version I want it available day one. I'll close my eyes and bite the bullet.
Imagine Cerny seeing whales buy 2 RTX 2080Tis and thinking that price is appealing to gamers............................... oh boy the horror
I'm a gamer and £599 sounds appealing to me. £599 it is!
A lot may depend on what happens with Xbox and this Google thing.
I think Stadia is aimed at a different audience but if that becomes a success, Sony may look a little out of place charging 4 or 5 hundred pounds for a box. Same with if Microsoft puts out a cheaper stream or download only box or something. It's an interesting time.
Ultimately what Mark Cerny deems "appealing" could be anything.
@carlos82 me too
@get2sammyb $499.99 is more likely and that's honestly pretty fair considering everything we're getting here although i do think $449 would be possible if it wasn't for the unnecessary inclusion of 8K
Between $400-$500 seems likely. Especially with what is going to be packed into the PS5.
Since people are willing to pay over 1000euro for an iPhone they'll use for two years at most I'm sure Sony can get away with 600euro for the PS5. At least in the first year.
@Flurpsel is this a "do you guys not have phones" moment?
@Flurpsel Phones are subsidised, though.
@Flurpsel People buy €2000+ cars every couple of years or so, doesn't mean that's an acceptable price either
$499 seems to be where it would fall. I would obviously like to pay less, but that is what I expect.
To those thinking about buying it day 1, that also comes with the risk of defective units (ya know, production maturity ish) RMAs are a pain man
I'm gonna say $499. $399 just does not seem possible with their target hardware.
400 $ ps5 will launch. word up son
If they somehow announce a $400 price tag I'll literally s#!t out my d!€k.
Pack it full of good tech and I’ll happily pay the asking price. For something i’ll use almost daily for 5+ years i’d spend a grand or more if it was good.
Reading more about what components are in this is getting me very excited, using tech that hasn't even been unveiled yet to the PC market. This console is going to be amazing but the wait is going ot be almost unbearable
: “I believe that we will be able to release it at an SRP [suggested retail price] that will be appealing to gamers in light of its advanced feature set.”
Just imagine he said instead:
: “I believe that we wont be able to release it at an SRP [suggested retail price] that will be appealing to gamers in light of its advanced feature set.”
I'm cheap. I'll pay $300 for the PS5, however long it takes to find it at that price.
I think it almost has to be $400. I don't think $500 goes over very well with the general public. The niche success of the Pro and One X seem mostly irrelevant to this question. Sony is looking to sell far more of the PS5 than the PS4 Pro.
Personally I wouldn’t bite until it was about £300. I really couldn’t afford much more so if I have to wait for a sale or price drop, so be it.
$400 would be amazing.
Initial info sounds good to me, ha, can start saving I suppose. I wont mind paying a bit more provided its a good system that will support the latest games and the PS4 library I've built up.
The hardware sounds impressive, so price is my biggest concern. I can't see myself getting this before a big sale.
Im paying whatever the asking price is. Now whether or not my son gets a launch console too depends on asking price.
If the ps5 is somehow 400$ Sony will win again right out the gate.
Super impressed by what's been announced, seemingly out of nowhere. Very strange Sony didn't save all this for a conference or State of Play. Been hoping BC would be included so much but totally wasn't expecting an SSD due to the cost.
Considering the PS4 launched at £349, the announced specs of the PS5 (SSD in particular) and the features (backwards compatible) also, taking into account inflation in the last 5 years I'd be totally fine with paying £449 which is presuming it'd be $499 USD, thats my guess anyways. I would go up to £500 tops but no more.
Would be even happier if it was £400 of course but i think that's unlikely.
@KingdomHeartsFan But the price will come down over time. There are people who didn't buy a PS4 at launch who probably picked one up for $199 during Black Friday because the "price was right" for them finally.
The people who read this site will be there day one, but not everyone who plays PlayStation reads this website. (Although I wish they would!)
No more then €500 or i will wait. 😁
Its' still at least 10 or 11 months away, they may not even know the price. I'm pretty sure they didnt' know the price of the PS4 until the day before E3 when they decided to drop the camera to make PS4 $400 rather than $500. If you look at all the pics between the announcement and E3 most of them have the camera in them.
We also don't know when the next Xbox will launch and how much that will be. Not the $250 discless SAD, the next new one.
So my guess is the'd like it to be $400 but will settle for $500 if they need to. But they probably haven't settled on a price yet. Maybe they'll raise PS+ to $99.99 to subsidize cheaper hardware. Maybe it will launch bundled w/ GoW:Ragnarok so $500 will look better?
Date first, price 2nd.
Cerny saying the PS5 price will be “appealing to gamers” makes me think that he’s talking about hardcore gamers who would pay top dollar no matter the cost but the opposite, as in parents and very casual gamers, it will not be so appealing. Anything more than £449.99 I think it would be a tough sell to anybody who isn’t a hardcore gamer. If I hadn’t of cut back on my gaming I’d of definitely of wanted one since it has backward compatibility. Going to be interesting to see how MS responds with their new Xbox codenamed Anaconda.
Backwards compatability opens up the market for Sony a touch. They can release at £499 most if not all of the games will be cross gen at that point. Waiting it out is an option.
Personally if its £499 I'm waiting for the first bundle packs to come along. Which means if it releases in March 2020 I will get one around September / October / November next year! Awesome!
$449.99 It will be I believe
£350-400 is reasonable. Above that I can't see selling as well as the PS4 did.
What would that picture be like if they’d both got the Limited Edition Uncharted 4 PS4 like I did?
£400 = 100% Chance of day one purchase.
£450 = Highly likely to buy day one.
£500 = Probably buy within the first 6 months.
£550+ = Waiting for a price reduction.
My bet would be £450.
Being in Canada, I am dreading what the price is going to be up here. If it was released today, $499 USD would be $667 CND.... That would be a huge pass for many here. That aside, the biggest issue I have with what has been revealed so far, is the SDD drive. That, to me, means it is going to be a small drive on launch (anything under 1TB is too small) that will need to be upgraded right away for many who go digital.... At an additional cost.
Appealing to me will depend on what the system entails. If the PS5 is just an 8K PS4 that also plays PS5 games, then it's not worth more than 300-350 bucks for me. And even then, it likely wont be a day 1 purchase for me.
On the other hand, if they surprise us with that full backwards compatibility all the way to PS1, I'd be willing to shell out 500 bucks!
Or if, for once, Sony actually innovates and gives us something truly new (lol, Sony? Innovate? Sony makes good products, top of the line hardware, but they don't do new things, they copy other people) then it will depend on what that innovation is.
I don’t think it’s wise to compare game console to phone, for most people games console are luxury item while phone is a very important things that they use everyday, it’s worth it to add a couple of hundred dollars to buy more expensive phone for everyday use rather than game console that people only use when they have free time. Sony must attract not only hardcore gamers but casual gamers too.
I don’t have problem with $500 price thought
I'm finally graduating college soon and have a job lined up. For the first time in my life I can say that I'll be able to buy a system day one without worrying much about cost. Whew, that's relieving to say.
That being said, I'm guessing the system will cost $500 at launch. It has an 8-core processor and I'm assuming the system will target full native 4K resolutions. Plus, since this is Sony, they will probably throw some gimmick into the next Dualshock to make it more expensive. Anyways, I'm excited!
I’m curious if Sony is willing to take a small hit on the console to keep the price down. Or even break even out the gate knowing they become cheaper to produce further down the line.
With the money from Plus and digital store they might be comfortable doing this.
It'll be $449, but I honestly wouldn't be too upset if they charged $499.
I'll be there Day 1 either way!
$499, and they'll be taking a loss.
I suspect it'll launch at $500 in 2020, but then quickly drop closer to $400 over the next year or two.
They will release 2 versions if they can't keep a low enough price.
appealing for me depends on what software it launches with. sony will really need to up their game compared to the first party PS4 launch. i'm not interested in gratuitously detailed versions of the same guff we've been getting for two generations now (call of duty, battlefield, assassin's creed, far cry, sports games....).
i could see it being £499/$499. they may consider that because it will have backwards compatibility (still need to be convinced personally that this is total b/c) many hardcore gamers will keep their games but sell their PS4s to offset the cost, so a higher-than-PS4-was price might be acceptable. there are other ways to offset the cost - more services/subscriptions, possibly sell it without a controller (if dualshock 4s are compatible with it), or smaller size disk drive (500gb max). if it's a 'specialised' SSD, it could be some proprietary design, and they could sell higher capacity drives for a premium (though that model didn't work too well for vita's memory cards).
@leucocyte that's an odd criticism on the games as Sony are not responsible for any of the ones you've listed. They've been knocking it out of the park on their first party titles really.
I think it will be 429.99. Which will be a steal! Love that Sony listens to its customers. Physical media and super ssd! The 3d audio sounds cool. Day one for me.
429.99 which will be a steal! They will obviously take a loss on the system at first. So glad Sony listens to its customers. Physical media, ssd, and single player games.
Having BC resolved, I can sell my PS4 and pay WHATEVER Sony wants ; )
@Neolit that's it. End of the conversation. Then we will be ready for those ray-traced metal dinos from HZD2 !
@Robinsad - @1_W1NG3D_4NG3L already made my point for me. sony has had a number of excellent first party titles on PS4, but they weren't there for the launch.. and if they have nothing truly worth owning for launch of PS5, then it's whether or not 3rd party titles can fill the void.. but the likely prospect is yet another year/launch filled with the same rubbish that's released every year (or two at most). i wouldn't buy a PS5 to play games i wouldn't play on PS4 just because that's all there is.
@leucocyte that makes sense, I imagine death stranding will be a launch title but any of the launch titles could well be available cross gen. I've been putting off getting a ps pro so if the ps5 gives me pro bonuses on my PS4 games and a 4k blu ray drive I could be tempted at launch.
I wouldn't want to pay more then £500. I never buy consoles at launch anyway though, usually wait a year or so, so would expect to get it cheaper than that. Cost of games would be a factor as well. If I waited 2 years there would probably be a PS5 Pro, lol.
@KingdomHeartsFan Actually, the bulk of the PS4's user base toes the line of the casual and core user base (not hardcore, core)
Gamers that tend to still follow retail-price gaming trends and make up the bulk of North American NPD sales charts: the core market is not necessarily made up of hardcore gamers, but it's also not made up mostly of traditional casual gamers as we know them either. There is overlap, of course, but core gaming is more like what casual gaming used to be when it fit a solely retail model, and it's what corporations like Electronic Arts had to rely on before they struck gold with Apex Legends
The main difference between casual and core gamers is that core gamers make up less of the total install base, but are more likely to budget towards dedicated gaming in the form of major game and console purchases - not enough to be whales, and not large enough to compete with casual trends, but definitely willing to spend money on a gaming console so long as it's at least comparably competitive to the market
I will buy it even if they sell it at $599. That said, I believe it will launch at $499.
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