New Price increases for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player. Effective April 2nd. (blog.playstation.com)

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U.S.

PS5 – $649.99  
PS5 Digital Edition – $599.99  
PS5 Pro – $899.99

U.K.

PS5 – £569.99  
PS5 Digital Edition – £519.99  
PS5 Pro – £789.99

Europe

PS5 – €649.99  
PS5 Digital Edition – €599.99  
PS5 Pro – €899.99

Japan

PS5 – ¥97,980  
PS5 Digital Edition – ¥89,980  
PS5 Pro – ¥137,980

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[-] EatPotatoes@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

Just sad that they are confident people are still going to waste money on this and not just buy optimised games for existing computers. Gamers need a cultural revolution.

[+] Lurkmore@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

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[-] Kalashnikov@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 days ago

They are arguably cheaper

No they are not. The total cost of ownership is much higher with consoles. That is even if you don't pirate. Not to mention that the buying price for consoles is only competitive in the first few years of a generation.

they're plug and play,

No, you wait around inserting a disk, and for a 100GB update to finish.

no reinstalling windows/Linux Most gamers never reinstall their OS.

You don't have to fiddle with the settings,

This is a bad thing. On PC, I can decide to play it how I want. Do I want to trave in fidelity for performance? I can. Do I want to do the reverse? I can.

check fps

They don't let you check fps on consoles because of you knew how pathetic it was, and if you ever had any experience playing on PC, you'd know how much of a rip off consoles are and switch over.

it's poorly optimized for your specific piece of hardware

This is never the case. A wide range of hardware work with PC games. PC parts are interoperable by design. The two main GPU vendors - AMD and Intel, optimize the hell out of their drivers. If a game is optimized, it is automatically optimized for all hardware.

[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

The two main GPU vendors - AMD and Intel

timmy-pray One day

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago

I have a PC and an inherited PS5, I use the PS5 more because I'm lazy and spend all day on a computer for work. When I get home the last thing I want to do is sit at a desk and touch a keyboard lol

[-] surjomukhi@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago

That's fine. And controllers work on PC as well.

[-] Kalashnikov@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago

You can set up your PC for couch play just as easily. If you're invested in a wireless mouse/keyboard instead of a PS5, or spent 5 minutes setting up steam big picture, you could have saved a whole lot of money.

You could also pirate your games on PC (which you should be doing). You could have saved thousands if only you weren't brainwashed by console manufacturer propaganda

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

I'm aware of this. I just have a PS5 and I use the PC for work. I also didn't buy the PS5 and wouldn't have it it wasn't for my brother dying and me inheriting it.

[-] Kalashnikov@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I suppose if it's your brother's then you wouldn't want to sell it and get a PC instead for the sentimental value of it.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, plus I already have a PC. I just don't really like gaming on it since I mostly use it for work.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

you don't have to put the pc on a desk. watch out for latency if you use a television instead of a monitor though

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

These are cheaper than computers most of the time still, especially to play certain games.

[-] Kalashnikov@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Consoles are more expensive than PCs for equivalent performance for most of a console generation.

When a new console generation starts, they are price competitive over PCs for a year or two, but even then, they are not price competitive in terms of the total cost of ownership. Games on PC are significantly cheaper. Online services are free as opposed to a subscription on consoles. And I haven't even touched piracy, which you can't do on consoles.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

seen-this-one

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

sicko-jammin

[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

900 dollars for a console. For a 5 year old generation.

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

I can't believe woke would do this

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

~~5~~ 8 hundred ninety nine US dollars

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