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New look for PS5 console coming this holiday season

LordOfChaos

Member
Does that mean it isn't 12 channels any more? Or did they just do something with the chips?

I'd guess it's just like added M2 drives, in that for lacking the 12 channel command they just had to be brute faster to make up for it. Maybe they got rid of the custom channels with the odd capacity for just going faster?
 
that bulge is fugly wtf

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Banjo64

cumsessed
From the blog:

A variety of PS5 Console Cover colors for the new model will be available starting in early 2024, including an all-matte Black colorway and the Deep Earth Collection colors in Volcanic Red, Cobalt Blue, and Sterling Silver. Prices for the PS5 Console Covers will start at 54.99 USD | 54.99 EURO | 44.99 GBP | 7,480 JPY. Additional colors will be released in the future.

 

Killjoy-NL

Gold Member
You yourself just said you'd buy one. I think the PS4 Pro ended up being like 20% of overall sales despite launching 3 years later.
Yes, I do. But I'm part of a minority.
It's not just gaming nerds on forums. If someone goes to buy a PS5 and they see a Pro version and it is only 150-200 dollars more and they can afford it, they'll drop the extra duckets.

Is there much reason between the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro? Why does anyone buy the Pro version?

I just feel like you're extremely off base with the reality here.
Did people forget the possibility that if Sony would be the only one releasing a Pro, the Series S + GamePass might actually become much more attractive to casuals?

Besides, people are already glad they can buy a regular PS5, a Pro would be quite expensive, so who is it aimed for exactly?
That minority?

A Pro won't be about a bunch of extra fps though.
It will be about not giving up 60fps unless you want to play at 720p.
It will be about having a decent ray tracing implementation the current consoles just can't handle.
The bunch of nerds is a 10-20m business for Sony, something worth the R&D for the extra SKU which is obviously happening next year.
So basically, you turn it into a different way of saying you want a few more fps or a higher res for current-gen games.
 
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Imagine buying a Blu Ray Disc Drive in the year 2023. Shit is mad ugly. Meh. Also the price is weird, I'd thought it he cheaper by now.
 
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jroc74

Phone reception is more important to me than human rights
This makes no sense, if you want all that, then just buy the PS5 with ODD bundle that is still priced at the same price the OG ODD PS5 cost. $499.

If you are buying a digital version, not only does that mean you probably dont want to get discs (obviously) there is now at least the option for you to be able to make that a disc using PS5 in the future if you want.

And I don't get people, you have thin sony is running a charity? They can price this shit at what they are pricing it because people are buying them. If they find that sales are not as good as tey anticipate, they would drop the prices.
Yup.

Its starting to look like that new disc version is just a new DE with a disc drive bundle.

If you really want a PS5 that comes with a disc drive, that price didnt change.
 
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Little Mac

Gold Member
I’m still not a fan of the design. Being smaller is a nice step in the right direction though. I don’t understand the 50 dollar increase for the digital base model. Doesn’t Sony make more money off software with digital sales?
 

Gambit2483

Member
So after actually reading up on this thing it's clear this is just a way for Sony to squeeze more money out of the consumer by nickling and diming as much as they can with all of these needless accessories.

This thing serves no major purpose for us as the customer...but I'm Sure there's already a line of suckers around the block ready to open up their wallets for colored panels and console stands...🙄
 

xrnzaaas

Member
It's good that the rumors of the attachable drive for the digital model came true. It will make MS think twice about following up with the idea of removing the drive from the Series X revision.

Charging people for the stand is a cheap move though. It should be standard for a console designed to be used primarily in vertical form.
 

Mr.Phoenix

Member
So after actually reading up on this thing it's clear this is just a way for Sony to squeeze more money out of the consumer by nickling and diming as much as they can with all of these needless accessories.

This thing serves no major purpose for us as the customer...but I'm Sure there's already a line of suckers around the block ready to open up their wallets for colored panels and console stands...🙄
You are not wrong...but you aren't right either.

If you ask me, this is exactly what Sony should have made(done) in 2020.

This is better than what they had out in every way, so nothing wrong with that. And sony has been increasing prices since what... last year?
 
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K' Dash

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So after actually reading up on this thing it's clear this is just a way for Sony to squeeze more money out of the consumer by nickling and diming as much as they can with all of these needless accessories.

This thing serves no major purpose for us as the customer...but I'm Sure there's already a line of suckers around the block ready to open up their wallets for colored panels and console stands...🙄
I mean, is this really a surprise? how is this different from Apple products or Nintendo products?
 

rofif

Can’t Git Gud
I don't get people really, whats wrong with that? Its a damn stand, and anyone that takes a cursory look at the ODD attachment can see that compared to the OG PS5, it's been flattened out. Obviously to serve as a flat surface to be paced horizontally, which means all that you would need is something that attaches to the upper part now to keep it all level.

Funny thing is, this simpler approach is 100x better than the annoying multipurpose stand that comes with the OG PS5.
People hate everything.
It looks just fine. At leas it's not a boring black square box
 

Sushi_Combo

Member
Definitely prefer the launch model over this. A little shocking that this is ultimately a more expensive package, I would have thought with the reduction in size and components that they'd be able to bring down the asking price.
 

lachesis

Member
30 bucks for the vertical stand?

So it's actually price increase with little more SSD space + 30% smaller footprint. Hmm...
Well, I guess inflation is one thing - but at least I was hoping it would include the vertical stand.
 
30 bucks for the vertical stand?

So it's actually price increase with little more SSD space + 30% smaller footprint. Hmm...
Well, I guess inflation is one thing - but at least I was hoping it would include the vertical stand.
30 bucks. That's two star bucks coffees these days. :messenger_grinning_smiling:
 
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nial

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The Japanese PS blog confirms that it will be released on November 10.
PS5の新モデルは、日本国内のPlayStation®取り扱い店舗において、11月10日(金)に発売を予定しており、現行モデルは在庫がなくなり次第、販売を終了いたします。
The new PS5 model is scheduled to be released at PlayStation® handling stores in Japan on Friday, November 10th, and sales of the current model will end as soon as stock runs out.
 

Gambit2483

Member
I mean, is this really a surprise? how is this different from Apple products or Nintendo products?
Lol Never said it wasn't....but at least Nintendo is a bit more honest about it, by saying "hey suckers, here's a new 'Shiny Red' Switch! Same as the old but now Red!" or puts out a new product that has a new feature that caters to a specific audience, e.g. Switch Lite is for handheld only ppl and Switch OLED offered a much better screen for the technophiles. This new PS5 feels a bit less honest about why it actually exists.
 
The Japanese PS blog confirms that it will be released on November 10.


I tried to throw that out there earlier before the announcement but no one caught it in the COD thread ;)

Not a shock here but a COD PS5 bundle is coming, good time to launch the new redesigned console?

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rofif

Can’t Git Gud
RE retard edition.

Add the BR drive costs you $80.

It does not come with dual purpose stand. No liquid metal cooling.

I am curious about the 1TB SSD, how they went from 825GB to 1TB, did they reduce the lanes?
80 for bd is fine.
No liquid metal doesn't matter at all
Maybe it doesnt need a stand to stand vertically?!
 

Jigsaah

Member
So does this confirm there is no pro version coming? Because that's the only thing that would get me to bite right now.

Is this really enough of a difference to make current PS5 console owners go and she'll out another 500 bucks for? I might have considered it if there was no pro version and they redesigned the system altogether. Like something that looks nothing like the vanilla PS5.
 
Not crazy about the redesign myself and the kick stand for the horizontal position is hideous. 1 TB should have been available on the launch models as well. One more thing, why in the hell are Sony charging more for the Digital version of a three year old console? Usually hardware revisions three or four years in the generation come with price drops of some sort. Don’t like the cuts in the middle and the gloss top and matte bottom. I will stick with my original disc based PS5. Will be interesting to see hardware tear downs and confirmation on the power use age and thermal temps.
 

Mr.Phoenix

Member
Lol Never said it wasn't....but at least Nintendo is a bit more honest about it, by saying "hey suckers, here's a new 'Shiny Red' Switch! Same as the old but now Red!" or puts out a new product that has a new feature that caters to a specific audience, e.g. Switch Lite is for handheld only ppl and Switch OLED offered a much better screen for the technophiles. This new PS5 feels a bit less honest about why it actually exists.
Errr..... this makes no sense to me whatsoever. It's like I am just seeing people fabricate some extreme reasons to hate on this thing.

This new PS5, doesn't need to make a case to be anything. It's exactly a PS5, smaller, and with more storage. The end. It even looks like a PS5.

Its an improvement on the original in every way. Why or what more does it need to be? ANd you really just said that Nintendo releasing a Switch in a new color is better than this?????
 

Skifi28

Member
So does this confirm there is no pro version coming? Because that's the only thing that would get me to bite right now.
The rumored pro version is at least a year away, this neither confirms nor denies its existence.

Is this really enough of a difference to make current PS5 console owners go and she'll out another 500 bucks for?
I don't this is meant to entice current PS5 owners.
 
Jesus Christ, those are ugly. I would have double dipped if it was an improvement on the OG design since my wife HATES how it looks in our living room. Definitely not happening with this.
 
Not including the vertical stand with the console is cheap as fuck. This is an Apple level move.

PS3 and PS4 never had the vertical stand included in the box...

I had those standing on themselves, never had a problem

With the original PS5 they were forced to put it in the box because of its size/weight
 
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