PS5 Pro price vs a gaming PC with similar performance

[Daniel Puchert]

Gaming PC you can build for the price of a R19,499 PS5 Pro

An analysis by MyBroadband shows that building a gaming PC with similar performance to the pricey PlayStation 5 Pro could cost just a few thousand rands more.

After much speculation and anticipation, Sony announced the PS5 Pro in September 2024.

 

[gregmcc]

Pointless just to compare hardware specs. If you are going to get a PS5/have a PS5 it's most likely due to certain games available for that platform. How many of those games for the PS5 are also available for the PC? How does the FPS compare?

 

[RazedInBlack]

Exactly, I'm already invested in the PS ecosystem with quite a substantial number of games in my library, upgrading to PS5 Pro would make more sense, for me at least.

 

[stefan9]

Pointless just to compare hardware specs. If you are going to get a PS5/have a PS5 it's most likely due to certain games available for that platform. How many of those games for the PS5 are also available for the PC? How does the FPS compare?

Most of the big ps5 exclusives do eventually come to the PC now.

 

[RazedInBlack]

The initial price shock was also felt in the US, with a $200 price hike over the current $499 price, nearly identical in percentage terms.

Yeah yeah, people are shocked yet its the best selling console on Amazon.

 

[Curt889]

So we just scrolling through the forum looking to make up click articles with topics raised by the forumites

 

[Saieden]

Gotta put that Zen2 on 2400 memory for that proper console experience.

 

[Polymathic]

Distributors decided to tack an additional R1500 to the price of the PS5 because "Fsck you give me money"

 

[mr_norris]

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB

That is misleading. It lacks the equivalent hardware that supports DLSS or PSSR. One of the points of the Pro is better upscaling because of hardware based PSSR.

People who buy the 7700 will be disappointed when they are stuck with FSR and the image quality that comes with that - something the Pro is moving away from.

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

I didn't read the article cz i saw Evetech Evetech Evetech Evetech!

 

[rubber_otter]

I was about to say. You save money, but at what cost? Buying from Evetech will cost you in the long run. Ons weet nou al mos.

 

[konfab]

Pointless just to compare hardware specs. If you are going to get a PS5/have a PS5 it's most likely due to certain games available for that platform. How many of those games for the PS5 are also available for the PC? How does the FPS compare?

Oh thank goodness for PS5 exclusives...




The exclusive list with each generation of consoles is decreasing. I think the market for consoles isn't driven by exclusivity anymore. It is just convenience nowadays.

Grandma can buy her grandkids a PS5 and a game for Christmas from Incredible connection, and the thing will work without any issues. That is the target market.

Nintendo are the only ones still in the exclusivity game.

 

[RedViking]

But can it play cyberpunk with realistic graphics reshade 3.0 ?

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

But can it play cyberpunk with realistic graphics reshade 3.0 ?

Yippppp , 5 -10 FPS is better cz the game will take much longer to clear , I will be getting my moneys worth

 

[Fre3kill]

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

So we just scrolling through the forum looking to make up click articles with topics raised by the forumites

Lol https://mybroadband.co.za/news/gami...ming-pc-for-the-price-of-a-playstation-5.html

 

[Bad Ballie]

Built my i9 14900 for a few thousand Rand more. If you use a console for the family it is of course a great solution, but as a single user I would personally go with a PC every single time, just based on usability for various tasks alone.

 

[Oil]

Distributors decided to tack an additional R1500 to the price of the PS5 because "Fsck you give me money"

I mean if they're willing to pay R17k for it, what's stopping them from forking out an extra R1.5k .
More money for us.

I'm sure that's the thought process