PS5

blaaislaai said:
This will probably follow the same path as the PSVR2. Crazy expensive.

Had this be console be capable of 120fps on fidelity mode, then I would have bought this immediately.
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It will probably sell about the same as the PS4 pro.

You all need to remember these devices aren’t aimed at the masses like the base models, the pro's only make up around 10-15% of total sales in the gen.
 
prod said:
It will probably sell about the same as the PS4 pro.

You all need to remember these devices aren’t aimed at the masses like the base models, the pro's only make up around 10-15% of total sales in the gen.
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When PS4 Pro dropped for $400 they marked the og PS4 down from $350 to $300 and that help push it. (THink final tally was 5 PS4's for every PS4 Pro sold.

Do not see the same happening this time round, In fact I was actually hoping for a price drop on the slim, but sadly Sony said no :(
 
AlphaJohn said:
When PS4 Pro dropped for $400 they marked the og PS4 down from $350 to $300 and that help push it. (THink final tally was 5 PS4's for every PS4 Pro sold.

Do not see the same happening this time round, In fact I was actually hoping for a price drop on the slim, but sadly Sony said no :(
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According to data from the Insomniac leak it was 14.3m vs. 105m as at Jan 2020. If we say that PS4 sold 120m units in total, then the pro only accounted for 11-12% of those sales, it's really not a lot, these are niche devices aimed at a very specific market.

No one is dropping prices, because that's just the way things are now. It sucks but even MS who are selling like dogshite just released a $600 4 year old console. I'll buy this for $100 more several times over.
 
They could have at least shipped it with the pro controller, R20k for a standard control bundle is incredibly lame.

You would think something called the Playstation 5 PRO would at least include the Duelsense Edge and the 3D Pulse Headset by default. This smells like a cash grab in the wake of bad executive decisions.
 
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AlphaJohn said:
blog.playstation.com

Welcome PlayStation 5 Pro, the most visually impressive way to play games on PlayStation

Features including GPU upgrade, advanced ray tracing, and PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution take players to new heights.
blog.playstation.com blog.playstation.com
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Sony still with the:
8K gaming are also supported
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Tick that box.

These things seem to be going against current economic conditions with these prices. Plus games are so expensive to make, and now you're giving more emphasis to visual fidelity with performance to match... I wonder if the price of Pro games will be more than OG games (don't think PS4 Pro games were priced more)? And consoles rising in price...

Hopefully they're not selling at a loss per Pro unit.

Sony should've made an affordable hybrid with sensible specs (1080p at 60FPS). Something for the mass market. Priced at $300-350.
 
$1200 Australian Dollars, chance this thing might actually go for like R24k just for the base, lol.
 
username and 23 others said:
Sony still with the:

Tick that box.

These things seem to be going against current economic conditions with these prices. Plus games are so expensive to make, and now you're giving more emphasis to visual fidelity with performance to match... I wonder if the price of Pro games will be more than OG games (don't think PS4 Pro games were priced more)? And consoles rising in price...

Hopefully they're not selling at a loss per Pro unit.

Sony should've made an affordable hybrid with sensible specs (1080p at 60FPS). Something for the mass market. Priced at $300-350.
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Its a joke esp when 140 million people went:

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username and 23 others said:
Sony still with the:

Tick that box.

These things seem to be going against current economic conditions with these prices. Plus games are so expensive to make, and now you're giving more emphasis to visual fidelity with performance to match... I wonder if the price of Pro games will be more than OG games (don't think PS4 Pro games were priced more)? And consoles rising in price...

Hopefully they're not selling at a loss per Pro unit.

Sony should've made an affordable hybrid with sensible specs (1080p at 60FPS). Something for the mass market. Priced at $300-350.
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There were no PS4 Pro-specific games.

All games were released and priced the same for both the base and Pro. But for games that took advantage of Pro, there was a different build of the game...
 
username and 23 others said:
Sony still with the:

Tick that box.

These things seem to be going against current economic conditions with these prices. Plus games are so expensive to make, and now you're giving more emphasis to visual fidelity with performance to match... I wonder if the price of Pro games will be more than OG games (don't think PS4 Pro games were priced more)? And consoles rising in price...

Hopefully they're not selling at a loss per Pro unit.

Sony should've made an affordable hybrid with sensible specs (1080p at 60FPS). Something for the mass market. Priced at $300-350.
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Well, they have one game running at 60FPS @8K.

The Touryst Is The First Native 8K 60FPS Game On Consoles On PS5​


www.psu.com

The Touryst Is The First Native 8K 60FPS Game On Consoles On PS5 - PlayStation Universe

The Touryst is the first game on consoles to run at 8K, and it's running on PS5, as reported by Digital Foundry in their recent video.
www.psu.com
 
BlackStatic said:
the Playstation 5 PRO would at least include the Duelsense Edge and the 3D Pulse Headset by default.
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I've heard this statement before, I'm not sure why people would think that the Pro would ship with a DualSense Edge which on its own is at least around R4500, the expectation is pure madness.

I would have expected at least a ver. 2 DualSense
 
W@P said:
WTAF. This legit?

How does it work ?
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Been using it for years. It just price watches your wishlist and lets you know of discounts.

There's xbdeals.net too.

Apps for both on both iOS and Android.

Free with Ads, or you can pay a lifetime membership fee which then also unlocks DLC price watching.


Great for checking the history and seeing if the current price is the best deal too.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
Been using it for years. It just price watches your wishlist and lets you know of discounts.

There's xbdeals.net too.

Apps for both on both iOS and Android.

Free with Ads, or you can pay a lifetime membership fee which then also unlocks DLC price watching.


Great for checking the history and seeing if the current price is the best deal too.
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More of a https://www.dekudeals.com/ fan as it does this for all 3 (Xbox/Nintendo/PlayStation)
 
An interesting view, as I normally looked to $ and

In South Africa, we get our gaming products from the UK. This means you need to convert the price in Pounds. Shipping and Duties are added to this total. You then need to add distribution margin and reseller margins. Lastly, you add 15% VAT.

Calculating duties is the tough one because this rate depends on the tech. Shipping costs also change across air and sea. We usually get PlayStation hardware by sea because it is cheaper. However, it also often results in delays.

So PS5 Pro – £699.99 (R16,354 @ R23,36 on 11 September) + 10% duties = R17,989 + R500 shipping = R18,489 + R1,000 margins = R19,489 + 15% VAT = R22,412.

Of course, this isn’t set in stone. Shipping will likely cost less but not by much. Margins are also versatile depending on how much money the distributor wants to make and give to retailers as profit. You also can’t directly convert the Pound to Rand without taking into account other fees involved in international purchases.

Another quick way to convert this would also be to simply calculate the current PS5 console price to the current Pound and take that exchange and times it by the PS5 Pro asking price. So PS5 Disc Edition cost R13,999 / £479.99 = R29.16. R29.16 x £699,99 = R20,411.

This R20,411 is definitely better than the other calculation but it is based on a product that costs £220 less than the PS5 Pro. So VAT, import duties and shipping have been calculated for £479 and not £699. The PS5 Pro likely weighs more so it costs more to ship.
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I would say the PS5 Pro could be listed in South Africa at anywhere between R21,000 and R22,499.
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Source : https://www.glitched.online/the-ps5...or-more-in-south-africa-without-a-disc-drive/
 
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