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OK, before I head off to work:
What I hope to see:
- Demon's Souls and Miles Morales confirmed as launch titles
- £450 for the regular edition (I don't care about the DE)
- Confirmed 4K/60fps patches for games like TLoU:P2 and Ghost of Tshushima
- Some tease for a big new title we didn't know about yesterday (that isn't FFXVI)
- A good showcase of the UI
Honestly I can see most of those happening, so I think I've set my expectations fairly sensibly.
Enjoy the show, everyone! So annoyed I won't be around to watch it with you all but, hey, that's life :(
What I hope to see:
- Demon's Souls and Miles Morales confirmed as launch titles
- £450 for the regular edition (I don't care about the DE)
- Confirmed 4K/60fps patches for games like TLoU:P2 and Ghost of Tshushima
- Some tease for a big new title we didn't know about yesterday (that isn't FFXVI)
- A good showcase of the UI
Honestly I can see most of those happening, so I think I've set my expectations fairly sensibly.
Enjoy the show, everyone! So annoyed I won't be around to watch it with you all but, hey, that's life :(
If there is a press release or anything they would already have them and be under NDA.
Why would Sony risk it leaking that way after keeping it secret for such a long time? Would be pure stupidity.
Yeah, Im going to make some dinner. But it's all waiting right now.
Yep. Don't need a press release when millions are going to see it live.
That's one hell of a loss though and I really don't think they would take that large of a loss unless they needed to
I would also love to see this. I have a whole bunch of unfinished PS4 games (currently working through GoT) so anything around the PS5 boosting backwards compatible games or just the backwards compatibility in general would be great.
I know stuff like that isn't always top priority or 'new and shiny' but early days in a console launch, when there are usually limited games, really solid back compat would make a big difference.
I definitely think they will give the price/date because otherwise it will leak from retailers anyway, but whether there are good reasons to hold a couple week longer is complicated.
I just saw Alanah Pearce in a podcast calling the S the "optical-less Xbox" and predicted the "optical-less PS5" will need to be 299 to compete. The misunderstanding is becoming widespread. So I think Sony needs to set the record straight about the DE value proposition in this showcase, and at the same time announce the price. They must make sure to link the two pieces of information together.
The problem is basically:
- Our console is the least expensive console
- "But how much worse do the games look?"
- Ah... wait....
- Our console is 2.5x more powerful than the competing "least expensive" console
- "But how much does it cost?"
- Ah... wait....
They are still stuck, there's no next-gen footage to compare to establish the value proposition.
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But they need to. They can't afford to lose market share like that, specially when those loses can easily be recouped in a year (and it's profit from there on). If the PS5 is more expensive than the XBX it will lose A LOT of people. And if the PS5DE is 449 the series S is an absurd deal that takes the "cheap console variant" on a homerun for the normal customer.
Remember, the Playstation sells like it does a lot because everyone has one. In Europe the PlayStation is gigantic because that's what everyone has. If you go buy a console you want to buy something where your friends are playing. It's not about the games as much as you think in there. If there's a shift this generation it could be quite bad for them.
Because you aren't leaking it when giving it to trusted press, you realise none of these people would want to burn their relationships with Sony.
Release it with a PS5 "remaster" of the main game, and I'll buy 20 copies.
No, they should just be patching it. I don't think a full blown new version would go down well.
I'd buy it. Last of Remastered sold me on a PS4.
Oh... I don't really care about that heh... I wanna see something new from them hopefully. I heard they were working on a Scifi game.
No, because it would be clear as day they'd just be including MP so they can charge for it again. Besides, a year ago Naughty Dog said the MP wouldn't be a part of Part II.
Same. I'm determined to get one at launch but anything above £500 I might hesitate for a bit. Not that over £500 is anywhere near likely anyway.
Under £450 would be insane.
Hope for $449 or less but I genuinely believe these consoles are $549 and $499. I think MS knew the price before they announced/leaked and knew they had to come in where they did to win the "value" perception.
She's well aware of the differences I don't have a clue what she's trying to do here, maybe she's thinking through the lense of a casual?
Even Jeff Grubb doesn't tell all he knows, none of them do and especially not when under NDAs.
Probably. I've heard it said a few times in my friend group, anecdotally. 2 of my friends are all in on "discless" just because they think discs are too old-school now. I don't think it's clear to people that the "discless" xbox is less powerful than the "discless" PS5. And Microsoft's tiny bit of marketing obfuscation about this is something that could be a problem for Sony if they don't hit the right price.
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