Speculation: PlayStation 5 Price Reportedly Revealed, and It's Very Cheap

[Zukuu]

Console manufacturers have long realized that making bank on hardware is minuscule compared to reoccurring revenues like PSN+ and cuts from game sales and whatnot.

I can see them selling it at manufacturer cost or even slightly below that. It'll become much cheaper in the near future, so market penetration is a lot more important than earning a small amount of money from the sale itself.

 

[JoeyJungle]

The article said the listing was for $600 CAD, but really the listing was $559 CAD, which is almost exactly $399 USD.

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Sony isn't going to do a direct currency conversion, it will way more likely be $100 less in US than its CA pricing.

 

[krae_man]

Canadian Dollar has taken a dive in the past month. COVID19 has wrecked havok on exchange rates. No way they've decided a Canadian price yet.

 

[CloseTalker]

lol that source. this doesn't even count as a rumor, it's just a local retailer making up a price so they can take orders,

 

[Hey Please]

There's generally been around $100 price discrepancy between USD and CAD to account for currency rates and import tariffs. No way it'll be CAD 600 unless USD is closer to 500.

 

[nullZr0]

Lots of retailers have place-holder pricing. With that said, with both Sony and Microsoft having alternative revenue streams in their console business, they can launch these machines at $399 or cheaper if they can attach their subscription services to the machines.

It's simple business. I can charge $.99 for a burger but charge $2.00 for drinks and make my money back and then some. Game Pass Ultimate is a damn near must buy. With a 24 month subscription they could sell the Series X for $300 and still make money.

 

[JCal]

April Fools is not canceled after all.

 

[Bleu]

399 $/€ was always the soft spot.
They know it, 399 for a naked sku and make it so a single game and a year of ps+ are enough to cover the loss, just like they did with the ps4, win.

 

[VariantX]

Play N Trade? Never even heard of them. 100% bullshit placeholder.

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They were pretty cool. Had several kiosks set up to let you try the pre owned games before buying. The one near my school at the time had tournaments occasionally too. Then gamestop bought them out... sigh.

 

[Knight in Shining Armani]

It's very easy to see ITT who knows and who doesn't know current GPU prices. $399 is a fucking steal for these specs.

 

[Jon Carter]

Play N Trade always finds out.

 

[RdN]

Very cheap for what you get.

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Then, you say that it has a great cost-benefit to it.

Not that it's "very cheap".

 

[NSESN]

Remember that Switch had a lot of retailers using 250 as a placeholder

 

[shadowsdarknes]

USD 399 is very cheap, now?

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Yep.
This would be the lowest end that a system like this would launch for.

 

[dziga]

"very cheap"

"400$"

please help me. my family is dying

 

[modiz]

USD 399 is very cheap, now?

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For the capabilities of this system? Definitely cheap.

 

[Deleted member 135]

$600 CAD is closer to $425 USD.

Not sure if they'd round down that much when the PS5 alegedly costs $450 to build.

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They ate $60 on the PS4 at launch and were in a much worse financial situation then than now.

 

[-Le Monde-]

I was expecting $300 after "it's very cheap."

Isn't 400 what people expect?

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Rumors, and comments from Cerny have led to expectations being $500.

 

[Deleted member 12352]

Too good to be true.

 

[HardRojo]

Very cheap would $300. $400 is within the expected ballpark, wouldn't call it very cheap.

 

[Deleted member 21411]

No way, it'll be 399.99

 

[Odeko]

Rumors, and comments from Cerny have led to expectations being $500.

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Oh gotcha, I haven't really been following too closely so I'm not sure where I got the impression it would be 400. Thanks

 

[Diarrhea Day-Lewis]

I think it will be $399 but a random retailer message isn't a confirmation imo

 

[YolkFolk]

News like this is pretty dangerous.

Remember when the Switch was rumoured to be 199.99 but later revealed to be 299.99 which made it sound really expensive because everyone was so used to the 'insider news price'?

 

[msdstc]

They've lost the specs battle pretty hard and the series s loses them the price battle. Feels like 399 would be a hail Mary to get some momentum

 

[Bugalugs214]

That's just for the second SSD you're gunna need.

 

[SpaceCrystal]

Unless Sony is willing to take a big loss, it's going to most likely be $499.

 

[PSOreo]

Highly doubt that like. $449/499 much more likely.

 

[platocplx]

i'm team 449.

 

[RowdyReverb]

I'd have been more inclined to believe before we learned about the custom SSD. Won't come cheap

 

[ShinUltramanJ]

$399 is the magic price point. Good luck with $500+

 

[TheChronic2060]

399 as expected

 

[Fredrik]

Wasn't this what everybody assumed after the specs reveal? PS5 = $399 and XSX = $499? Lockhart = $299?

 

[Yasuke]

USD 399 is very cheap, now?

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For what's in this console?

Absolutely.

 

[ElephantShell]

Not sure I believe the source but if it does end up coming in at $600 Canadian, that would actually be pretty good.

I mean it's a lot of money but could be much worse. I'm horrified what Series X is going to run Canadians. Like $800+??

 

[Gay Bowser]

They've lost the specs battle pretty hard and the series s loses them the price battle. Feels like 399 would be a hail Mary to get some momentum

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Yes, the market leader using the same pricing they've used for their last two consoles would be a desperate Hail Mary in the face of *checks notes* coming 15% behind on flops.

 

[Baccus]

That's not /cheap /

But affordable enough to be a mass product which is in their best interests

I still think Scarlett could undercut their price

 

[Jafku1]

I don't believe the $399 price point. Would love it if it was so

 

[StudioTan]

I don't think "Canadian retailer Play N Trade" would have received any official word on the price yet, no. It's likely a placeholder price for a page that wasn't intended to be public.

That said, I don't think $399 is unlikely.

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This, it's a placeholder price.

 

[Betelgeuse]

I doubt the price has been locked down yet. Still lots of uncertainty until holiday 2020.

 

[zoodoo]

600 $CAD. Very cheap ...

Indeed.

 

[JasoNsider]

This is not a good source.

However, that would be a big surprise if it was $399 USD.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

That's a placeholder price.

It's also total horseshit.

 

[ReggieBC]

Yes, the market leader using the same pricing they've used for their last two consoles would be a desperate Hail Mary in the face of *checks notes* coming 15% behind on flops.

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lol I know eh. People are going crazy with the comments.

 

[Jerm411]

I wouldn't trust this but I do think $399 is doable and what they want to launch at....

 

[Charpunk]

Don't trust it.

Also I didn't know Play N Trade was still a thing.

 

[Garjon]

There is no way in hell the PS5 is $399 lol, the thing is a very powerful machine. Even $450 is a stretch

 

[jroc74]

I was expecting $300 after "it's very cheap."

Isn't 400 what people expect?

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Well, before the specs were mentioned in the GDC stream, most expected $499.

I still expect that, but would be very happy with 399.

 

[Sonicfan059]

Rumors, and comments from Cerny have led to expectations being $500.

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What? Cerny's comments have been that the price will be attractive to gamers.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

But I was told it would be $1000

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$399 sounds more likely.