As someone who has been buying digital and gamesharing with my bro since PS3 days, it's like Sony made this console for us. $100 cheaper and looks better than the physical edition, was an instant buy.
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The PS5 DE is still blowing my mind. How did Sony deliver the most powerful $399 console ever made under our noses?
- Thread starter Cactuar
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not for uhd
"The new console also includes a UHD BD-ROM player, with a bill of materials (BOM) cost of $33.50, versus the previous $18 conventional Blu-Ray drive."
IHS Markit Teardown Analysis: Microsoft’s Xbox One S Brings Significant Value Gains with Minimal Commercial Pain
Despite a small increase in bill-of-materials cost, the new Xbox One S delivers for consumers in terms of improved performance and features, according
www.businesswire.com
so 70$ difference in material costs + no expenses due to disc repairs(the most common fault in consoles) + increased income though digital only.
looks like a sensitive move.
I remember a lot of people insisting that a $399 price was a pipe dream and I was just like, nah, there will be a $399 version. My thinking was that if Sony wanted to experiment with higher base pricing they would have done so with the PS4 Pro. That even that, a core-focused product without the same sales expectations as a new console, was $399 told me they were committed to this price point.
Spoiler: The next 399$ console that will release will be the most powerful 399$ console, again (unless Switch 2 will be 399$). To have the most powerful hardware at that price at that time for a type of hardware that only gets refreshed every 3 years and with only two competitors for max performance will always be the most powerful at that price (unless a rival system launches at the same price with a slight tech advantage simultaneously as happened with the original Xbox One).
Just a word of caution, OP. This thread won't go down well in here. You see, ERA doesn't like PS5 DE all that much as you can already see by things that were posted. Personally, I love my PS5 DE. I paid less because I didn't require optical drive. It's an awesome idea, almost like a modular console or a PC (you pay only for what you need).
I haven't bought a game disc since PS3. I don't know anyone from my real life or online friends who buys game discs. But apparently everyone here on ERA does, like it's 1999.
I haven't bought a game disc since PS3. I don't know anyone from my real life or online friends who buys game discs. But apparently everyone here on ERA does, like it's 1999.
I have never seen anyone call the Series S a 'beast' before.
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Absolutely. If you were not digital last gen OR are extremely frugal it may still be better for you to pay the extra $100 bucks and try to save the money on used discs. I can definitely see that, I didn't go all digital until last gen.
This could very well be strategic and true. But I firmly believe when the dust settles the PS5 DE will be the highest selling SKU.
Part of me thinks that they brought the DE out at launch as a way to combat the Xbox Series S and the $299 price point. it was always in the cards, but Sony didn't want to give Microsoft market share on the cheap end.
Then again anytime I look on ebay just for kicks I see at least a 10:1 ratio of disc consoles so I'm guessing that Sony isn't pushing their digital console anyway at the moment.
Then again anytime I look on ebay just for kicks I see at least a 10:1 ratio of disc consoles so I'm guessing that Sony isn't pushing their digital console anyway at the moment.
Holy shit at the defensiveness in this post lol
People have right to dislike a digital-only model, if you can't get over it that's on you. No one is telling you to not get a Digital console lmao
I'm more impressed with the S at its price point. It's tiny. It's silent. It's incredibly powerful.
I have a digital only unit and its loud as hell. Coil whine seems to vibrate the whole machine when running.
I'll allow that :)
It's beastly in comparison with emulation favorites like the NVIDiA Shield, Raspberry pi or the SNES mini.
Really? Everyone stormed in here shitting on PS5 DE asap and I'm the defensive one? Sure, Jan.
Exactly. Not sure why I need to start constructing my Sony temple for this.
I buy discs becausd they are cheaper, period. This is not an anti digital crusade, in fact half my ps4 library is probably digital.
But Sony gave me no choice when they upped their prices to 79.99€, so I went physical for cheaper prices.
The DE is a great offer, certainly the way to go if you are digital only, but there's a lot of reason to still buy physical. There'd no need to go all "Era hates digital" and then be dismissive about buying physical.
I only started buying games on discs in 2002, so can I please have a few extra years of that? Like, until my (hopefully not too untimely) death?
Who is shitting? People are telling to OP how Sony priced the Digital model.
If explaining how things work is shitting on something then yes you are the one actually being defensive as fuck and can't get over it.
I'm fully on board the digital train and yet I can't bring myself to buy a digital only console. I need that disc option.... even if I never use it.
It's such a good deal though.... if I can find a digital version but not a disc version I'm pretty sure I'd cave. Unbelievable product.
It's such a good deal though.... if I can find a digital version but not a disc version I'm pretty sure I'd cave. Unbelievable product.
It's a wonderful console, I love my digital PS5. Incredible and fun machine. I hope more get in stock so people can find it.
It's a consumer product. What should we do? Praise them for giving us the opportunity to give them money?
This thread is fucking weird.
With their stupid-ass price increase I think it was a very easy decision to make for Sony to make a digital-only PS5.
Im confused. What are we supposed to be crediting? The wool they pull over peoples eyes that think they're saving £££ when buying the DE?
Yeah, it's pretty great that you can get a thoroughly modern console built around high-speed flash for $299. I think enthusiast forums like this miss that a lot of families are priced out of the market even at $400. Sony's answer for those people is, what, buy a PS4 for $300? I think the Series S is a much more compelling product, and I'm glad Microsoft made it.
I don't get the criticism of calling it a "stopgap." I think it's pretty clear Microsoft is moving toward a more iterative upgrade cycle. I don't think the Series S they sell in 2026 will be the same as the Series S they sell today.
The real skill was in making an uncontroversial move towards a digital only future.
It was just a console generation ago where the idea of a Xbox console that restricted sharing games with friends or buying preowned was rejected.
It's worth it to shut out competing markets.
It was just a console generation ago where the idea of a Xbox console that restricted sharing games with friends or buying preowned was rejected.
It's worth it to shut out competing markets.
Era this era that.
Physical sales are still roughly half (in most countries probably more than half) of console game sales.
But even I bought the regulra edition despite not buying discs for a long time now. Why?
Because the digital edition was barely available lmao
one of the biggest game store ps5 shipment breakdowns in my country was like 10% digital edition, rest was standard
and thats ignoring the god awful price difference in a lot of countries between PSN and in store prices
but sure, its just because era is stuck in 1999.
Seems like it to me too.
I have a DE and I like it a lot and yes OP, the price is just right. I wish you would have made a better thread title though. It seems like you are not genuine and this is a bait thread.