Playstation 5 [PS5] [Release November 12 2020]

[zed]

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021...ess-to-ps5-stock-if-you-pay-extra-200-a-year/

Seriously why dont they just raise the price of a PS5 $100?(*)
Scalpers will prolly still happen, but greatly reduced

Its obvious by now that the supply vs demand price was set far too low

(*)It may drive some ppl off purchasing a PS5 (and perhaps forever if they are esp stubborn, how dare they raise the price blah blah)
hmmm maybe they could do what Nintendo just done, raise the price by introducing a new version. Eg release a ps5, 2TB SSD (and extra controller) for $700

 

[orangpelupa]

Probably they want to boost their internal statistics for that bestbuy program

 

[Nesh]

Seriously why dont they just raise the price of a PS5 $100?(*)
Scalpers will prolly still happen, but greatly reduced

This doesnt make any sense at all.
You are trying to eliminate scalpers by just replacing them with official scalpers.

 

[mr magoo]

This doesnt make any sense at all.
You are trying to eliminate scalpers by just replacing them with official scalpers.

fight fire with fire

 

[Globalisateur]

This doesnt make any sense at all.
You are trying to eliminate scalpers by just replacing them with official scalpers.

It does make sense. If PS5 were all 600$ there would be much less scalping so more available PS5s. And 600$ is less expensive than 800$.

 

[Nesh]

It does make sense. If PS5 were all 600$ there would be much less scalping so more available PS5s. And 600$ is less expensive than 800$.

This is just a cheaper uniform sculpting that sculpts everyone

 

[zed]

This doesnt make any sense at all.
You are trying to eliminate scalpers by just replacing them with official scalpers.

you could look at it that way, I consider it just a mispricing of a product.

Whos more deserving of the $100?

A/ The person that makes the product / provides the service etc
B/ A middleman whos exploiting a market loophole

This is not just about consoles but anything, food, cars, tshirts, concert tickets whatever

 

[Nesh]

you could look at it that way, I consider it just a mispricing of a product.

Whos more deserving of the $100?

A/ The person that makes the product / provides the service etc
B/ A middleman whos exploiting a market loophole

This is not just about consoles but anything, food, cars, tshirts, concert tickets whatever

Both are at the expense and exploitable of the consumer.
One it is at the expense of some at a higher price, the other it is as the expense of everyone at a higher price but not as high.
Both are exploitation because of the existence scalpers.
The rest is just rhetoric excuses

 

[Pete]

How about a compromise? Sony bumps PS5 prices by $100 for a year or until the shortage clears, whichever comes first. It compensates by retaining $60 new game pricing for the same period (while lowering their standard 30% cut for non-cross-gen titles to help incentivize devs and pubs to launch on a smaller platform). Gamers get potentially better availability and some of that $100 back with each new release.

The cynic in me thinks Best Buy knows availability may be better in the near future and is rolling this program out while shortages still exist. If that extended warranty covers anything you buy during the year, then it’s not a bad deal (though I think many credit cards give you an extra year of warranty).

Actually, it isn’t necessarily a good deal on an extended warranty because you need an active membership for the duration of the “up to” two years. You’d need buy a decent amount of tech at once (say, two new iPhone Pros) to justify it from a warranty standpoint (ignoring the tech suppport and product availability benefits).

 

[JPT]

Btw, what are the "updates" that the dual-sense are getting with PS5 FW upgrade? What improvements changes do they actually do?

 

[orangpelupa]

Btw, what are the "updates" that the dual-sense are getting with PS5 FW upgrade? What improvements changes do they actually do?

I only know 1: it fixes the problem where dual sense misrepresented the battery remaining power

 

[Pete]

Judging by the latest beta firmware for the Sony X900H TV (see HDTVTest’s typically excellent video) and assuming Sony are partly delaying to make their TVs look good, I guess VRR is still a ways away. Another firmware update is due by the end of the year, so there’s some hope?

Quick summary: VRR eliminates tearing but it limits the 120Hz panel to 60Hz, adds lag, and compromises local dimming. There are a few PQ and QOL improvements outside of gaming mentioned in the video.

 

[SmooTh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1451548958149459986

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/10/22/state-of-play-returns-next-wednesday/

This time out, we’ll be focusing on announcements and updates for upcoming third-party releases headed to PS5 and PS4.

The show is looking to be ~20 minutes or so, and will share new looks at previously announced games, plus a few reveals from our partners around the world.

 

[Deleted member 13524]

Goddamit Sony where's my PSVR2 reveal?

 

[orangpelupa]

Goddamit Sony where's my PSVR2 reveal?

Probably waiting until supplies are more stabilized and more 1st party launch games are ready?

 

[SmooTh]

So Q1 2022

 

[Deleted member 11852]

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/10/22/state-of-play-returns-next-wednesday/

I like these dropping out of nowhere and not being too far off. Having endured more than a decade of terrible PlayStation comms, including presentations that went on billions of years, the State of Plays are great.

 

[JPT]

So Q1 2022

Supply will not be stable by Q1 2022, if you say Q1 2023 then I would be 50/50. Q1 2024, jupp feels right.

 

[Deleted member 13524]

Takashi Mochizuki says the Playstation 5 assembly lines are slowing down because of material shortages:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ion-5-assembly-plans-after-chip-shortages-hit


Bloomberg's Japan videogame contributor hasn't been very successful with his latest precognitions though. This is the same person who originally wrote about a 4K Switch Pro releasing in 2021, for almost 2 years.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

I had the chance to get one from Curry's a month back. Having seen one in person, I couldn't reconcile the size of the thing with my interest largely being in playing PS4 games at 60 fps. But now I'm back into Apex Legends (we'll see how long that lasts!) I kinda wish I'd got one when I could!