Microsoft anticipates PS5 Slim is coming out this year
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Could be $550, sometimes $50 can go a long way!
I think that releasing a new higher end SKU allows them to maintain or bump prices while selling a second console in the generation to their most enthusiastic clients as well as those who just want the best possible PS.
Nah, Sony has multiple exclusives this year like FFXVI, Spider-Man 2 or FFVII Rebirth that will outperform Starfield. Plus smaller exclusives to address different niches like Helldivers 2, Stellar Blade, Resident Evil 4 remake VR or Granblue Fantasy Relink.
Sony will continue outperforming MS this and next year, as they did in the prevous ones.
I think that the potential release of a slim/SKU without disk drive but with a detachable add-on disk drive and a gamepad with a screen on it won't significatively affect the market. I think that Sony will continue dominating MS because of their bigger and lineup of good multiplatform and exclusive games that appeal a wider audience with different tastes.
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I still think sony will make a portable playstation just for the Japanese market imo
I think MS may have outsold the PS3 with the 360 in 2005 and 2006, globally. Other than that I'm not so sure it ever happened again.
Yes they do? They need to sell 25 million. They are not selling record amounts anymore. That's why they are discounting prices all over to move out stock faster. There's no way a $600 PS5 Pro would sell well. The PS5 is already profitable. They initially raised prices to counter off them paying for to mass produce PS5's last year to fix supply chains. They won't have such issues next year.
Prices need to be stable not keep increasing as the gen goes on.
That sounds strange to me, didn't PS3 start that gen late, or am I too stoned and missed the joke lol
Well, yes the ps3 came out about one year after the 360. After that it had to sell more to eventually catch up by 2013.
You are too stoned, or my joke is too niche for people to get it. I'm so misunderstood by the world.
PS3 was released late 2006 for NA & JP, and got released in 2007 for EU.
So yes, 360 must have outsold PS3 when PS3 still wasn't released worldwide.
Why?
Its an optional buy designed for enthusiasts. Don’t want it then buy the standard PS5.
Not remotely the same case as the PS3 or Xbone with the Kinect.
Make it more powerful and charge an extra 100 pounds.
Fine by me.
End of 2024.
MS says that, 2023, just to show "how powerful sony is and will update the PS5 before us" and try to decrease current sales with "there's Slim in a little while, wait"
MS says that, 2023, just to show "how powerful sony is and will update the PS5 before us" and try to decrease current sales with "there's Slim in a little while, wait"
My guess: PS5 slim will be released in September, with current price $499. Then the year after being dropped to $399 alongside PS5 Pro launch with $499.
