Sony Wants A Faster Shift From PS4 To PS5 Than In Previous Generations

Sorry, but I don't see the PS5 selling for anywhere near $250 to $300.
With a 1 TB M.2 SSD (most likely 1TB as anything lower would be kinda useless), 8 Core / 16 Thread CPU, at least 16 GB of RAM (it could be more), and a GPU chip that will be around the 5700 to 5700 XT range (with Ray-Tracing from what I've heard), good luck for it to be at under $300.
Plus, having a 4K UHD Blu-Ray drive, is another upgrade.

With EVERYTHING that will be in the system, the PS5 is most likely going to be $499 to $599, easily (same price the PS3 launched at). Only this time, the price WOULD be justified.
Hell, I could even see a 2 TB system being like $699.99. And before ANYBODY says "nobody will spend that much", people spend over $1,000 on new phones, so your argument is invalid.

These will be one of the more expensive consoles released, especially with the large upgrade in technology (especially with the Ryzen CPUs), but actually have a lot of value to the cost.

And it would be even more justified if Sony can make the PS5 backward compatible with all PS4 games.
2 Console generations on 1 console will be a big plus for me

For somebody like me that never got a PS4, I'd probably get a PS5.
I'd had a wide range of PS4 games to play while I wait for some newer PS5 games.
There are MANY PS4 exclusive games that I never was able to play, and would be able to then

@matastig: Flag them. The mods can only cover so much ground, but when we find those we nuke the account.

@matastig: Makes sense they'd target the gaming community though since the whole gamergater portion of the community is clearly also incel.

@faithxvoid: for now...but i read that in 2020 - 2021 there will be a huge jump in gpus architecture from nvidia and amd which will make them much stronger than even 2080 ti, so we might be getting 60fps with ray tracing very soon.

@vega2505: you need online to access your digital games?

@vega2505: I'm sure they will continue to perform as good or better than they have been.

@ghost140: $50 for an extra label is pricey.

@ghost140: A $50 difference between Standard and Pro? Unlikely, you don’t even get that with phones.

@ghost140: I find that optimistic.

@xgalacticax: there will be no remasters as everything on PS4 will be fully compatible and playable on PS5. Thank Phil Spencer for forcing Sony to do that.

@untouchables111: it will be 499$ for sure.

and also, they should focus on 60fps and not raytracing. i dont even care for it right now.

in 2023 they should do a ps5 pro with far better gpu for raytracing.

@untouchables111: Ditching paid online is a big one. There's a number of people who didn't move from PS3 to PS4 because of paid online multiplayer, myself included.

@untouchables111: They can't loose, you say?

well... they better tighten up then! or they'll LOSE

@untouchables111: Wouldn't want PS5 to be too loose, that's for sure. Thing'll be flopping all over the place if Sony doesn't keep it tight.

@Runeweaver: I'm with ya here, I would love to see a sequel, but more than willing to wait if needed lol

@chippiez: Why $250 and not $150? Maybe even $50. Or free.

PS: It's likely going to be more than $400 considering the specs it has.

@ddesroches:

It's likely going to be $500 or $600. The specs are amazing, no way they get it lower than that.

@systemoverload: Dependant on the sale of console ? Didn't they say they would -again- sell consoles at a loss. (Like the PS3 which was considered expensive but was also the cheapest blueray player on the market for quite a while, heck, the army built a super computer out of them xD)

Software, ps+ and psnow is where they get their money.
They usually lure people with exclusives.
Their interface and networking tend to be inferior.

@systemoverload: That's like saying the local dealership will convince me to buy a new car by going to my house and smashing up my current car. If Sony did that - well, at the very least - they'd get hit with a class action lawsuit.

@systemoverload: lol. You’re joking, right?