At Sony\u2019s PlayStation 5 Showcase this afternoon, the final (and much awaited) pieces of the puzzle with regards to the console\u2019s launch have dropped: pricing and a release date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sony\u2019s next-generation console will launch on Thursday, November 12th. The full version of the console, which includes a Blu-ray disc drive, will launch at $499. Meanwhile the \u201cDigital Edition\u201d of the console, which foregoes optical storage entirely, will release for a surprising $399, a full $100 cheaper despite only giving up a disc drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will put Sony\u2019s launch 2 days after Microsoft\u2019s own Xbox Series X\/S launch, which is taking place on Tuesday, November 10th. The $499 price tag for the two companies\u2019 respective flagship consoles will put them in direct competition, while the PS5 Digital Edition\/Xbox Series S divide should prove far more interesting \u2013 if not a bit frustrating for consumers trying to make the best choice. The discless PS5 is every bit as powerful as its disc-capable sibling \u2013 making it a spoiler of sorts at $399 \u2013 whereas the Xbox Series S gets a significantly weaker GPU than the Xbox Series X. However at $299 the slimmed down console is cheaper still, and still gets to run next-gen games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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CPU<\/strong><\/td>| 8 Core AMD Zen 2 | \n @ 3.5 GHz w\/SMT<\/td> 8 Core AMD Zen 2 | \n @ 3.6 GHz \n @ 3.4 GHz w\/SMT<\/td> 8 Core AMD Zen 2 | \n @ 3.8 GHz \n @ 3.6 GHz \/wSMT<\/td><\/tr> GPU<\/strong><\/td> | 36 CU AMD RDNA2 | \n @ 2.23GHz<\/td> 20 CU AMD RDNA2 | \n @ 1.565 GHz<\/td> 52 CU AMD RDNA2 | \n @ 1.825 GHz<\/td><\/tr> GPU Throughput (FP32)<\/strong><\/td> | 10.28 TFLOPS<\/td> | 4 TFLOPS<\/td> | 12.15 TFLOPS<\/td><\/tr> | Memory<\/strong><\/td> | 16GB GDDR6 | \n @ 14Gbps<\/td> 10GB GDDR6 | \n @ 14Gbps<\/td> 16GB GDDR6 | \n @ 14Gbps<\/td><\/tr> Memory Throughput<\/strong><\/td> | 16GB@448GB\/sec | \n (256-bit)<\/td> 8GB@224GB\/sec | \n (128-bit) \n 2GB@56GB\/sec \n (32-bit)<\/td> 10GB@560GB\/sec | \n (320-bit) \n 6GB@336GB\/sec \n (192-bit)<\/td><\/tr> Storage<\/strong><\/td> | 825GB PCIe4 x4 SSD<\/td> | 512GB PCIe 4 x2 SSD<\/td> | 1TB PCIe 4 x2 SSD<\/td><\/tr> | Storage Throughput<\/strong><\/td> | 5.5GB\/sec<\/td> | 2.4GB\/sec<\/td><\/tr> | Storage Expansion<\/strong><\/td> | NVMe Slot | \n PCIe4 x4<\/td> Xbox Storage Expansion Card (1TB)<\/td><\/tr> | Disc Drive<\/strong><\/td> | 4K UHD Blu-Ray<\/td> | No<\/td> | No<\/td> | 4K UHD Blu-Ray<\/td><\/tr> | Manufacturing Process<\/strong><\/td> | TSMC 7nm<\/td> | TSMC 7nm<\/td> | TSMC 7nm<\/td> | TSMC 7nm<\/td><\/tr> | Launch Date<\/strong><\/td> | 2020\/11\/12<\/td> | 2020\/11\/10<\/td><\/tr> | Launch Price<\/strong><\/td> | $499<\/td> | $399<\/td> | $299<\/td> | $499<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n | Or if you\u2019re in the mood for a PC (a platform we\u2019re particularly partial towards), over the next couple of months we will be seeing new hardware launches there as well, including NVIDIA\u2019s $500 GeForce RTX 3070, and AMD\u2019s new RDNA2-based Radeon RX 6000 video cards. So there is no shortage of gaming hardware to be had this fall \u2013 at least if you have the cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At Sony\u2019s PlayStation 5 Showcase this afternoon, the final (and much awaited) pieces of the puzzle with regards to the console\u2019s launch have dropped: pricing and a release date. Sony\u2019s next-generation console will launch on Thursday, November 12th. The full version of the console, which includes a Blu-ray disc drive, will launch at $499. Meanwhile … Continue reading “Sony Announces PS5 Pricing: $499 For Regular Console, $399 For Digital Edition”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[1835,348],"class_list":["post-2405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronic-product","tag-ps5","tag-sony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tech-battery.com\/batteriesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |