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I'm getting really tired of this "Pro" bullshit. The issue with the PlayStation 5 isn't the bloody specs, it the f-ing price. The PlayStation 5 Slim is $600 already, we don't need a $700 one (which it won't be, because that is US pricing and probably not including tax).

Sony needs a $350 model, not this Pro nonsense. Who is the target audience for this?

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Agreed. I’m still rocking the ps4 and enjoying its vast library of solid games. PS5 lacks games and is expensive.

They should have a $350 model with optical drive and one remote. Sell it on a plastic shopping bag for all I care.

Microsoft was upfront that they didn’t think a mid-gen price cut was in the cards, so here’s the series s, it’s what we can do and we’ll do it right now, etc.

They were right and not only have prices not really come down, but in some ways they’ve increased.

The unfortunate consequences of a post-Moores law reality. Like yeah nothing is getting 2x better for the same price even every 3-4 years anymore. Your expectations based on past history will no longer hold true, and this has been clear for a number of years now.

You can’t make a gamer understand something when his wallet depends on him not understanding it. People have been in active denial for years, in ways that have crossed into objective denial of reality. The "AMD is just choosing to join NVIDIA and gouge!" stuff has been joined by "and sony is in on it too!" etc. Yes, corporations suck but the margins are not actually very fat here, this is just what it costs now.

Not just post-Moores, it sometimes feels like a reversal.

Look at high-end gaming PCs. Monster-sized GPUs and cases. CPUs with stupendous requirements for cooling. Insane power draws. The prediction for next gen (5000 series): significantly larger power draw still.

Things are not getting smaller and faster, they're getting bigger and hotter and more power hungry.

> Who is the target audience for this?

gamers who complain about 30fps on comments sections, apparently.

And in all fairness, Xbox tried the $350 gen 9 console... it apparently caused (and still causes) huge issues for development

Which is kind of silly, given the miriad of PC and Android devices some of the same studios also target.

So they manage some potato PCs as minimum requirements but not the Series S?

I thought there would be price drops with the Pro being launched. Should've seen the writing on the wall that this is just a more expensive SKU to sell alongside the existing ones.

I'd be much more impressed if they released one that was the same size as the PS2 slim; that might, maybe, come close to being worth the price.

It would still be a bit to pricy for me, but I can see the logic. Either get the old model, at a reduced price, or get the new slimmer version at the old price. I think many would take the new model in that case, while some of those who have been waiting for the price to drop would pick up the old model at the reduced price.

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