A 2TB Digital Edition model of the PS5 appeared on Otto.de, a major online retailer in Germany, with a touching price tag of € 974.79 (or about $ 1,150).
Now before you panic and decide to buy an Xbox Series X, the list seen by GamePro is probably just a placeholder price, as the PS5 is expected to cost around $ 499. And the Digital Edition, which comes without a Blu-ray drive, is expected to cost less, with a price tag of around $ 400 to $ 450.
Sony has yet to announce the price of the next-generation console. Microsoft has not either, so both companies can play a game of cat and mouse when it comes to revealing how much their gaming machines will cost. This is despite Sony and Microsoft having different next-gen console strategies; Sony seems ready to focus on selling many PS5 consoles with next-gen gaming in mind, while Microsoft wants to set up an Xbox ecosystem that is supported with game streaming via Project xCloud.
Both the PS5 and Xbox Series X bring a lot of next-generation technology to console games, with AMD’s latest CPU and GPU architecture and support for ray tracing. But while the Xbox Series X 12 teraflops offers GPU power to the PS5’s 10.28 teraflops, Sony’s console will have a super-fast SSD and support for 3D Audio, as well as a stunning new controller in the form of the DualSense.
As such, the PS5 could demand a high price tag. But we suspect that a price of more than $ 1,000 may be a bit unrealistic. For that amount, you can get one of our picks for the best gaming PCs, which offer a lot of power, a great library of games, and double down on a solid work machine like a gaming beast.
Our sibling site Laptop Mag found that other leaks from the PS5 with 2TB of storage had the machine priced at $ 765. That’s still expensive, but it seems more realistic for a gaming console with a lot of storage space. But that price appeared on Amazon UK and was probably a placeholder as well.
Another interesting point is that the PS5 will use an 825GB super-fast SSD, with technology currently not available off-the-shelf. While that may not seem like a lot of storage space, given the current PS4 Pro comes with 1TB of hard disk storage, the fact that it uses next-generation SSD tech makes it appealing.
But some gamers may want to keep a wide range of games on their PS5, which means they have the option to get a machine with more storage space. From what we know so far, the PS5 will be expandable by using NVMe SSDs, while the Xbox Series X will require its own storage cards.
This means that while the PS5 may come with models that offer extra storage space, it can be upgraded later on the line as well. And that makes the idea of a very expensive 2TB PS5 console a bit of the money.
The PS5 is slated to launch in November, so we expect to hear more about it soon in terms of models and pricing. So far, it looks like the PS5 will be expensive, but with games like Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turismo 7 on the horizon, it may just be worth the asking price.
