I can't remember console price INCREASES ever being a thing before this console generation. Now we're seeing it all over the world, and it's finally hit the US with this $50 increase for the new PS5 Digital Edition. Three years on, console prices should be going DOWN, not up. I guess we can thank rampant inflation for this.
No, you can thank rampant greed for that and corporate obsession with infinite growth finally smashing into a wall as the economy slows down. It's the same reason companies like Unity have done insane shit like they have or why Epic is steering it's entire company into the dead as shit Metaverse crap. They couldn't get the line to keep going up so they are just flailing in the wind and destroying perfectly profitable businesses in the process because line must go up.
Em... Disc version is cheaper 50$ if you buy. Anyway it is stealth price increase for digital edition. Maybe because it is now 1TB SSD internal. Also, if you buy disc add on for it will cost you 530$ in the end, 20$ less than Disc today. LOL. So, it is more expensive and cheaper.
Inflation = supply chain problems and greed . In this case it’s probably supply chain, but at the grocery store it’s transportation costs and greed . At the pump it’s greed and opec.
Facts! This internal storage increase should’ve been here when the ps5 first came out, not now while we already have the damn console but with less storage, it’s like they’re just trying to suck us dry out of money. It doesn’t justify it at all
They should of instead done a redesign and put a second m.2 slot in. There's no better feeling for PC gamers like myself than knowing that if I can't install some games, I just need to pay like $50 for a SSD and I'm sorted. This is why I choose PC, consoles are nice, but the design is half baked from a user point of view.
WD Black and Samsung 980 Pros have been $99 and Sony would use a lower quality drive at manufacturer cost, so yeah there's no reason it shouldn't have 2tb storage.
Sony are being a little greedy. I don't think anyone who already has a PS5 will be remotely interested in the slim anyway, just new customers won't have a choice because this new model replaces all the others.
I'm unreasonably annoyed Matt said PS3 and PS4 slim but didn't give the PS2 slim the HONOR it deserves. The PS2 slim was a true slim! It was like 70% smaller (made up % cuz I do own both chonk and slim)
And did they market any of them as “slim” officially? The PS1’s “psone” was just that, PS2 and PS3 Slim/super slim were just marketed as “PS2/PS3, and I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure PS4 slim was just PS4 as well… not sure why he expects them to call the PS5 slim a PS5 Slim all of a sudden when they’ve never done that before… And I gotta go because “slim” is starting to feel like it’s not a word anymore since I’ve said it so many times.
My day one release works just fine. The disc drive is a must since 95% of my games I buy physical and cleaning it once a year stops me from having any problems with it. I just wish game companies continue to make physical media, its an option 66% of people wont choose, but for us 33% is a big deal
Digital is only gonna become more prevalent, with physical media you own it forever, but when you buy digital games you only have a temporary license to use it. That can be taken away at Sony or Xbox discretion
yup! and getting banned for typing something stupid gets you locked out of your digital games forever. With physical media its there to stay@@braxtonbrock6430
It definitely is crap they’re raising the price for the lower one, but from a greedy business standpoint it makes sense. Adding the disk drive after the purchase is a nice option and I get the business sense for making that the reason. I think the better look would’ve been drop the disk model to $450 keep the all digital at $400 and sell the drive add on for $80. That way you don’t overtly look like you’re gouging out the bottom
Well... You don't know the cost of making the console? They are already selling the console at a loss... Hoping to make back the money through game sales. That practice isn't new since that has always been the norm in the gaming space.... However this time around these newer consoles are more advanced and expensive to make. Plus the economy is in bad shape compared to previous years.
@@blackwhite2361 bro they are literally making money of every ps5 sold and still raised prices, and the hardware was advanced in 2020 in 2023/2024 is barely low-mid end..
I quite like the idea of the drive being removable or being able to add it later if you have the digital version, it also makes it a lot easier to replace the drive if it becomes faulty somewhere down the line, but the Digital version shouldn't have gone up in price and the $30 extra for a vertical stand is an absolute joke, especially when the adverts for the new "slim" version show the console displayed vertically!.
@@SIPEROTH You don't get the stand to mount the new PS5 vertically it's an optional extra, $30 extra, it's not like the old stand that performed both functions.
I feel like you would be foolish to buy the Slim version now. You're already spending quite a bit, you're better off spending that extra 50 and getting the version with the disc drive. Even if you have no plans to play physical, it could come up in the future. Especially when certain digital games can get removed due to licenses running out, coming across a physical version on clearance(while the digital is still full price) or whatnot.
They have. I bought a disc version for my sister for 449. If people don’t buy them up, they’ll likely do another sale around the holidays or allow retailers to give crazy deals until they’re gone.
@@krislarsen6546 an internal disc drive can also be replaced anyway. thats not an issue. most systems had internal drives if not all of them. i never had any problems with any of my game systems disc drives and let me tell you that i had many of them and still have because im a collector and i have tons of systems. i dont think its worth it buy a slim over the original PS5 only because of this drive. someday the external drives for the slim wont be available anymore and the PS5 will also become outdated when new systems comes out in the next years. with the reviews and reports i saw , i prefer the original PS5 but thats a personal choice. there is also probably a PS5 PRO coming out by the end of the year. i also guess a PS6 will come out in 2025 and by that time probably the Switch 2 and a new Xbox will be out too.
Just getting a ps5 very recently. At first, hearing this news was disheartening for me cause I wanted a smaller ps5. Seeing it now, yeah I have no regrets. It's still a chonky boi
You're better off saving the money for the disc drive and vertical stand and putting it towards a 2tb storage drive which are on sale often these days and you'll have 3tb in total.... It's also worth mentioning that the new colored panels will also be $50 and I'm sure Sony will give you lots of cool colors to entice you to buy them...folks, they have effectively taken microtransactions into the hardware space.😄
Not going to lie... Unless you really REALLY like PS5, you're better off spending that money on a cheap computer with a decent motherboard so you can upgrade it down the line. The top thing that annoys me to no end on consoles is that they only have 1 storage drive, the second one is that if things like the GPU break, they basically become e-waste.
@@Deja117 people that buy consoles aren't looking to buy a PC and deal with software and upgrading components...besides, to be able to play the games that are on consoles you're going to have to spend a lot more on a decent PC which the graphics card alone can cost more than a console. Also, there are a lot of people that buy consoles for their kids and the convenience of "plug and play" and to set it up in their living room. Not to mention that not every console game is available on pc. At least not right away anyway... I don't see many people buying a hefty PC to set it up on their TV stand to play spiderman. That's the point of consoles, for people that don't want to deal with PCs.
@@Deja117I'm more of a PC guy but $500 isn't going to get you a PC that can run modern games well. It's more worthwhile to just save up for an actual good PC instead of buying a crap PC to upgrade later. Console is still the most affordable.
It's what happens when one company is an obvious top dog for years. Xbox fucked it with the One and gave Sony the time to shine. Nvidia is another great example of this.
In my head I just hope this leads to people buying the physical model for the value and this leads to the industry supporting physical media into the next few generations
I like having the disc option for my ps4 that I had it was 50/50 but why still by discs is because ur essentially renting the game if it’s digital sony/Microsoft can take that game away at anytime they won’t but if have a disc then never have to worry that becomes a problem
@@DawsonD2023 Sadly, it's not how it works from some years. Now you have to DL some files from internet regardless and if they decide to erase their game, you won't be able to and your disc will be effectively useless. Also, to play games, you need to install them anyway, which is the same as DL them directly from the store, except you still need to physically exchange your discs that at that point will become just a mean to start your games. Not to mention that some "physical" releases sometimes are just a case with a code inside to DL a game. Going physical now it's only if you want to collect the game cases for collection. 😔
@@sasuke65743 at least I can get a refund or sell the disk copy and I was thinking if want they could say u never bought game and deleted ur receipt but if have my physical receipt they can say shit
@@sasuke65743 From what I have seen, this is a rare situation. It holds true to games like the Spyro Remake where only the first game of the trilogy is actually on disk and the other 2 need to be downloaded. But 99% of games, you can still normally install and play. Some may be buggy, because you are missing a day one patch, but they are still playable from start to end. If physical media dies one day, it will be a massive loss for consumers. Sure, no problem for these millions of people who only play only one multiplayer game and nothing else, but if maybe the PS6 or whatever comes next will not have a disk drive, then the console will literally be useless after Sony shuts down the store servers. Like they already kinda did with the PSP. Atleast the download list is still available there. But also being restricted to the PS store, which has ridiculous prices, is so bad. It gives them full control over pricing.
Kevin Kenson made a great point. Sony is the only console manufacturer who has an entire home entertainment range. Receivers, speakers, TVs, headphones, subwoofers, projectors, sound bars. They OWN Blu-Ray. Microsoft, game publishers, and movie distributors need to pay them for the license. There's no way the disc drive is departing the PlayStation brand for the PS6. They're the top ecosystem player in home entertainment. I think the disc attachment is an easy way to gain that cash. The default PS6 may be digital, but they'll have a snap-on accessory like this.
@@QH96 They like to hold onto old tech despite how unwieldy it may be by today's standards, they're still using fax and floppy disks in business (even though the government is trying to encourage companies to drop floppy disk storage). They're not going to drop disc based mediums for the PS consoles any time soon.
Digital purchases are a glorified “admission ticket” to play the game you paid for until it’s taken away. I’ll always support physical releases. Sticking with current model. If anything the only reason to “upgrade” to the newer model would’ve been if they added physical ps2 and 3 backwards compatibility. As it is now it’s not worth it at all if you already have a ps5
ppl dont even understand that they can run from disk ... the required online file is a optional day one patch or the last update of game wich can e skipped if console is offline ....
I've been in a unique situation where I have beaten Sony every time they did a price increase on both the hardware and PS Plus. At least until holiday 2024 when I need to renew PS Plus and potentially buy a PS5 Pro. And those alone will probably cost between $700-800
Would have been so much cheaper for Sony, just to make the Blu-ray drive be external and USB-C. They could always say the "old" digital version can't support it, so people would still buy the new console.
No it wouldn't. Sony already makes a ton of Ultra HD Blu-Ray players and for them to make this detachable via USB-C would cost them more as they would be destroying a ton of their own products in the meantime. Why would anyone buy a Ultra HD player if they could get a datable one for the PS5 for less than 3x the price? This isn't the PS2 era where everyone was going out to buy PS2's instead of DVD players, and Sony was doing this to protect themselves and more importantly the market. Not to mention how easily this integrates with the PS5 to provide a seamless design
It's crazy that you have to buy the stand separately for even more money when the current PS5 comes with literally everything in the box for less money. So if you buy the new digital edition for $450, then add the disc drive for $80, and then the stand for $30, you will have paid right at $600 after tax.
Or you could go back to 1977 when the Atari 2600 come out and pay $853 in today's money. 😂 Everyone thinks gaming has seriously gone up in price. It's actually lowered over the years. I get it. It should be the same price for both models. But I don't think Sony want to lose physical. So they make that option look better priced. Which it is.
@@Hairylovespuds What does any of what you just said have to do with them not including the vertical stand in the box anymore and charging you $30 for it, regardless of which model PS5 you buy? Are you really defending the practice of Sony intentionally removing a feature the system already comes with, and then selling it back to you at a premium price?
@@Benefits You do realise the console can stand vertically by it own just fine right? You don't actually need a stand. The old stand helped the console more horizontally than vertically but now that they used a different method to keep it horizontal they see no reason to keep giving a stand for something that the console doesn't really need.
@@SIPEROTH Please stop lying. We already have demo display units of these at the Best Buy I work at. They do not stand on their own. If you want this version of the PS5 vertical, the stand is 100% required. The bottom isn't completely flat on the new one and it falls down if you try to stand it up vertically without the stand.
This is not an upgrade or a downgrade, its just another PS5. If your only incentive to buying this is the 1TB storage - guess what? You can buy a 4TB external hard drive for a 1/3 of the price of the console. This PS5 slim is for people who don't have a PS5 yet, not an upgrade or replacement for people who already have a PS5.
Im not going to defend the base digital price increase, but i think the separate drive being $80 is fair, given the prices of standalone 4k bluray drives
It’s cheaper to get the disc one for $500 all in instead of getting the digital one for $450, plus $80 for the disc drive attachment; that’s $530 total. It’s more cost effective to buy the $500 one than the $450 one; you’ll always want to save $30. I read all about it. Idk if it’ll include Astro’s Playroom too.
@@mariokart8715 If little Jimmy's mommy doesn't want to spend $500 for a PS5 for him when he wants the disc version she can buy him the $450 then little Jimmy can save up money to give the drive later. If the PS5s slim will draw less power than the current version then that could be acceptable when gaming if a person lives where power is expensive.
Agreed to all the mentioned points. Not a Pro model. Shouldn't cost more. The one thing you guys failed to mention, was. Should a new purchaser of a PS5 by the old model over the new model?
Literally!! I watched because I’m buying a PlayStation for the first time ever and ended the video with still being unsure if I should get this new one or the old model
Because they're looking at the market which currently is telling them that 80% of sales is coming from digital...if they didn't give people the option of a disc drive they would have gotten a lot of backlash if the PS5 released with just 1 all digital console... and they would have lost part of the market that has slow or no Internet like in rural cities and countries... I have a friend in Iran that says he has to go to a library or some communication center to use the Internet and even then he's only allowed 1 hr...they are very strict over there when it comes to media consumption.
for those that want disc version off the bat then its $30 cheaper vs buying it separately( it is cheaper for them too as they package everything in same box not 2 separate packaging etc).
Sony has never officially called their consoles slim before. That’s just a small mistake, it was named slim by the community. They’ve always just called it the refreshed model of the console
@@RT-bt5ql that one was nicknamed “PS2 Slimline” by Sony but it’s official name on boxes and stores was just PS2. That is the closest one to actually being called slim though
@@danmac0 all of which are not official names. The official names are PS2 Slimline, PS3, and PS4. The use of slim is completely community made based on PS2 being called slimline. The term slim is not official
I’m a gamer that had a PS5 on day 1…I’m offended he said that no gamers had one for a year. Sony is over monetizing their brand and it’s going to cost them.
I think the new PS5 model won't be cheaper until after Christmas, around the middle of 2024, Sony also wants people to buy remaining stocks of the normal PS5 and doesn't want all customers to wait until this "slim" model is available. imho
They don’t care about the digital PS5, less than 10% of PS5 sold have been digital models. So they held firm the price on the disc model sku and increased the digital one.
Yeah, it does help with repairability. Disc drives are very common to break on consoles. I do wonder if it has a replaceable SSD, because if not it would still be very bad.
What a joke Sony has become, not even a price drop. Not to mention increasing the price of PS Plus, which is bad enough. And in America we are in the middle of a recession, and fighting a major immigration problem. How are people affording this?
Xbox really doesn't get enough credit for how impressive the Series S is from a consumer standpoint. People constantly bring up it's technical constraints (as if the fastest selling console isn't one that's still weaker than the XOne/PS4 and PC just never had different hardware), but the fact that they actually dropped a new console that's significantly smaller and cheaper is amazing because it's the trend of technological innovation we're supposed to be seeing but just haven't in the past several years.
traded that caca for a ps5. bought it for 150 bucks from verizon and then gamestop gave me 250 trade in credit for a 450 ps5 during a sale. best investment since the potato s sucks.
Series S is going to be an issue once we start seeing actual current-gen games consistently. The consoles have existed for years and we still don't have a lot of current-gen exclusive titels especially AAA
The Series S is crapped on because of the constraint that Microsoft places on game makers that games made for the Series X have to run on the Series S as well, with all features being the same (resolutions can be different). So games get dragged down on the Series X for the sake of the S. Baldur's Gate 3 almost didn't happen on the Xbox because they couldn't get the split screen feature to work on the Series S, but they got an exemption to only include it on the X.
you're blatantly lying. All features being the same but resolution? There are games that differ on resolution, frame rate and even texture quality, RT and effects. Again: you're just lying @@mda187
There was never a "SLIM" version in the actual name of the consoles, all of them were just slimmer versions of the regular console. But of course not just slimmer but also cheaper to produce.
When the PS4 slim and XB1S came out they were improved over the original and cheaper than when the original consoles released. Even MS is doing this with the all digital X comes out. Same $499 price with no disk drive. The 2TB SSD is nice tho.
Wym? Nothing about the slim really changed minus what they talked about. Storage and detachable disc drive. You think the performance is going up or something? 😂 nah, we better hope it doesn’t go down due to any thermal throttling
it's good because ... like I just found out when your disc drive dies in less than 2 years and you are screwed, you could just get another drive for $80 instead of a new system for $500 which I'm now stuck doing
@@itsmatt517 But True. But in the long run it makes sense. You're also getting something you can work with. You are less limited in games you can get. Many games are free. You're not as limited by the shortcomings of a specific system. Just my opinion. A gaming laptop makes more sense.
The only reason they increased the price is cause they were selling ps5’s at a loss for a long time because they over engineered it and wanted to get as many out as possible to beat Microsoft now they’re trying to make a profit on it
This is 1 console. It is a digital only console. With Detatchable Disc Drive. You can buy it pre assembled for cheaper. Or buy the standalone model and install it yourself for 80$ Think of Xbox 360 days. One came with a hard drive. One did not. (But you could install it yourself.)
Bottom line is I'm not buying either console cause it's relativity not "new" just the same console with slight of hand add-ons and I'm not getting baited. Unless the new PS5 performs greater and provides outstanding tech than, the pre-launch one. I ain't wasting money on it.
Bro what is with the playstation shilling? Are we really justifying sony taking a disk drive out by 50 bucks, reselling YOU the damn thing for 80USD (and don't forget it costs 120€ in Europe, no joke), plus 30USD if you want the actual stand and they calling this "new and better" in the advertising? What?!
I don’t own a Ps5 and was specifically waiting for a slim variant. This doesn’t really seem that much slimmer so I’m a bit underwhelmed ngl. Do I buy the slim or the base PS5 in a bundle deal. I can get PS5 with a game and controller for £410.
It’s not that much of a difference just wait for reviews but it might be kinda hard to get a slim version after it’s out and I usually don’t get new devices when released because the first batch always has problems I would rather wait until they improve the slim or maybe make a pro version 😂
Ok what I’m really curious about is if the disc drive being sold for the digital version means easy repair/swap of a broken disc drive on the non-digital version. Easy, user-accessible repairs is always a win!
It shouldn't be any different than any other disk drive but judging by the images of the drive the difficulty will be taking it out of the housing. Knowing Sony, they won't make that easy with a few simple screws...they likely have it sealed so you can go buy a new one instead of fixing it.😄
@@Fetidaf we're not talking about the console itself, just the attachable disc drive. It's in that proprietary enclosure. If they wanted to they can seal the drive inside or simply make it very difficult for anyone to open where you even might need to break it open, then again, not many console buyers are technically savvy to even try to fix it themselves, especially kids; but we won't know for sure until November I guess.
@@Fetidaf given that they're selling the disc drive for $80 they likely wouldn't make it easy for someone to open it since they would want you to buy a new one instead. Not to mention that having someone repair it would cost more than $80 anyway. It's strategically priced that way for a reason.
Is this new PS5 Slim more power efficient? Runs cooler when thermals go up? Less prone to hardware failures? Like most other slim versions hope that is the case.
I don't think I'll bother replacing my current PS5. I already have an extra 1TB installed, and the cooling in the new PS5 may actually be worse due to the smaller volume.
Definitely. Minimising the outside structure of the PS5, can only have either no effect or negative effect on the performance. So owning the original is preferable in my opinion.
I'm still wondering if Sony will make plates for the older models still or if they will allow us to complain about them making plates that don't work for the original models
If they would of made the digital version $420 (blaze it) instead of $450 i think it would of been much better received. Even if it was $430 it would still be relatively reasonable. As it is now you would be better waiting a little longer and buying the one bundled with the drive.
The PS3 Slim and the PS4 Slim were not called "Slim" by Sony. No Playstation has ever offically been called the "Slim" model. The PS2 Slim was called the "Slim" in some marketing but Slim was not part of the model.
A big reason they make slims is not only to stay updated with factory manufacturing processes & most available off-the-shelf parts, but also the logistics of shipping. Make no mistake, shipping millions of original PS5's in those HUGE boxes costs a LOT of money. Sony is DEFINITELY saving a ton of money per unit by shipping significantly smaller boxes. More units in less shipping containers. But yeah this time we're not really getting any savings passed on. Though I guess the much smaller size is worth something in your home lol I always kinda thought the original PS3 Fat to PS3 Slim was underwhelming, a LOT of features were cut out like the full PS2 backwards compatibility, removal of the memory card readers, and it felt a lot cheaper than the (admittedly easy to scratch) original. But then I remembered the original was $$500-600 at launch and the slim was $300 lol That price reduction more than makes up for it. That said I still think the original PS2 to PS2 Slim is the greatest "slim" update ever to a console. It even still looks great to this day, so small.
This was a very underwhelming announcement. I had friends hold off on buying a PS5 simply because a “Slim” version would be announced soon and normally they’re cheaper. With the PS4 we had the Pro and Slim launch which gave people who wanted a cheaper model a chance to buy one and then the Pro model gave current PS4 owners an option to upgrade to something better. This is none of those things. The extra 125GB of storage is nice and frankly it should have been 1TB from beginning but we already have the ability to upgrade our storage capacity with an M.2 SSD. This new model brings nothing to the table besides the removable disk drive. Again a nice feature but nothing to go crazy about either. My advice to most is to see if any retailers will discount the older models enough to warrant buying them and to avoid the new ones, especially if you were wanting to go with the digital only option.
Bought the standard disc version for Spiderman 2 a few days before this one was announced. Considering how meticulous and important space management is for me personally. Even the smallest space savings help. I will be returning the one I just got and getting the "new" standard model when it releases next month. Although my reaction to this announcement was a feeling of being underwhelmed and annoyance. Why up charge $50 for the digital version? These things should be getting cheaper. Not going up. Regardless of inflation or other factors, I would expect to see some savings considering how fast and many they've sold of these up until this point.
I’d wait for a teardown. My main complaint with any new consoles is heat/thermal management. They run just as hot as a gaming pc these days, and from that aspect I have to say.. get a pc lol 😂
I think that's a pretty stupid idea. Even if the Slim model's drive is 1TB, that extra space, won't last you a whole lot considering, how large games are nowadays. You'd be getting around 100-150GB extra, compared to the current model, which is about 1-2 extra games installed. And let's not forget, it costs virtually the same ammount of money, as the current model as well. It's cheaper if you get the digital edition, but if you ever decide to buy a disc drive for it, and/or an additional stand, to position the console vertically, it'll cost you more than any disc drive model. My advice is to just keep the current console you already have.
It's not going to have 1TB of usable space. There will be just under a 200GB difference (670GB vs probably 850ish). A 1TB Gen4 NVME can be had for under $100 and with both models I feel it's pretty recommended.
people will argue with me but Nintendo had the best "refresh" so far with the Better Battery Redbox switch and OLED Switch no idea what microsoft is gonna do (if they do anything at all) but the bar is set kinda low from sony
you haven't heard/seen the xbox series refresh? xbox series s 1tb ssd, no difference in appearance to current, xbox series x 2tb ssd, gone from box shape to round and now a digital version, both have new controllers and same price as original launch price
Not offering the BR add-on for the original PS5 Digital is a big middile finger for those early adopters. Not sure how many of the 40m PS5s sodle were digital, but im sure its a large #.
Digital gang here. I never wanted to buy discs, but new people getting the option is giving me a bit of envy. Of course I paid 400 instead of 560 (vertical is the way)
It’s not a middle finger. Digital buyers CHOSE from the onset to have a diskless console. There was never any thought that that feature was coming them to begin with so why should this announcement change that? It’s better to create an integrated attachable disk drive than to have a separate drive dangling off to the side connected via usb-c. Less efficient and definitely less elegant
@@GreatBeyond74 consoles are literally one of the only things left in the modern world built to last till the next generation, why would they intentionally jeopardise that for a disc drive?
I would never go digital!! Your basically renting a license to play the games!! You never really own them!! When their servers have problems or go down you will be stuck waiting for them to fix it!! Disc copies are yours and you can take them anywhere!! You actually own them!!!
First of all, the slim versions that have always released halfway through the console generation have always dropped at a lower price, but not this time. More importantly, previous generations have always had more exclusives, there is still practically no reason to own a PS5, most of its library is PS4 games.
Hi, I am planning to buy PS5... Should I wait for new PS5 Slim or I should go for Original PS5 which is already in market. Please suggest which one should I buy...... ?
The 50$ price increase hitting the US now has hit the whole world last year. The Disc version in the US still has not increased in price. Be happy about THAT and just deal with it.
here is the question: why would you pay $80 for a disk drive that you have to manually install on the digital edition, instead of just paying for the disk version on the off chance that oyu use it at some point? Also, those "upgrades" you mentioned are not really upgrades. no mass manufacturer is selling 800GB SSDs, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, are what the mass market is going with. So its actually cheaper for them to go with a 1tb drive. USB ports are like $5-$10 value retail. so really what you have is something that has a smailler manufactur cost for more money. THE ONLY reason to pick one of these up is if you don't already have a PS5.
Well, the prices of chips ain't going down like before and the inflation is insane. I'm amazed that the current gen consoles aren't more expensive, actually. Freaking phones cost $1000+ and powerful console hardware is much much cheaper.
I’m personally done buying discs. I have the ps4 disc version but I’m replacing it with the digital only edition. All the discs are today are installers. Either way you take up the same space on the drive it seems.
I think hindsight has taught us due to the more complex cooling and internals compared the Original PS5, the $50 upcharge for the Digital Version is to somewhat pay for those engineering changes, as well as attempt to profit from the hardware.
I have a PS5 with the drive already, but if I did not, I guess I would just pay whatever the cost is because I did not have one. Planning on doing a water cooled and lighting mod to it anyway. The benefits to having a drive that ports in already worked out would be nice, but I am not paying extra for that. Also since I got my about a year an a half ago when they were still rare, I paid more than you would pay for the slim, but not a ridiculous more like some idiots. That I paid for on my 3070s. Lucky you.
I can't remember console price INCREASES ever being a thing before this console generation. Now we're seeing it all over the world, and it's finally hit the US with this $50 increase for the new PS5 Digital Edition. Three years on, console prices should be going DOWN, not up. I guess we can thank rampant inflation for this.
No, you can thank rampant greed for that and corporate obsession with infinite growth finally smashing into a wall as the economy slows down. It's the same reason companies like Unity have done insane shit like they have or why Epic is steering it's entire company into the dead as shit Metaverse crap. They couldn't get the line to keep going up so they are just flailing in the wind and destroying perfectly profitable businesses in the process because line must go up.
Not even inflation, just outright greed.
Also greed
Em... Disc version is cheaper 50$ if you buy. Anyway it is stealth price increase for digital edition. Maybe because it is now 1TB SSD internal. Also, if you buy disc add on for it will cost you 530$ in the end, 20$ less than Disc today. LOL. So, it is more expensive and cheaper.
Inflation = supply chain problems and greed . In this case it’s probably supply chain, but at the grocery store it’s transportation costs and greed . At the pump it’s greed and opec.
Should have been 2Tb storage to justify the price. Ssds are so cheap this days.
Facts! This internal storage increase should’ve been here when the ps5 first came out, not now while we already have the damn console but with less storage, it’s like they’re just trying to suck us dry out of money. It doesn’t justify it at all
They should of instead done a redesign and put a second m.2 slot in. There's no better feeling for PC gamers like myself than knowing that if I can't install some games, I just need to pay like $50 for a SSD and I'm sorted. This is why I choose PC, consoles are nice, but the design is half baked from a user point of view.
WD Black and Samsung 980 Pros have been $99 and Sony would use a lower quality drive at manufacturer cost, so yeah there's no reason it shouldn't have 2tb storage.
Sony are being a little greedy. I don't think anyone who already has a PS5 will be remotely interested in the slim anyway, just new customers won't have a choice because this new model replaces all the others.
@@Lodi_ko_na_aking_ipagmamalaki🤣🤣🤣
I'm unreasonably annoyed Matt said PS3 and PS4 slim but didn't give the PS2 slim the HONOR it deserves. The PS2 slim was a true slim! It was like 70% smaller (made up % cuz I do own both chonk and slim)
What about the PSone?
And did they market any of them as “slim” officially?
The PS1’s “psone” was just that, PS2 and PS3 Slim/super slim were just marketed as “PS2/PS3, and I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure PS4 slim was just PS4 as well… not sure why he expects them to call the PS5 slim a PS5 Slim all of a sudden when they’ve never done that before…
And I gotta go because “slim” is starting to feel like it’s not a word anymore since I’ve said it so many times.
@geterhero yeah Sony have never used the name slim for the consoles or have it printed on the box.
Facts lol I still have mine
Chonk 😂😂
My day one release works just fine. The disc drive is a must since 95% of my games I buy physical and cleaning it once a year stops me from having any problems with it. I just wish game companies continue to make physical media, its an option 66% of people wont choose, but for us 33% is a big deal
Digital is only gonna become more prevalent, with physical media you own it forever, but when you buy digital games you only have a temporary license to use it. That can be taken away at Sony or Xbox discretion
@@braxtonbrock6430 Yes, they banned my old account and I lost all my games.
yup! and getting banned for typing something stupid gets you locked out of your digital games forever. With physical media its there to stay@@braxtonbrock6430
Yea im all digital. Way more easier.
It definitely is crap they’re raising the price for the lower one, but from a greedy business standpoint it makes sense. Adding the disk drive after the purchase is a nice option and I get the business sense for making that the reason. I think the better look would’ve been drop the disk model to $450 keep the all digital at $400 and sell the drive add on for $80. That way you don’t overtly look like you’re gouging out the bottom
this
Sony taking a move out of Apple’s playbook. This is part of their business model now.
Well... You don't know the cost of making the console?
They are already selling the console at a loss... Hoping to make back the money through game sales.
That practice isn't new since that has always been the norm in the gaming space....
However this time around these newer consoles are more advanced and expensive to make. Plus the economy is in bad shape compared to previous years.
@@blackwhite2361 bro they are literally making money of every ps5 sold and still raised prices, and the hardware was advanced in 2020 in 2023/2024 is barely low-mid end..
I quite like the idea of the drive being removable or being able to add it later if you have the digital version, it also makes it a lot easier to replace the drive if it becomes faulty somewhere down the line, but the Digital version shouldn't have gone up in price and the $30 extra for a vertical stand is an absolute joke, especially when the adverts for the new "slim" version show the console displayed vertically!.
They show it vertical because it can stand vertical whether you have a stand or not. Do people forget that PS5 can stand vertically?
@@SIPEROTH You don't get the stand to mount the new PS5 vertically it's an optional extra, $30 extra, it's not like the old stand that performed both functions.
I feel like you would be foolish to buy the Slim version now. You're already spending quite a bit, you're better off spending that extra 50 and getting the version with the disc drive.
Even if you have no plans to play physical, it could come up in the future. Especially when certain digital games can get removed due to licenses running out, coming across a physical version on clearance(while the digital is still full price) or whatnot.
@@SakuraAvalonExactly this.
And your gf or whoever can get you the drive for a holiday present 👍🏻
Not lowering the price in the old models is wild.
Small memory increase and another USB 😅
The old models have been on sale for a few weeks now
They have. I bought a disc version for my sister for 449. If people don’t buy them up, they’ll likely do another sale around the holidays or allow retailers to give crazy deals until they’re gone.
Even that who wanna buy it will still gose on,they knows how this shit running 😂
They’re discontinuing the old models when these release
I love the fact that the disc drive is detachable. Because the disc drive is actually a part that tends to have something go wrong with it Over time.
i still have dreamcast , sega cd , sega saturn , wii , original xbox and more and the drives still works fine on them.
@@maniaque37well yes but remember that moving parts are the most at risk for wear and tear.
@@krislarsen6546 an internal disc drive can also be replaced anyway. thats not an issue. most systems had internal drives if not all of them. i never had any problems with any of my game systems disc drives and let me tell you that i had many of them and still have because im a collector and i have tons of systems. i dont think its worth it buy a slim over the original PS5 only because of this drive. someday the external drives for the slim wont be available anymore and the PS5 will also become outdated when new systems comes out in the next years. with the reviews and reports i saw , i prefer the original PS5 but thats a personal choice. there is also probably a PS5 PRO coming out by the end of the year. i also guess a PS6 will come out in 2025 and by that time probably the Switch 2 and a new Xbox will be out too.
I've had a PS2 and 3 for years. The disk drive hasn't gone out just me scratching the discs
Just getting a ps5 very recently. At first, hearing this news was disheartening for me cause I wanted a smaller ps5. Seeing it now, yeah I have no regrets. It's still a chonky boi
Exactly. After owning an Xbox 360 I have no issue with the the size of my OG PS5 which I only bought a couple of weeks ago
So basically, your best bet is to buy the current version NOW.
Yes
Or the slim disc version I wouldn't touch the digital version a 50$ increase smh
@@Bond007eryea I’ll get the one with the disc drive already on it
@HaveAnAmicoDay ps5 was on sale when the slim revealed. i think that was what he meant.
You're better off saving the money for the disc drive and vertical stand and putting it towards a 2tb storage drive which are on sale often these days and you'll have 3tb in total....
It's also worth mentioning that the new colored panels will also be $50 and I'm sure Sony will give you lots of cool colors to entice you to buy them...folks, they have effectively taken microtransactions into the hardware space.😄
Not going to lie... Unless you really REALLY like PS5, you're better off spending that money on a cheap computer with a decent motherboard so you can upgrade it down the line. The top thing that annoys me to no end on consoles is that they only have 1 storage drive, the second one is that if things like the GPU break, they basically become e-waste.
@@Deja117 people that buy consoles aren't looking to buy a PC and deal with software and upgrading components...besides, to be able to play the games that are on consoles you're going to have to spend a lot more on a decent PC which the graphics card alone can cost more than a console.
Also, there are a lot of people that buy consoles for their kids and the convenience of "plug and play" and to set it up in their living room. Not to mention that not every console game is available on pc. At least not right away anyway...
I don't see many people buying a hefty PC to set it up on their TV stand to play spiderman. That's the point of consoles, for people that don't want to deal with PCs.
Not sony forgetting that paint exists smh
@@dajam9035 not sure what you mean.🤔
@@Deja117I'm more of a PC guy but $500 isn't going to get you a PC that can run modern games well. It's more worthwhile to just save up for an actual good PC instead of buying a crap PC to upgrade later. Console is still the most affordable.
PS slowly becoming Apple 2.0 with its new changes and ways to make consumers pay more for seperate stuff.
It's been lol
It's what happens when one company is an obvious top dog for years. Xbox fucked it with the One and gave Sony the time to shine.
Nvidia is another great example of this.
every great company that has different features-like always been like that. Sony with their exclusive, apple with their ios, etc
These don't come with a stand?
If Apple make a console gaming, they Will charge you 1500 usd just for the console itself
In my head I just hope this leads to people buying the physical model for the value and this leads to the industry supporting physical media into the next few generations
I like having the disc option for my ps4 that I had it was 50/50 but why still by discs is because ur essentially renting the game if it’s digital sony/Microsoft can take that game away at anytime they won’t but if have a disc then never have to worry that becomes a problem
@@DawsonD2023 Sadly, it's not how it works from some years. Now you have to DL some files from internet regardless and if they decide to erase their game, you won't be able to and your disc will be effectively useless. Also, to play games, you need to install them anyway, which is the same as DL them directly from the store, except you still need to physically exchange your discs that at that point will become just a mean to start your games. Not to mention that some "physical" releases sometimes are just a case with a code inside to DL a game.
Going physical now it's only if you want to collect the game cases for collection. 😔
@@sasuke65743 at least I can get a refund or sell the disk copy and I was thinking if want they could say u never bought game and deleted ur receipt but if have my physical receipt they can say shit
@@sasuke65743 sadly this is the truth now.. :(
@@sasuke65743 From what I have seen, this is a rare situation. It holds true to games like the Spyro Remake where only the first game of the trilogy is actually on disk and the other 2 need to be downloaded. But 99% of games, you can still normally install and play. Some may be buggy, because you are missing a day one patch, but they are still playable from start to end. If physical media dies one day, it will be a massive loss for consumers. Sure, no problem for these millions of people who only play only one multiplayer game and nothing else, but if maybe the PS6 or whatever comes next will not have a disk drive, then the console will literally be useless after Sony shuts down the store servers. Like they already kinda did with the PSP. Atleast the download list is still available there. But also being restricted to the PS store, which has ridiculous prices, is so bad. It gives them full control over pricing.
For anyone else wondering... That thing Matt had was the Inmorven TF01 bladeless tower fan.
Non of the redesigned slim consoles where called slim officially.
thank you! that's the first thing I thought
yeah thats what i thought, i never saw "slim" branding on any of them, i have a ps3 slim and it doesnt say "slim" anywhere
This guy is a fool
Yes. PS3 had a slim and super slim…
The ps4 slim is advertised as ps4 slim on the official PlayStation website. So I don’t what you’re talking about 🤷🏻♂️
Kevin Kenson made a great point. Sony is the only console manufacturer who has an entire home entertainment range. Receivers, speakers, TVs, headphones, subwoofers, projectors, sound bars. They OWN Blu-Ray. Microsoft, game publishers, and movie distributors need to pay them for the license.
There's no way the disc drive is departing the PlayStation brand for the PS6. They're the top ecosystem player in home entertainment. I think the disc attachment is an easy way to gain that cash. The default PS6 may be digital, but they'll have a snap-on accessory like this.
The japanese also tend to be extremely conservative with phasing out technology
@@QH96 They like to hold onto old tech despite how unwieldy it may be by today's standards, they're still using fax and floppy disks in business (even though the government is trying to encourage companies to drop floppy disk storage). They're not going to drop disc based mediums for the PS consoles any time soon.
@@UltimateGattai I find it wild that they still use fax. Fax is considered ancient in the UK
Digital purchases are a glorified “admission ticket” to play the game you paid for until it’s taken away. I’ll always support physical releases. Sticking with current model. If anything the only reason to “upgrade” to the newer model would’ve been if they added physical ps2 and 3 backwards compatibility. As it is now it’s not worth it at all if you already have a ps5
ppl dont even understand that they can run from disk ... the required online file is a optional day one patch or the last update of game wich can e skipped if console is offline ....
PS5 digital edition price increase to $449. Vertical stand now sold separately at $29. Disc drive at $79
Sony is being so greedy here
Not really, people just being irresponsible by paying for it and more
@@usmans6446did you really just say not really? Smh lol I see why companies hustle consumers….literal sheep
that was whole point, i am not sure why you tried to turn it around on me lol@@bdotvisualz7461
I've been in a unique situation where I have beaten Sony every time they did a price increase on both the hardware and PS Plus. At least until holiday 2024 when I need to renew PS Plus and potentially buy a PS5 Pro. And those alone will probably cost between $700-800
At a 700 to 800 dollar price point just get a pc lmfao
@@frankmundo4300 I have a Steam Deck which technically counts as a PC. But you're not wrong 😅
Would have been so much cheaper for Sony, just to make the Blu-ray drive be external and USB-C. They could always say the "old" digital version can't support it, so people would still buy the new console.
Or be better and allow it to be used by the PS5 Digital version.
Would be to easy 🤪
woulda been better but not sure where your math comes in that it would be cheaper.
No it wouldn't. Sony already makes a ton of Ultra HD Blu-Ray players and for them to make this detachable via USB-C would cost them more as they would be destroying a ton of their own products in the meantime. Why would anyone buy a Ultra HD player if they could get a datable one for the PS5 for less than 3x the price? This isn't the PS2 era where everyone was going out to buy PS2's instead of DVD players, and Sony was doing this to protect themselves and more importantly the market. Not to mention how easily this integrates with the PS5 to provide a seamless design
@@kingzach74? Sony confirmed it can but it’s 80.00 but if they use usb c it’s bad bc some head set uses usb c
I'm satisfied with my og original disc ps5. The only improvement I actually see is the size other than that very odd decisions
Same here
I just got 1 last month that came with God of War Ragnarok for $400 & im extremely satisfied...People must have money to throw away lol
Wow this makes the original PS5 Disc Edition even more valuable.
It's crazy that you have to buy the stand separately for even more money when the current PS5 comes with literally everything in the box for less money. So if you buy the new digital edition for $450, then add the disc drive for $80, and then the stand for $30, you will have paid right at $600 after tax.
Or you could go back to 1977 when the Atari 2600 come out and pay $853 in today's money. 😂
Everyone thinks gaming has seriously gone up in price. It's actually lowered over the years.
I get it. It should be the same price for both models. But I don't think Sony want to lose physical. So they make that option look better priced. Which it is.
@@Hairylovespuds What does any of what you just said have to do with them not including the vertical stand in the box anymore and charging you $30 for it, regardless of which model PS5 you buy?
Are you really defending the practice of Sony intentionally removing a feature the system already comes with, and then selling it back to you at a premium price?
There will soon be cheaper third party stands flooding the market guaranteed..
@@Benefits You do realise the console can stand vertically by it own just fine right?
You don't actually need a stand.
The old stand helped the console more horizontally than vertically but now that they used a different method to keep it horizontal they see no reason to keep giving a stand for something that the console doesn't really need.
@@SIPEROTH Please stop lying. We already have demo display units of these at the Best Buy I work at. They do not stand on their own. If you want this version of the PS5 vertical, the stand is 100% required. The bottom isn't completely flat on the new one and it falls down if you try to stand it up vertically without the stand.
This is not an upgrade or a downgrade, its just another PS5. If your only incentive to buying this is the 1TB storage - guess what? You can buy a 4TB external hard drive for a 1/3 of the price of the console. This PS5 slim is for people who don't have a PS5 yet, not an upgrade or replacement for people who already have a PS5.
Im not going to defend the base digital price increase, but i think the separate drive being $80 is fair, given the prices of standalone 4k bluray drives
It’s cheaper to get the disc one for $500 all in instead of getting the digital one for $450, plus $80 for the disc drive attachment; that’s $530 total. It’s more cost effective to buy the $500 one than the $450 one; you’ll always want to save $30. I read all about it. Idk if it’ll include Astro’s Playroom too.
In my region (atleast in germany), the external drive is 120€ wich currently translates to $127, and I think that is way too much
@@mariokart8715EXACTLY 😅😅
@@mariokart8715 If little Jimmy's mommy doesn't want to spend $500 for a PS5 for him when he wants the disc version she can buy him the $450 then little Jimmy can save up money to give the drive later. If the PS5s slim will draw less power than the current version then that could be acceptable when gaming if a person lives where power is expensive.
@@mariokart8715for some people saving 100 usd and losing 30 along the way is worth it
Several of my PS3’s and 4s had a broken disc drive after a few years. Being able to just exchange the disc drive is an improvement
Not when you must have an internet connection to pair it out of the box. That’s trash
Agreed to all the mentioned points. Not a Pro model. Shouldn't cost more.
The one thing you guys failed to mention, was. Should a new purchaser of a PS5 by the old model over the new model?
Literally!! I watched because I’m buying a PlayStation for the first time ever and ended the video with still being unsure if I should get this new one or the old model
Why did they need to make the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5 digital if they’re allowing you to buy disc drive separately if you wanted to
Because they're looking at the market which currently is telling them that 80% of sales is coming from digital...if they didn't give people the option of a disc drive they would have gotten a lot of backlash if the PS5 released with just 1 all digital console...
and they would have lost part of the market that has slow or no Internet like in rural cities and countries... I have a friend in Iran that says he has to go to a library or some communication center to use the Internet and even then he's only allowed 1 hr...they are very strict over there when it comes to media consumption.
for those that want disc version off the bat then its $30 cheaper vs buying it separately( it is cheaper for them too as they package everything in same box not 2 separate packaging etc).
Sony has never officially called their consoles slim before. That’s just a small mistake, it was named slim by the community. They’ve always just called it the refreshed model of the console
PS2 slim
@@RT-bt5ql that one was nicknamed “PS2 Slimline” by Sony but it’s official name on boxes and stores was just PS2. That is the closest one to actually being called slim though
ps2 slim, ps3 slim, ps4 slim...
@@danmac0 all of which are not official names. The official names are PS2 Slimline, PS3, and PS4. The use of slim is completely community made based on PS2 being called slimline. The term slim is not official
PSP Slim/Slim & Lite: Are we a joke to you?
I’m a gamer that had a PS5 on day 1…I’m offended he said that no gamers had one for a year.
Sony is over monetizing their brand and it’s going to cost them.
We all agree consoles don't make money, selling at a lost 99% of the time. Why do we always here Sony is selling 100 million more units😅
The slim versions arent sold at a loss, only launch versions.
You can tell that Jim Ryan it’s behind all this price for Sony
I think the new PS5 model won't be cheaper until after Christmas, around the middle of 2024, Sony also wants people to buy remaining stocks of the normal PS5 and doesn't want all customers to wait until this "slim" model is available. imho
That could explain the prices to clear all old stock
They don’t care about the digital PS5, less than 10% of PS5 sold have been digital models.
So they held firm the price on the disc model sku and increased the digital one.
All I hear is crying about something that’s not even out yet.
It says in Sony's own video where they showed this saying , ( SAME IMMERSIVE POWER. NEW SLIMMER SIZE ) so these are in fact the PS5 slim .
I mean I guess if the disc drive brakes you can replace it easier. I guess maybe.... 🤔
Yeah, it does help with repairability. Disc drives are very common to break on consoles. I do wonder if it has a replaceable SSD, because if not it would still be very bad.
@@SanderEvers good point ☝️
What a joke Sony has become, not even a price drop. Not to mention increasing the price of PS Plus, which is bad enough. And in America we are in the middle of a recession, and fighting a major immigration problem. How are people affording this?
Xbox really doesn't get enough credit for how impressive the Series S is from a consumer standpoint. People constantly bring up it's technical constraints (as if the fastest selling console isn't one that's still weaker than the XOne/PS4 and PC just never had different hardware), but the fact that they actually dropped a new console that's significantly smaller and cheaper is amazing because it's the trend of technological innovation we're supposed to be seeing but just haven't in the past several years.
traded that caca for a ps5. bought it for 150 bucks from verizon and then gamestop gave me 250 trade in credit for a 450 ps5 during a sale. best investment since the potato s sucks.
Series S is going to be an issue once we start seeing actual current-gen games consistently. The consoles have existed for years and we still don't have a lot of current-gen exclusive titels especially AAA
The Series S is crapped on because of the constraint that Microsoft places on game makers that games made for the Series X have to run on the Series S as well, with all features being the same (resolutions can be different). So games get dragged down on the Series X for the sake of the S. Baldur's Gate 3 almost didn't happen on the Xbox because they couldn't get the split screen feature to work on the Series S, but they got an exemption to only include it on the X.
Agreed
you're blatantly lying. All features being the same but resolution? There are games that differ on resolution, frame rate and even texture quality, RT and effects. Again: you're just lying @@mda187
There was never a "SLIM" version in the actual name of the consoles, all of them were just slimmer versions of the regular console. But of course not just slimmer but also cheaper to produce.
When the PS4 slim and XB1S came out they were improved over the original and cheaper than when the original consoles released. Even MS is doing this with the all digital X comes out. Same $499 price with no disk drive. The 2TB SSD is nice tho.
I mean some people bought the PS5 for over 1k during the holiday when it was first released lol $500 is a savings
I’m happy with my PS5 digital edition. Paid $400 and I never buy disc anyway.
Me too
Wish the guy on the left would be quiet and stop interupting so we can actually hear whats being said
I’m gonna need you guys to do a launch edition vs the slim edition when it releases.
Wym? Nothing about the slim really changed minus what they talked about. Storage and detachable disc drive. You think the performance is going up or something? 😂 nah, we better hope it doesn’t go down due to any thermal throttling
@@Cristian-et5bg it’s all guessing for now till they get their hands on it. Plus I like their comparison videos.
it's good because ... like I just found out when your disc drive dies in less than 2 years and you are screwed, you could just get another drive for $80 instead of a new system for $500 which I'm now stuck doing
Matt and Austin forgot inflation exists and continues to harm all consumers
I am at a point where I am so tired of these situations. I honestly feel that if you want to play games, a gaming laptop is your best bet.
You wouldn't get very good gaming performance from a $500 laptop
@@itsmatt517 I would go $750. or higher.
@@eternalhalloween1 okay, sounding a bit more expensive than a PS5 then
@@itsmatt517 But True. But in the long run it makes sense. You're also getting something you can work with. You are less limited in games you can get. Many games are free. You're not as limited by the shortcomings of a specific system. Just my opinion. A gaming laptop makes more sense.
I own a ps5, don't care about the wars anymore; the nickname "Sony pony" makes me laugh hysterically 🤣 love the videos team!
The only reason they increased the price is cause they were selling ps5’s at a loss for a long time because they over engineered it and wanted to get as many out as possible to beat Microsoft now they’re trying to make a profit on it
I'm still without any ps5
I literally bought the ps5 og, then returned it, and saved 30$ by buying the slim really a win in my book.
This is 1 console.
It is a digital only console.
With Detatchable Disc Drive.
You can buy it pre assembled for cheaper.
Or buy the standalone model and install it yourself for 80$
Think of Xbox 360 days.
One came with a hard drive.
One did not. (But you could install it yourself.)
Bottom line is I'm not buying either console cause it's relativity not "new" just the same console with slight of hand add-ons and I'm not getting baited. Unless the new PS5 performs greater and provides outstanding tech than, the pre-launch one. I ain't wasting money on it.
Bro what is with the playstation shilling? Are we really justifying sony taking a disk drive out by 50 bucks, reselling YOU the damn thing for 80USD (and don't forget it costs 120€ in Europe, no joke), plus 30USD if you want the actual stand and they calling this "new and better" in the advertising? What?!
Talking about the people online justifying this btw to be clear about my comment 😅
Now, I’d be *much* more excited about an external disc-drive 💿 add-on for the Xbox Series S 👀
Sega Genesis, Neo Geo, Atari Jaguar and Turbo Graphx 16 had CD add ons. But Sega had a second add on called the 32X.
This was my first thought when I saw this. I would be ecstatic if I could pay $80 to get a disk drive for my series s.
They wouldnt. Xbox likes digital and their subscription too much
PS5 slim disc drives sell for the same price.
It's not "Slim", like "PS4 Slim", it's branded as a slimmer version of the PS5 but still branded as "PS5".
Would’ve been a better thing to add 2 upgradeable SSD’s for the ps5. I upgraded my storage on mine so I don’t really need more storage.
PS1 Slim - Amazing
Ps2 Slim - Phenomenal
Ps3 Slim - Sleek AF
PS4 Slim - fugly
Ps5 Slim - Same ugly thing, tiny bit small
I don’t own a Ps5 and was specifically waiting for a slim variant. This doesn’t really seem that much slimmer so I’m a bit underwhelmed ngl. Do I buy the slim or the base PS5 in a bundle deal. I can get PS5 with a game and controller for £410.
I can't wait till the ps5 goes down in price on Facebook. I seen a pawn shop sell one for less the $430
Just get one now
It’s not that much of a difference just wait for reviews but it might be kinda hard to get a slim version after it’s out and I usually don’t get new devices when released because the first batch always has problems I would rather wait until they improve the slim or maybe make a pro version 😂
Was that on Amazon with Fifa (or whatever it's called now)? I just bought that this weekend, PS5 standard as well so it's a really good deal.
@@wyterabitt2149 yeah that’s the one! It seems like a solid deal
4:45 Love this PS5 slim
Ok what I’m really curious about is if the disc drive being sold for the digital version means easy repair/swap of a broken disc drive on the non-digital version. Easy, user-accessible repairs is always a win!
It shouldn't be any different than any other disk drive but judging by the images of the drive the difficulty will be taking it out of the housing. Knowing Sony, they won't make that easy with a few simple screws...they likely have it sealed so you can go buy a new one instead of fixing it.😄
@@lexlopez15Sony consoles are usually pretty easy to fix… consoles in general are tbh thought the series X is kinda tricky
@@Fetidaf we're not talking about the console itself, just the attachable disc drive. It's in that proprietary enclosure. If they wanted to they can seal the drive inside or simply make it very difficult for anyone to open where you even might need to break it open, then again, not many console buyers are technically savvy to even try to fix it themselves, especially kids; but we won't know for sure until November I guess.
@@lexlopez15 which… is a part of the console.
@@Fetidaf given that they're selling the disc drive for $80 they likely wouldn't make it easy for someone to open it since they would want you to buy a new one instead. Not to mention that having someone repair it would cost more than $80 anyway. It's strategically priced that way for a reason.
Crying about an external drive that plays ps5 games is just dumb. There is literally nothing wrong with the nvme slot.
it looks just like ps5 but a little smaller
Digital is stupid because one you pay $70 you never get it back that's why I prefer discs I always sell my games
I gotta agree with Matt with it not being an official "ps5 slim"
Most slim consoles are not actually CALLED "Slim"
@@diegofrgcwell with Sony it is, since each time before this generation, they called it slim, so i don’t call it slim for that reason.
No pro model? That’s fine. A slim model that has the same price as the original despite cheaper manufacturing cost and us being 3 years in. Not fine.
Is this new PS5 Slim more power efficient? Runs cooler when thermals go up? Less prone to hardware failures?
Like most other slim versions hope that is the case.
I don't think I'll bother replacing my current PS5. I already have an extra 1TB installed, and the cooling in the new PS5 may actually be worse due to the smaller volume.
Definitely. Minimising the outside structure of the PS5, can only have either no effect or negative effect on the performance. So owning the original is preferable in my opinion.
PS5 is truly ugly, fact, period, waiting for PS6 on 2028
I'm still wondering if Sony will make plates for the older models still or if they will allow us to complain about them making plates that don't work for the original models
This!! I said the same exact thing. Or are we gonna continue to graffiti our covers lol.
If they would of made the digital version $420 (blaze it) instead of $450 i think it would of been much better received. Even if it was $430 it would still be relatively reasonable. As it is now you would be better waiting a little longer and buying the one bundled with the drive.
im going to buy PS5 Pro since i have PS5 already and still got a PS4 slim
The PS3 Slim and the PS4 Slim were not called "Slim" by Sony. No Playstation has ever offically been called the "Slim" model. The PS2 Slim was called the "Slim" in some marketing but Slim was not part of the model.
A big reason they make slims is not only to stay updated with factory manufacturing processes & most available off-the-shelf parts, but also the logistics of shipping. Make no mistake, shipping millions of original PS5's in those HUGE boxes costs a LOT of money. Sony is DEFINITELY saving a ton of money per unit by shipping significantly smaller boxes. More units in less shipping containers. But yeah this time we're not really getting any savings passed on. Though I guess the much smaller size is worth something in your home lol
I always kinda thought the original PS3 Fat to PS3 Slim was underwhelming, a LOT of features were cut out like the full PS2 backwards compatibility, removal of the memory card readers, and it felt a lot cheaper than the (admittedly easy to scratch) original. But then I remembered the original was $$500-600 at launch and the slim was $300 lol That price reduction more than makes up for it.
That said I still think the original PS2 to PS2 Slim is the greatest "slim" update ever to a console. It even still looks great to this day, so small.
dude it was all premade .... the reason for slims is to be a cheaper version incluuding cheap parts
u seen how fragile is? its made to break
This was a very underwhelming announcement. I had friends hold off on buying a PS5 simply because a “Slim” version would be announced soon and normally they’re cheaper. With the PS4 we had the Pro and Slim launch which gave people who wanted a cheaper model a chance to buy one and then the Pro model gave current PS4 owners an option to upgrade to something better. This is none of those things. The extra 125GB of storage is nice and frankly it should have been 1TB from beginning but we already have the ability to upgrade our storage capacity with an M.2 SSD. This new model brings nothing to the table besides the removable disk drive. Again a nice feature but nothing to go crazy about either. My advice to most is to see if any retailers will discount the older models enough to warrant buying them and to avoid the new ones, especially if you were wanting to go with the digital only option.
Bought the standard disc version for Spiderman 2 a few days before this one was announced. Considering how meticulous and important space management is for me personally. Even the smallest space savings help. I will be returning the one I just got and getting the "new" standard model when it releases next month. Although my reaction to this announcement was a feeling of being underwhelmed and annoyance. Why up charge $50 for the digital version? These things should be getting cheaper. Not going up. Regardless of inflation or other factors, I would expect to see some savings considering how fast and many they've sold of these up until this point.
I’d wait for a teardown. My main complaint with any new consoles is heat/thermal management. They run just as hot as a gaming pc these days, and from that aspect I have to say.. get a pc lol 😂
@@JoshuaBrown-is8fb But... just try to get a pc as powerful as the ps5 for just $450, thats just not possible
I think that's a pretty stupid idea. Even if the Slim model's drive is 1TB, that extra space, won't last you a whole lot considering, how large games are nowadays. You'd be getting around 100-150GB extra, compared to the current model, which is about 1-2 extra games installed. And let's not forget, it costs virtually the same ammount of money, as the current model as well. It's cheaper if you get the digital edition, but if you ever decide to buy a disc drive for it, and/or an additional stand, to position the console vertically, it'll cost you more than any disc drive model. My advice is to just keep the current console you already have.
@@mrcl11w31atleast need to go for 600$ to build console killer build th-cam.com/video/tQUzJCmkJ_M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mVMyCMnLRWsiUJWv
It's not going to have 1TB of usable space. There will be just under a 200GB difference (670GB vs probably 850ish). A 1TB Gen4 NVME can be had for under $100 and with both models I feel it's pretty recommended.
Matt stop interupting Austin.
people will argue with me but Nintendo had the best "refresh" so far with the Better Battery Redbox switch and OLED Switch no idea what microsoft is gonna do (if they do anything at all) but the bar is set kinda low from sony
you haven't heard/seen the xbox series refresh? xbox series s 1tb ssd, no difference in appearance to current, xbox series x 2tb ssd, gone from box shape to round and now a digital version, both have new controllers and same price as original launch price
@@markharry-williams39 i can't believe i forgot about that
@markharry-williams39 Only digital the XSX. And that is a huge problem fit many....
The stand being $30 is a scam
Not offering the BR add-on for the original PS5 Digital is a big middile finger for those early adopters. Not sure how many of the 40m PS5s sodle were digital, but im sure its a large #.
Digital gang here. I never wanted to buy discs, but new people getting the option is giving me a bit of envy. Of course I paid 400 instead of 560 (vertical is the way)
u never know, they may offer external drive via USB type C.
It’s not a middle finger. Digital buyers CHOSE from the onset to have a diskless console. There was never any thought that that feature was coming them to begin with so why should this announcement change that? It’s better to create an integrated attachable disk drive than to have a separate drive dangling off to the side connected via usb-c. Less efficient and definitely less elegant
Removable disc drive is an awesome idea.
Yeah when it’s designed to fail get to buy another :) I’d rather have one that last
@@GreatBeyond74 consoles are literally one of the only things left in the modern world built to last till the next generation, why would they intentionally jeopardise that for a disc drive?
I wasn't able to buy PS5 when it launched, so I was waiting for PS5 slim. But sony lost me.😔
Now I will use my money on upgrading my PC.😉
K. 👋
"Um,the ad said it's a new SLIMMER size!
So there IS a slim!😡"😂
L after L for Sony and Ponies 🐴🤣
Man get a life
X-BOT 🤖 still waiting for for a new season of halo
Stick a sock it in you console fanboys
how?
Ps5 is better
I would never go digital!! Your basically renting a license to play the games!! You never really own them!! When their servers have problems or go down you will be stuck waiting for them to fix it!! Disc copies are yours and you can take them anywhere!! You actually own them!!!
Ps5 slim sucks
🗑️🚮🤣
all consoles suck, but it is what it is,
I think it has more to do with the strong dollar vs the yen. The increase cost due to inflation should also be considered.
I'm sure the cut in two different models would slash production costs.
First of all, the slim versions that have always released halfway through the console generation have always dropped at a lower price, but not this time. More importantly, previous generations have always had more exclusives, there is still practically no reason to own a PS5, most of its library is PS4 games.
The other guy who's not Austin is insufferable
My only eagerness is that we’re going to get some DEEP Black Friday discounts and OG ps5s
The PS4 Slim was also never referred to as the "slim"
When will Sony discontinue their previous generation console?
Hi,
I am planning to buy PS5...
Should I wait for new PS5 Slim or I should go for Original PS5 which is already in market.
Please suggest which one should I buy...... ?
I have a ps5 it's good but wait for the slim to come out then watch and see which is better
The 50$ price increase hitting the US now has hit the whole world last year. The Disc version in the US still has not increased in price. Be happy about THAT and just deal with it.
here is the question: why would you pay $80 for a disk drive that you have to manually install on the digital edition, instead of just paying for the disk version on the off chance that oyu use it at some point? Also, those "upgrades" you mentioned are not really upgrades. no mass manufacturer is selling 800GB SSDs, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, are what the mass market is going with. So its actually cheaper for them to go with a 1tb drive. USB ports are like $5-$10 value retail. so really what you have is something that has a smailler manufactur cost for more money. THE ONLY reason to pick one of these up is if you don't already have a PS5.
Well, the prices of chips ain't going down like before and the inflation is insane. I'm amazed that the current gen consoles aren't more expensive, actually. Freaking phones cost $1000+ and powerful console hardware is much much cheaper.
I’m personally done buying discs. I have the ps4 disc version but I’m replacing it with the digital only edition. All the discs are today are installers. Either way you take up the same space on the drive it seems.
I think hindsight has taught us due to the more complex cooling and internals compared the Original PS5, the $50 upcharge for the Digital Version is to somewhat pay for those engineering changes, as well as attempt to profit from the hardware.
an external disc drive would look tacky
I have a PS5 with the drive already, but if I did not, I guess I would just pay whatever the cost is because I did not have one. Planning on doing a water cooled and lighting mod to it anyway. The benefits to having a drive that ports in already worked out would be nice, but I am not paying extra for that. Also since I got my about a year an a half ago when they were still rare, I paid more than you would pay for the slim, but not a ridiculous more like some idiots. That I paid for on my 3070s. Lucky you.