Don't Buy a PS5.

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0:00 Hello and Welcome
0:34 Possible PS5 price cut?
1:18 Possible PS5 Slim??
2:18 Sony has already updated the PS5
3:05 Sony doesn’t need the slim
4:26 This generation will be long
5:15 There is no incentive
6:14 Will Xbox do a slim as well?
7:24 Prices are going DOWN
8:55 SOMETHING will come out soon
10:10 KYLE Time
10:30 What do you think?

[TheWOLF]

We're in a world where people buy cellphones for $1000 every year or 2...but $500 after 3 years is so hard to come by 😂 jeez

[WeAreNotExperts]

In the UK, the PS5 was £450 at launch. Last year the price increased to £480. Now it is £400.

[MrSamPhoenix]

It’s selling like hot cakes 🍰. And Sony’s price cut will make it even more popular.

[getinthespace]

You guys got this wrong...
Sony IS DEFINATELY incentivized to release cheaper consoles because it increases their consumer base.
They are making a significant amount of profits from Playstation Plus and revenue from their cut of game sales.
48 million subscribers at between $75 and $150 each is $3.6-7.2 Billion in annual revenue, and a large portion of that is profit. Margins are way higher than on hardware.
Sony's continuous iteration even within current PS5 offerings suggests they will offer a slim and a Pro. They aren't shying away from designing new hardware sets.

[Galvamel]

I gotta agree with Mat, if the regular went down in price, and is being called the "standard edition" then that says to me that there will be a more expensive "Pro-Edition" coming out. You wouldn't lower the price of the regular if you were trying to sell a Slim model, because people would say "Well, the slim is $400, but I can get the regular for $450." It would hurt Slim sales. The only reason to lower the price is because a pricier model is on the way.

[thesamuelnam]

I dont want ps5 because it's too big. If they make a slim, I'd get it.

[kevclark]

the incentive is they can fit 200 ps5 slims on a pallet for shipping instead of 150 ..plus less materials in the construction

[ravencorb]

There will 100% be a PS5 Slim, its something they've always done and also helps boost sales on the second half of a console generation.

I truly believe in my opinion that there won't be any "pro" versions of PS5 or Xbox. The reason I think this is because last gen both console were under powered from day 1 and greatly needed a mid gen upgrade.
I'd argue that both XSX & PS5 are powerful enough to get us through this generation (imo).

[norcalbowhunter]

So let me get this right.

The ps5 increased in price everywhere BUT the US. Now it’s going back to its original price in a lot of places where it was increased and everyone is hoping that means the US will get a discount? That sounds ore like wishful thinking than actual evidence to me.

[RobCabreraCh]

The incentive could be volume, as in dimensional volume. If a slim version is considerably smaller, it can be shipped in higher numbers using the same amount of volume, thus reducing a considerable amount of cost to them.

This is what Nintendo did with the OLED model. The box is considerably smaller than the past Switches, which may reduce costs for themselves.

[foxorian]

The whole reason they make slim versions is to cut manufacturing costs -- as the hardware ages, they further refine the design to reduce space, use less material, address problems in the original design to reduce failure rate, and if there were features not being used by the market / consumers in the OG version, cut those features to (again) cut costs. Smaller consoles = less manufacturing cost = smaller boxes = cheaper logistics = Sony/MS save a LOT of money and the consumer saves a little money if they were previously on the fence about buying one. I can see Sony wanting to revise the design to be more efficient at the mid-life point of the console. (I mean, look at HOW BIG the PS5 is even compared to the Series X.) But I think MS may have already optimized the Series S and X designs about as much as they could from the very start to the point that a revision is probably unnecessary.

[ScottManwell]

Debating between the new PS5 Spider-Man console vs wait for a revision

[lancetankman]

Maybe hot take, a newer version of the same console won't matter because developers will still have to account for all systems and make sure games run well on them. So we probably won't see major improvement until the next console generation anyway.

[TechDove]

Think of all the fuss people made about how BIG the PS5 Is, a slim is absolutely coming, this will sway people who have avoided buying a PS5 because of its gargantuan dimensions

[aaronkottke]

you guys didn't mention the most important reason - Sony has given up on making good games. If you're not a Spiderman fan, there is literally nothing slated to come out on the horizon. what good is a fancy console with no games, i ask. I be switching to PC

[jmburgess]

I think a wild card about a "slim" model is the faceplate covers. They are selling really well and allow customers to customize their PS5's in a way not really seen before, except for hit and miss stickers or skins in the past.

The introduction of the Spider-Man edition and the fact the plates sold out in minutes, long before the actual system or dual sense did kinda shows people love this idea. If they create a slim version, they will negate that line of income unless it somehow still can use the plates which I'm not sure how that could work. I think it more likely that there will be a pro version that still allows use of the plates, especially if they continue to come out with special edition plates.

On a side note; Sony, please come out with more special edition plates, like God of War and restock the Spider-Man ones. 😂

[Avalon]

I thought the Spiderman 2 ps5 limited edition was a good deal. It was the only choice I had to get them cover plates, controller, and a digital copy. I hate that it's a digital copy but I'm okay with it.

[bodckson]

The series s is already basically a series x slim. I believe that the 1 terabyte series s will be the only console released by Microsoft for the rest of the generation, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were to release an external disc drive for the s, as people (or at least me) purchased the series s since it was the cheapest console of the generation and kind of miss the magic of putting in a physical disc, and would bring in more profit.

[AncientPurpleDragon]

How about releasing a PS5 that lets you download more than 4 games before maxing out your hard drive space?

[Youngindy]

There has always been a Slim model of Playstation consoles, so a PS5 Slim is practically a given. Heck, most gaming machines eventually receive a revised model. Wouldn't surprise me to see a Slim release this year and a Pro model in 2026.