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In a surprise move that seemingly came out of nowhere yesterday, Sony casually announced key details about its next-gen console, the unofficially titled PS5, in a Wired interview with the system's lead architect Mark Cerny.

Throughout the conversation, Cerny confirmed that the PS5 would be backwards compatible, feature ray-tracing technology and 8K resolutions, and reduce loading times to the point of non-existence, but a detail suspiciously omitted from the interview was anything about the potential PS5 price point Sony is aiming for at launch.

However, the story's author Peter Rubin later confirmed on Twitter that he had asked Cerny about the potential cost of the PS5, and his answer was unsurprisingly cryptic. "I believe that we will be able to release it at an SRP [suggested retail price] that will be appealing to gamers in light of its advanced feature set", explained Cerny, before admitting "that's about all I can say about it" when Rubin asked if that meant a more expensive price tag than the PS4.

The newly released information about the PS5's internal tech, which will use AMD chip technology that currently goes on the market for upwards of £350 alone, does indeed suggest it will be a steeper investment for consumers looking to purchase the console on day one, but Cerny's words can be taken as a small assurance that it won't be completely unaffordable for the average gamer.

In other words, don't expect a price tag as ludicrously high as the PlayStation 3's back in 2006, but perhaps we should also be preparing to pay a little more than the consumer-friendly entry fee of the PS4's 2013 RRP. Meanwhile, Microsoft has just revealed its plans for E3 2019, and could be about to announce its own next-gen console, the rumoured Xbox Project Scarlet.

On April 17 2019 23:57 Harris1st wrote:


Ye but the All-Digital is just the same old, same old with the nowadays cheaper hardware and no physical drive isn't it?

I just want the PS5 with new VR and a All-You-Can-Play monthly flatrate with all the games, not just oldies. If I get all that I have no trouble investing up to 1000 €

I am old and I have money now. I don't have the time or will to micromanage my PC anymore. I wanna come home and do awesome VR stuff for an hour without windows updates, drivers and whatnot

On April 17 2019 23:57 Harris1st wrote:


Ye but the All-Digital is just the same old, same old with the nowadays cheaper hardware and no physical drive isn't it?

I just want the PS5 with new VR and a All-You-Can-Play monthly flatrate with all the games, not just oldies. If I get all that I have no trouble investing up to 1000 €

I am old and I have money now. I don't have the time or will to micromanage my PC anymore. I wanna come home and do awesome VR stuff for an hour without windows updates, drivers and whatnot

On April 17 2019 23:57 Harris1st wrote:
I am old and I have money now. I don't have the time or will to micromanage my PC anymore. I wanna come home and do awesome VR stuff for an hour without windows updates, drivers and whatnot

On April 18 2019 02:30 ProMeTheus112 wrote:

i think you could just use a previous windows like windows7, no need to update or use the latest microsoft spyware
i dont get much or any crashing problems, but i dont really play the latest games, ive yet to buy a new comp still waiting i guess but i wont use latest windows, i just don't want it
another thing that's still plaguing pc gaming imo is launchers (with DRM). Never wanted them either! Games released on drm-advertising-launcher only are pretty much lost for me.

On April 21 2019 23:15 Manit0u wrote:


Games on GOG don't use launchers (if you don't want to). Also, updating to Win10 over Win7 is actually good for you since it's more stable (from my experience) and you get access to newer DirectX libraries, which have a pretty dramatic effect on performance.