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U.S.

PS5 – $649.99  
PS5 Digital Edition – $599.99  
PS5 Pro – $899.99 

U.K.

PS5 – £569.99  
PS5 Digital Edition – £519.99  
PS5 Pro – £789.99 

Europe

PS5 – €649.99  
PS5 Digital Edition – €599.99  
PS5 Pro – €899.99 

Japan

PS5 – ¥97,980  
PS5 Digital Edition – ¥89,980  
PS5 Pro – ¥137,980  
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[–] Kalashnikov@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

They are arguably cheaper

No they are not. The total cost of ownership is much higher with consoles. That is even if you don't pirate. Not to mention that the buying price for consoles is only competitive in the first few years of a generation.

they're plug and play,

No, you wait around inserting a disk, and for a 100GB update to finish.

no reinstalling windows/Linux Most gamers never reinstall their OS.

You don't have to fiddle with the settings,

This is a bad thing. On PC, I can decide to play it how I want. Do I want to trave in fidelity for performance? I can. Do I want to do the reverse? I can.

check fps

They don't let you check fps on consoles because of you knew how pathetic it was, and if you ever had any experience playing on PC, you'd know how much of a rip off consoles are and switch over.

it's poorly optimized for your specific piece of hardware

This is never the case. A wide range of hardware work with PC games. PC parts are interoperable by design. The two main GPU vendors - AMD and Intel, optimize the hell out of their drivers. If a game is optimized, it is automatically optimized for all hardware.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago

I have a PC and an inherited PS5, I use the PS5 more because I'm lazy and spend all day on a computer for work. When I get home the last thing I want to do is sit at a desk and touch a keyboard lol

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago

The two main GPU vendors - AMD and Intel

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