Both Sell For $499! XSX Performance Is Better, But Is PS5 Really Weak?

Both Sell For $499! XSX Performance 

Is Better, But Is PS5 Really Weak?

At the PS5 conference in the early hours of this morning, Sony finally revealed its trump card-the PS5 with optical drive and without optical drive are priced at US$499 and US$399 respectively, and will be released on November 12 in a few countries such as the United States and Japan. It will be available worldwide on the 19th. At this point, the suspense about the price and date of this next-generation showdown has finally settled.

There is an optical drive version for US$499 (approximately 3400 RMB), and an optical drive version for US$399 (approximately 2700 RMB)

Although everyone is most interested in the PS5 price, the combination of "$499 + $399" actually does not have any surprises, and it is completely reasonable. The price of the PS5 with CD-ROM drive is exactly the same as the XSX, and the CD-free version is $100 more expensive than XSS, but the hardware configuration is exactly the same as the PS5 with CD-ROM drive. In terms of performance, it is still comparable to the entry-level Microsoft machine Pressure situation. In this sense, the four machines of Microsoft and Sony have just formed a ladder structure of 299, 399 and 499, and consumers have a wide range of choices.

PS5 debuted in the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea on November 12, two days later than XSX and XSS.

It should be noted that after the press conference, Sony also announced the prices of some PS5 games. US$69 is likely to become the standard price for next-generation 3A games. The "price increase of next-generation games" has already been heard by many industry leaders before this. This phenomenon is indeed reasonable at the industry level-after all, since the PS3 and Xbox 360 generations, due to inflation and the expansion of the game volume, the average production cost of 3A masterpieces has nearly tripled, but the average is $59. The standard pricing has not changed.

It is true that the total number of players has been expanding for more than a decade, and many games are also actively trying to increase revenue by using DLC, paid items, battle passes, etc., but overall it is still difficult to offset the pressure caused by the surge in costs. According to the information revealed by the industry chain earlier, it is difficult for PS5 and XSX to ensure sufficient profits by selling hardware at the early stage of their release. Both parties’ dependence on software and service profits will undoubtedly be more serious-game price increases may also reduce A practical approach to this pressure.

The standard version of "Spider-Man: Myers" is priced at $49, but the development team has made it clear that the size of the game will be very small. In the past, games with this positioning tended to sell for $29 or $39.

But then again, after all, the above are all "big principles" within the game industry itself, and consumers have no obligation to understand and forgive. This price increase will definitely break the consumption habits of players for more than a decade. How long will it take for the market to adapt to this "new normal" is a question of another dimension.

Closer to home-in addition to the issue of "money", the focus of this PS5 conference is still on the game lineup. Sony even spent more than 90% of the conference's time on "broadcasting" games. Compared with Microsoft, the PS5 game lineup is significantly more luxurious. "Final Fantasy 16," "Devil's Soul", "Spider-Man: Miles", and "God of War" sequel confirmed to be PS5 exclusive. The behavior of the plot will still give Sony a little advantage in terms of publicity and player perception.

The PS5 conference opened with a demo of "Final Fantasy 16", which has been determined to be exclusively owned by PS5.

Sony’s approach of broadcasting a large number of films at the PS5 conference is very clever, because it conveys concrete feelings and experiences to players rather than cold policies and data. After watching the game trailer of more than 40 minutes, many people will naturally equate the emotions of shock, excitement, joy, and moving with PS5; considering that there are quite a few games that can only be played on PS5, Sony camp The advantage in "uniqueness" has become more prominent. In comparison, the weaknesses on paper such as weaker hardware performance, lower price-performance ratio, higher purchase threshold, and weak subscription service than XSX seem to be too abstract. It has to be said that Sony understands what the core players want better than Microsoft, and fully understands how to use its strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Sony knows exactly what the core players want

However, it still needs to be noted that the PS5's "luxury" game lineup is largely based on opponents. Among several exclusive games, "Devil's Soul" is essentially a remake game, "Spider-Man: Miles" will be very small, and the screen, gameplay, and plot display of "Final Fantasy 16" are still not up to " "Amazing Four", and the sequel to "God of War" is still at the ultimate stage where only one logo was announced... Compared with the game lineup of the previous two generations, PS5 is definitely not outstanding. If you want to continue to attract players, you still need to continue to provide attractive game content.

The sequel to "God of War" can be said to be the ultimate pie of this press conference. Only one logo has been announced so far.

PS Plus Collection is a major measure taken by Sony to enhance the attractiveness of its own membership services. To put it simply, Sony will provide a game library for PS Plus members on PS5, which will contain "God of War", "Uncharted 4", "Detroit: Become Human", "Final Fantasy 15", " The most iconic games of the last generation such as Monster Hunter: World. This is barely a way to deal with Microsoft's subscription service offensive. It is true that XGP has a crushing advantage in terms of the number of games, cost-effectiveness, and providing the latest Microsoft first-party masterpieces; but the PS Plus Collection contains all the boutiques of the previous generation-at least in the PS5 generation. When the number of early and next-generation games is still scarce, they still have a strong appeal to players.

PS Plus Collection contains the most iconic 3A masterpieces of the PS4 generation. In the early days when the next generation of games are more frequent, it is still very attractive to players.

So far, both Microsoft and Sony have shown their cards for next-generation consoles. Among them, the advantages of the Microsoft Xbox camp are more powerful machine performance, lower purchase threshold, super high cost-effective subscription service, and "Halo: Infinite" that may be of better quality after deferred polishing. The highlight of the Sony PS5 lies in the crystal and chocobo, the little black spider Myers who is the hero and the righteous black spider, the god blocking the killing of the gods, the Buddha blocking the killing of the Buddha, but the old father Kratos, who is gentle in heart, is the first on sale. You can swipe "You Died" countless times on your screen every day.

Facing the next generation that is about to arrive in two months, which side do you choose?