PS5 price and release date officially revealed — everything you need to know

PS5 toll and release date officially revealed — everything you demand to know

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After months of fruitless speculation, Sony has finally announced the PS5's cost and release engagement.

No more hedging; no more "leaks," no more than interminable rumors; nosotros have the real matter. The total-featured PS5 with a disc drive volition cost $499; the PS5 Digital Edition will cost $399.

The system will debut in the U.Due south, Japan, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia and South korea on November 12, and the balance of the world on November nineteen. Pre-orders begin on Sept. 17 at select retailers.

The information came from Sony'due south September PS5 livestream, at the very end of the event. Afterward highlighting new titles similar Terminal Fantasy 16 and Spider-Man: Miles Morales (and simply before teasing the adjacent God of War game), Sony gave us a very straightforward list of PS5 prices and release dates for different territories.

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PS5 prices

As stated above, the consoles volition cost $499 and $399 in the U.Due south., with similar prices throughout the remainder of the world: €499 and €399, £449 and £359, and ¥49,980 and ¥39,980, depending on your territory.

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This is roughly in line with what most analysts and fans predicted, although some thought that Sony might try to radically undercut its rival, Microsoft. Instead, the PS5 with a disc drive costs $499: exactly the same as an Xbox Series X.

Meanwhile, the PS5 Digital Edition, at $399, costs $100 more than Microsoft'due south less-powerful Xbox Serial S. There's not an apples-to-apples comparison between the PS5 Digital Edition and the Xbox Series S, although it'southward interesting that consumers will be able to cull from four dissimilar consoles that range between $300 and $500 come this November.

PS5 release date

The PS5'south release date is also somewhat surprising, since Microsoft isn't planning to do a staggered launch. Furthermore, November 12 is only two days afterwards the Xbox Series 10's launch engagement, Nov 10. Near fans expected Sony to wait at least a week for Microsoft's hype to die down. While the Xbox Series X volition still beat out the PS5 to retail, having a two-day lead may not take the aforementioned impact as waiting a calendar week between consoles. What result this has on sales — if any — we'll take to wait and run into.

However, information technology's worth pointing out that the Nov 19 release date will almost certainly be a disappointment to Sony fans in Western Europe and other territories. While the Xbox Series Ten will launch globally on November 10, PS5 fans that aren't in one of the countries mentioned above will have to expect a whole actress week to learn one of the new Sony consoles.

In the grand scheme of things, it's non a terribly long time, only information technology does enhance questions about how and why Sony chose which countries will receive the device starting time.

Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom's Guide, overseeing the site'due south coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a science writing groundwork, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and technology. Later on hours, you can find him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on archetype sci-fi.