32GB RAM wouldn't work. Unless you want $600+ consoles. 16GB is more than enough, granted some of that will be allocated to OS. I mean even the RTX 3080 has 10GB VRAM as base. In comparison Xbox Series X has 10GB of fast ram and other 6GB slower but usable memory, PS5 16GB of GDDR6 which is slightly lower but one speed.

Also better but also at a cost. A RTX 3080 will is around $700 assuming you can get a hold of one for that price. A RTX 3070 will probably offer slightly higher performance than consoles ($500), yet cost the same as a whole console and arguable won't age as well with its 8GB of VRAM.

This is the arguably the first generation of consoles where consoles have really high performance relative to whats on the PC market. And even have some advantages like custom architectures that fully take advantage of state of the art SSD's without you spending a considerable amount of money on new motherboards that support PCI-e 4 and expensive SSD. Granted this is the best time to jump into PC gaming after the terrible GPU launches over the last years.

Really, the faster the console launches the better for the tech industry. Ie higher demand for SSD's pushes down NAND prices. So lower priced SSD's for everyone. This benefits everyone. I'm down to upgrade my PC with 2TB of fast NVMe next year assuming prices drop. New consoles push the games industry forward. Seriously, we need to get away from games being designed around those Jaguar cores and slow HDD's asap.

$399 and $499 for Digital and Disk version is quiet an amazing price for the Hardware you get and the quality of the Launch Games. 7 years ago you were spending $499 for an XBox One and Kinect...just imagine. In two months from now, Zen2 CPU, custom RDNA2 AMD GPU, Bluray 4K and a super fast I/O and SSD, and what a nice Launch Line up.

And wait, you will play some of the best exclusive games for 6-7 years, then "again" PS6 :D

And what about FFXVI PS5 Console exclusive, and God of War II in 2021 ? This is crazy.

Have people forgotten about that Ratchet & Clank demonstration with the instantaneous world swapping? IT's just one example, but it's the best one we have so far and hot damn is it good. 

HW sales are already very low and SW will start decreasing this is the reason why this is the right year for the successor.

And about the pricing, even though I agree, you`ll see people complaining about the price on their country not being the same even if the currency is quite different.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/17/21444039/ps5-playstation-5-final-fantasy-xvi-demons-souls-pc-announcement

Try and keep up, my man. They retracted that statement for Demon's Souls and FFXVI soon after. 

I wish I had the energy to complain about all the PS5 fuck ups. I don't though. My hero Jim Sterling made a new video about it, but I don't have the energy to link to it. I have to save the energy I do have to complain in the Pontoon thread, about PS matters unrelated to the PS5 showcase. And the pontoon thread? That was autocorrect. Can't waste any energy, so that stays.

The only real complaint I have the the ludicrous pricing for 1st party games for UK and Europe. £70 and €80 is frankly absurd. That's like $91 US.

I'm hoping retail prices will fall back to sanity and will drop down back to normal as we approach closer to launch (£50-55).

I keep hearing about 'Sony's Lies' and people complaining about them and I can't help but laugh at you all. Jesus people, there's a world of difference between deliberately misleading someone and what sony's doing. Maybe it's a bit of being unclear? Maybe it's a bit of not knowing for sure what they want to divulge? Maybe it's a mistake? Whatever it is, they're not LYING (Except about the pre-order stuff, that's pretty egregious), you're all just looking for excuses to bitch. Why? What good does negativity get you?

Pathetic. Seriously pathetic.

User moderated - Bristow9091

You've been complaining non-stop about Microsoft and Xbox for months. Pot meet the fucking kettle dude.

Walmart lowered my order from $70 to $50 so now im pretty happy about ordering it