A week to the day after Microsoft announced pricing for its imminent next-gen consoles, Sony struck back with firm details of its own during a digital event on Wednesday. The PlayStation 5 will cost $499, while the disc-less PlayStation 5 Digital Edition will cost $399 when they launch on November 12 in several countries. Preorders will start tomorrow at select retailers.<\/p>\n
Microsoft\u2019s flagship Xbox Series X will also cost $499 when it launches November 10 alongside the stripped-down $299 Xbox Series S. That\u2019s an incredibly competitive price for the level of hardware inside the Xbox Series X. Microsoft\u2019s console probably puts your PC to shame.<\/p>\n
The PlayStation 5 packs many of the same raw components as its rival\u2014both consoles will offer custom AMD chips with eight Ryzen cores, Radeon GPUs infused with the company\u2019s ray tracing-capable RDNA 2 architecture, and speedy PCIe 4 NVMe SSDs. The two consoles deploy very different graphics configurations, however. The PlayStation 5 leverages AMD\u2019s SmartShift technology to achieve blistering 2.23GHz GPU speeds when the system can siphon energy away from the CPU. The Xbox Series X, on the other hand, runs its graphics cores at a locked 1.825GHz that\u2019s well behind the PlayStation\u2019s pace. Microsoft\u2019s console packs in significantly more <\/em>cores however, at 52 compute units versus Sony\u2019s 36.<\/p>\n The $399 PlayStation 5 Digital Edition offers the full power of the PS5, just without a disc drive, while the Xbox Series S pares back the GPU capabilities dramatically, targeting 1440p performance instead of 4K.<\/p>\n On paper, the Xbox Series X could have a serious technological edge over the PlayStation 5 (as well as the $400 Radeon RX 5700 XT, which sports 40 CUs at 1.75GHz). But while we PC enthusiasts like to nerd out over specs, console success isn\u2019t all about speeds and feeds. Microsoft\u2019s been banging drums over how it\u2019s bringing the Xbox One and much of the Xbox 360 library forward to the Series X, complete with some serious visual enhancements, and the appeal of its excellent Xbox Game Pass service. But the company has caught a lot of flack for offering a relatively lackluster library of new<\/em> games to show off the console\u2019s horsepower at launch, especially after Halo Infinite<\/em>\u2019s delay into 2021.<\/p>\n![\"sony](\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/09\/sony-playstation-5-price-100857883-orig.jpg\")
<\/a> Sony<\/a> <\/small><\/figure>\nShut up and play the hits<\/h2>\n