Sony PlayStation 5 Pro is now official at $700, launching November 7

[GFitzpatrick47]

That's heavily inflated. To match a PS5 Pro, you'll likely do fine with a 6800 non-XT or a 7700 XT GPU plus a pretty cheap CPU. You can build a matching PC, performance wise, with $800. The total will still be greater than the PS5 Pro, but when the PS6 comes out at $700-800, it will cost you much less to upgrade enough to match its performance.

In the long run, you're better off financially with a PC, IMO. Modular upgradeability, greater versatility (I.e., not just for gaming and entertainment), greater competition in the digital space (Steam, Epic, GOG, Ubisoft, Battle.net, Xbox, Amazon, etc.).

Console gamers are, by and large, people who want the ease of use of a console versus the better financials and overall utility of a gaming PC. We're all biased because we're tech people, but you're arguing cross-purposes if your counter-argument to a potential PS5 Pro buyer is "A PC can do all of that and more for a similar price".

 

[gdavid65]

Seriously, where are you console people getting these absurdly ridiculous ideas from?

I was talking AUD prices to a fellow Australian.. there is a world outside the USA you know..

 

[poshflamingos]

I was talking AUD prices to a fellow Australian.. there is a world outside the USA you know..

The RX 7700 XT is 580 AUD in Australia, your "1200 for the card alone" is still completely ridiculous.

 

[Mihai S]

Console gamers are, by and large, people who want the ease of use of a console versus the better financials and overall utility of a gaming PC. We're all biased because we're tech people, but you're arguing cross-purposes if your counter-argument to a potential PS5 Pro buyer is "A PC can do all of that and more for a similar price".

I wasn't arguing against that. I was replying to the comment claiming that the PC equivalent of a PS5 Pro would require a $1200 GPU, which is not the case.

PS: They might have been referring to AUD, while I was using USD. But, even in AUD, that value remains heavily inflated.

 

[Alistair]

I am looking for the DIY market head to head comparison this Black Friday in a similar price point. It will probably consist of 5700x3d, b550 and rdna 4 gpu.

Genuinely interested to know if you can build a decent gaming PC these days for under 1000. Do you think you can build a PC to match PS5 Pro specs considering they sell those things as a loss leader for subs?

 

[godrilla]

Genuinely interested to know if you can build a decent gaming PC these days for under 1000. Do you think you can build a PC to match PS5 Pro specs considering they sell those things as a loss leader for subs?

A few yt channels already started do a direct comparison and come close with superior pc performance.

 

[Mihai S]

Genuinely interested to know if you can build a decent gaming PC these days for under 1000. Do you think you can build a PC to match PS5 Pro specs considering they sell those things as a loss leader for subs?

Here's another one. The $850 build is meant to match/beat the PS5 Pro.

 

[m3tavision]

Used PS4's will be the new rage...

$99 ??

 

[poohbear]

I always struggle to stay under a grand for a decent build, let alone $800, and that was before recent inflation. ((Unless you are reusing a case, PSU, and RAM.)

Well CPU +MOBO is $500. The PSU, case, & RAM are always recycled. I'm still rocking a Corsair 300r case from 12 years ago, but I've had 3 builds inside it since then. MY PSU was 10 years old, still works great but needed ATX 3.0 for the ripples of the more powerful gen 3xxx GPUs. I expect my new PSU to last another 10-12 years.