PS5 February Reveal: 9 Major Rumours You Need To Know
8. Price
The leak states that the PS5 will launch in one standard edition (no initial Pro version, etc) and be priced at $499 USD, £449 UK, €449 EU, and ¥54,999 JP. We've heard rumours of a similar price point so far.
The report segways into a second interesting tidbit concerning the new Xbox launch. To use the leaker's words from the Reddit repost:
"Specs to be almost on par with Xbox Series X (which will be $100 more), and more powerful than Xbox Lockhart (a console that’s $100 less with 4TFlops of compute power compared to the PS5’s 10TFlops)."
To break this down, the successor to the Xbox One X (the series X) will hold the same tech range as PS4 but cost $599. Their follow-up to Xbox One S (the Lockhart) will be cheaper but less powerful than PS4.
If this turns out to be true, it would give Sony a major advantage in this arena.