Third-party retailer's PlayStation 5 price placeholder gives gamers the jitters

[Redaktion]

A Swedish online retailer's listing for the Sony PlayStation 5 has been making news recently because of the value stated in the placeholder for the console's price. MediaMarkt has given a figure of 9,999 Swedish krona for the PS5, which equates to around US$1,054 or €946. This has led to new speculation of what the device could end up actually costing.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Third-party-retailer-s-PlayStation-5-price-placeholder-gives-gamers-the-jitters.428363.0.html

[Swedish Chef]

In all fairness, a Swedish price would include 25% VAT (and for a console there would also be "electronics tax" of ~500 SEK) making the retail price in USD equivalent to $750-799.

For example, most Radeon Rx 5700 XT's retail around 4800 SEK (approx. $505) which is about 25% more than the suggested retail price of $399.

[255BB]

$1000 is too much for a console. I think it should be around $450-500.

[ihihgg]

I don't like the PlayStation 4 environment and speed. Its no good.

[SGP]

It's laughable that people are willing to pay 800-1000+ for a small phone that will be redundant in two years, but get angry when cutting edge computing power is being sold for the same price and will last a decade.

[pawan]

hey many sources blog.playstation.com playstation5ps5.com have confirmed that the upcoming ps5 digital edition around 400-450 USD and standard edition 450-500 USD.