PlayStation 5 is already on sale in seven countries – see what they are

Unlike Microsoft, which has opted for a single global launch, Sony is selling the console in two phases: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada and Mexico starting Thursday. The rest of the world, and Europe in particular, will have to wait until November 19.

Due to the pandemic, purchases will be made online. Sony has warned that no consoles will be sold in stores on launch days.

At a shop in Sydney, Australia, only a handful of customers who managed to book online in advance came to pick up the console on Thursday morning, an AFP reporter found.

“With Covid-19, I guess people didn’t want to flock to the shops“commented Theo Pasialis, who went to get his PlayStation 5.” Besides, there wasn’t enough for everyone. “

Demand for the more family lifestyle imposed by the pandemic is high. Copies available for pre-order are sold out in record time, and analysts expect it will be very difficult to get a new console before 2021.

Like its rival, the PlayStation 5 will be available in two versions: a “premium”, which Sony sells for $ 499, the same price as the Xbox Series X, and an equally powerful “digital edition” but without a disc player. , at $ 399, 100 more than the Xbox Series S.

These digital versions, which only allow you to play downloaded games, are a gold mine for the two manufacturers because they allow them to offset the weakness of their margins in console sales. They can thus control the prices of the games, eliminating the costs of production and distribution, preventing the resale in the second-hand market.

When will the PlayStation 5 arrive in Argentina?

In Argentina, the official launch will be on December 5th. From that date, all the people who bought the console in presale will begin to receive it.

In our country, the digital edition will be valued at $ 75,999. Instead, the model that includes an optical disc player will cost $ 99,999.

The pre-sale of the PlayStation 5 in our country took place on 30 September. In less than two hours, fans of the Sony console sold it in all official stores.