There is no doubt that the PS4 has dominated the console market for close to a decade, with more than 117 units sold to date and more than 22.5 million units sold in its first year and a half. However, the low stock that the PS5 had at the time of its release has led to the figures being quite low to begin with, although it is true that many more consoles are now being sold and they already reach 38.4 million (as of today). March 31 of this year).
Therefore, if you are consoler and you haven’t had a chance to get your hands on Sony’s latest console yet, you’re probably considering buying a PS5 right now, before summer. But is it a good idea? We think not, and we tell you why.
Games, exclusive or not
It is quite frequent that gamers have multiple platforms to play on, such as a PC, console, and even a handheld. For this reason, manufacturers tend to try to release exclusive games for their console, such as “forcing” users to buy their hardware if they want to play these titles.
The problem is that the PS5 does not have too many today, and in fact in the Playstation Showcase May of this same year, where users expected the announcement of many exclusives, they did not announce much: shortly after, Microsoft itself announced that most of the announced games would also be available on the Xbox Series X | S.
While it is true that there is a good chance that this will change over time, the PS5 is already a veteran console and the fact is compounded by the fact that most PS5 titles can also be played on the PS4, so for a user who has the previous console of the Japanese brand… it is almost not worth updating.
Buying a PS5 is still quite expensive
The second reason why right now it is not worth buying a PS5 is that it is still a fairly expensive console, and that is that although as we have already explained in other articles, the internal hardware that it mounts is more than worth the price they ask for it. product, the reality is that disbursing the more than €500 that the PS5 costs continues to hurt a lot in the pocket… at least for most people.
To this we must add the price of the games, since they have raised the bar quite a bit and now the norm is to establish a launch price of 70-80 Euros, and that for games that are actually relatively incomplete (if you want more content, you’ll have to buy more “advanced” versions with lots of suffixes that make them look special but are actually just the full game sold at a much higher price).
In our honest opinion, we believe that incomplete games are actually released for 70-80 euros, and the most expensive versions do not provide additional content, but are the complete game as it should have been released in its normal version.
New versions of PS5 are expected very soon
ps5 slim and PS5 Pro They are two names that have been ringing the net for some time, and after more than two and a half years since the initial launch of the console, it seems the right time for Sony to launch an updated version of it.
With dimensions of 390 x 104 x 260 mm and a weight of 4.5 kg, the PS5 is really quite large and heavy and does not look good on all TV furniture, since we remember that in essence a console is designed to be used in the living room, playing from the sofa and with a large TV. All the rumors point to the fact that the next iteration of the Sony console would be a Slim version, with the same power but with a smaller and lighter design, although we must not forget that long-awaited Pro version, more powerful and whose next release seems to be the same. all inevitable… at some point.
In any case, the proximity of these potential releases is also a reason not to buy a PS5 right now. Let’s be honest: if you are going to spend the money that this console costs, it is better to do it on a new model and not on the one that has been on the market for more than two and a half years.
