Danish online store reveals Sony PlayStation 5 ridiculous price

A couple of weeks ago, Sony, officially announced the specs of its upcoming gaming console - PlayStation 5. There have been numerous speculations with regard to the price of this console. While some believe that a $399 price tag will be ideal, others think that it would sell for as high as $800. This wide price range shows that the industry really has no idea about the cost of the PS5. Nevertheless, recent information from a Danish online store, føtex, shows that the PlayStation 5 will cost a massive 6989 Kr. ($1032).

This store is Denmark's largest offline retailer and the PS5 landing page shows that it is already on pre-order. According to the information on the Danish online store landing page, the PS5 has a November 2020 expected launch date. Though it's hard to believe, if the price is true, then the price is simply outrageous. This means that the PlayStation 5 will be three times more expensive than PS4's $399 launch price. It will also be over twice the median predicted price limit ($ 450-499).

According to Sony's official announcement, the PS5 will us an AMD custom 8-core Zen 2 CPU. The graphics support 10.28 trillion floating-point operations per second, and 36 CU units of RNDA level 2 GPUs. The host's memory is 16GB GDDR6, with a custom version of 825GB solid-state hard drive and 4K UHD Blu-ray drive. This console will be directly compatible with PS4 games.