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Sony PlayStation 5 to arrive this November 19: Priced from below RM2,200

by Victor Ng
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The arrival of the Sony PlayStation 5 is nigh as its much-anticipated official pricing has been announced as its launch is set for November 19 worldwide. Its pricing is also surprisingly affordable – the PS5 Digital Edition will cost $399.99 (RM1,649), while the standard edition will cost $499 (RM2,063); the latter priced the same as its main rival, the Xbox Series X. 

Playstation 5 launch date

On top of that, you can look forward to playing launch-day titles such as Demon’s Soul, Marvel’s Spirder-Man: Miles Morales, Destruction All Stars, and more.  

The pricing for the PS5’s accessories have also been announced: 

  • DualSense Wireless Controller – $69.99 
  • Dual Sense Charging Station – $29.99 
  • Media Remote – $29.99 
  • PULSE 3D wireless headset – $99.99 
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Image credit: Sony

To recap, this are the specs of the PS5: 

CPU  x86-64-AMD Ryzen™ “Zen 2”
8 Cores / 16 Threads
Variable frequency, up to 3.5 GHz 
GPU  AMD Radeon™ RDNA 2-based graphics engine
Ray Tracing Acceleration
Variable frequency, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS) 
System Memory  GDDR6 16GB 
SSD  825GB
5.5GB/s Read 
Optical Drive  Ultra HD Blu-ray (66G/100G) ~10xCAVBD-ROM 
(No optical drive for Digital Edition) 
Video Out  HDMI™ OUT port
Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver.2.1) 
Audio  “Tempest” 3D AudioTech 
Dimensions  PS5: Approx. 390mm x 104mm x 260mm (w x h x d) (excludes largest projection, excludes Base)

PS5 Digital Edition: Approx. 390mm x 92mm x 260mm (width x height x depth)(excludes largest projection, excludes Base) 

Weight  PS5: 4.5kg PS5 Digital Edition: 3.9kg 
Power  PS5: 350W PS5 Digital Edition: 340W 
Input/Output  USB Type-A port (Hi-Speed USB)USB Type-A port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) x2
USB Type-C® port (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) 
Networking  Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/axBluetooth® 5.1 

 Taken from PlayStation Official website

So with both the Xbox Series X and PS5 costing the same, which team are you on this console generation? Visit PlayStation’s website here to learn more.

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