One thing that was absolutely lost in the sticker
shock of $699 for the PlayStation 5 Pro was some of the other prices for Europe in addition to
Japan and that's what I want to talk about in this video because while it's pretty bad here in the US
and in Canada which it can be about $1,000 if you include the disc drive which should be included
in the system Japan is probably the biggest and most interesting price for this and it absolutely
shows that Sony has completely given up on Japan and that the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5
Pro is going to be DOA in that country a country where Sony used to do incredibly well now I want
to talk about that and a number of other things little bit of a followup in the video that I had
some of the comments that I did read but before we get into all that what's good everyone OJ here
welcome back to another video please make sure you hit that like button subscribe if you are someone
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this because I find this to be fascinating the PlayStation 5 Pro in Japan is going to be 119,900
180 Yen that averages out to a staggering $841 us and that's without the disc drive which should be
included that's not an optional thing it should be included and the optional stand now Sony has
raised the price of the PlayStation 5 the bass we're not even talking about the pro the base
multiple times in four years they've had pretty much a price increase per a year on the system and
while this is not new talking about this the fact that Sony did shut down Sony Japan their first
development Studio it seemed like to me they were cutting off the potential lifeblood the start the
beginning it's historic they're cutting that off they're severing the ties that I think that they
felt was holding them back from greater things but it also seems like at this point with a game like
astrobot made from team aobi that maybe you gave up a bit too quickly and if you look at what's
going on right now look at the Flop that was Concord $100 million $200 million you absolutely
could have saved Sony Japan Studios and giving them a legitimate shot on the PlayStation 5 with
that money let's just be real here a legitimate new IP from Sony Japan Studios on PlayStation
5 a legitimate Gravity Rush or something along the lines of that would have absolutely been
better than something like Concord overall and yes I said it was a bad idea back then I said
live service has been a bad idea back then I didn't like their plan and I wanted them to stick
with Sony Japan so it's not like I have hindsight being 2020 here this is something that I've been
saying for a number of years now and obviously it's proven to be true with how much of a success
that astrobot is with some of the former staffers of Sony Japan studio and of course team Asobi and
it demolishing Concord in sales very quickly now I do want to get to another thing here and I want
to talk about how this kind of affects the overall shift because it's not just the PlayStation 5 Pro
the PlayStation 5 in Jaan but also the Nintendo switch the market and the upcoming switch 2 now if
you look at this year guys the 7-year-old Nintendo switch is routinely outselling the PlayStation 5
despite not having a lot of the major RPGs that come out for the platform now even if you look at
the top 30 Sellers and this is all tying back into how PlayStation looks like it's going to be done
in Japan if you look at the top 30 sellers most of them are Nintendo switch game so this pretty
much further AIDS what I've been saying here now switch is already the bestselling platform of
all time in Japan and I think that that momentum is going to continue for the Nintendo switch
2 as a hybrid platform and if you're looking at the pricing here 119,000 Yen the switch to
should probably be significantly cheaper than that and I saw a lot of interesting things that
people were saying online that Nintendo's going to come out and make a $300 Nintendo switch 2 or
that Nintendo should easily be able to price the system at that and I'm thinking to myself these
people have no idea about the components in terms of manufacturing and pricing for what this is
going to do Heck if you look at something like steam deck for example the base level model of
that is $399 if you want an OLED version that is $550 there's no way Nintendo's going to be
able to price that for $300 but I do feel that the price will be below the PlayStation 5 disc
version which is $499 and the PlayStation 5 Pro which is $6.99 without a disc drive and with
a disc drive is going to be well over $800 if you include tax which is just absolutely nuts
in my opinion overall and if you look at what potentially we've been seeing rumored for the
Nintendo switch 2 I do believe that we are going to get a lot of these major RPGs like metaphor
ref fantasio and potentially even Elden ring and other games that are going to be on the Nintendo
switch 2 or announced pretty soon here within the next year or so now let's talk a little bit more
about this optional disc drive thing because I think this really puts the nail in the coffin for
the PlayStation 5 Pro in Japan for the rest of the world for example yes I know I'm very well aware
that physical games are not as popular as they used to be and a lot of people buy more digital
but just because a lot of people buy more digital and this is one of the things that people kept on
telling me as if I don't already know just because more people buy digital doesn't mean a standard
featur like a disc drive should be removed from a premium system when I bought a PlayStation 4
Pro that's a premium system I think some people were still buying digital more then even at that
point although physical was more prevalent that doesn't mean that you remove it something like
an ethernet port more people use Wi-Fi than an ethernet port because they don't want wires
running around their house and everything yet they don't remove the ethernet port it's not an
optional thing on there it should be included an ethernet port should be included a disc drive
should be included and the biggest thing here is that Sony has convinced people that a disc drive
is a $100 difference or an $80 difference between the PlayStation 5 digital and the PlayStation 5
disc version there's a $100 difference and that's essentially just a trick what they're trying
to do is get more profits off you because they make more money off of digital sales so they're
able to subsidize that cost and say yes it's $100 less for the same exact Hardware but we'll make
that back off of you only being able to buy from us which is very different from PC which people
are also trying to throw in there saying oh well what about PCS they cost this much well PCS have
multiple storefronts PCS have free online play compared to $80 a month for ps+ PCs have multiple
different controllers that you can use PCS have mods and customization PCS have so many different
things to save you money here or there or in other places there is no comparison overall to a Clos
device console where it's more restricted and closed down so when people try to bring that up
I find that to be absolutely silly but once again the death nail here for it is that there's not
going to be that disc drive in there that you have to tack on the extra price which the system
is already $841 converted out in Japan and now no disc drive where physical is still a big part in
Japan but overall a lot of people when it comes to Major games the big stuff like for example
Hunter and big games like Final Fantasy those still have a very healthy split in Japan when it
comes to physical game sales a lot of people still like to buy those physical and not including that
disc drive in this Pro System pretty much kills any chance of people just saying okay let me just
goad and get it so I can experience Final Fantasy 7 rebirth at its best or anything I think it
kills that with the price in addition to the gouging with the disc drive add-ons I'll also say
this having digital and physical and the option is overall better for both consumers even if you
don't fully consume one or the other or even if you're a hybrid and you do digital and physical
games let me give you a perfect example of this on PSN right now at this point you can get Ratchet
and Clank ripped apart get that for 70 bucks guess how much it is physical well it's $20 sometimes
they've had sales as well on PSN where it was full price on physical so you want to be able to have
that option and some sometimes they even lower the price of the game to match what they see
physical or vice versa to get the upper hand in competition overall so that's what you want you
want the best prices for things you want there to be competition and when you have physical and
digital it allows that instead of just letting Sony route everything to PSN and not have any type
of competition for pricing at all on the games so I feel if you look at a number of these different
things that we've discussed here it pretty much shows that Sony is just saying yeah skip Japan
we're going to try to lose as little as possible charge as much as possible and make the economics
work as we make money off the back end of raising the price of everything like for example ps+ in
addition to the controllers that got a $5 price increase stuff like Concord flopping they have to
make it up in various different places and they're looking to do that and squeeze every single last
bit of savings they can out even if it is to the detriment of the consumer with a disc drive
should be included and I still have not seen any evidence that a disc drive cost $80 to $100 to
manufacture and put into a system that is a price markup that is a gouge to an Nth Degree so like
I said I'm not trying to hear that because a disc drive should not be an optional thing as this is a
midgen premium refresh which it should be superior to the before system and every single way which
would include a disc drive in there which should include a disc drive in there for 700 I do feel
that that price does cover that cost but Sony is looking to make as much profit as possible even if
it's going to be a number of dollars that they can do it by pushing that on to the consumer so it's
just very disappointing overall but I think that if you factoring everything that we've talked
about here I mean this system is pretty much done and I feel that the Nintendo switch 2 is
essentially going to have a free reign in Japan when you start seeing stuff like Mario Kart and
you start seeing Zelda you start seeing some of these other bigger RPGs I think that games like
Monster Hunter are going to come over because these prices just aren't going to Jive well with
the Japanese market with the inflation with what's going on it's just not happening because they're
not happening right now with the PlayStation 5 that's being outsold so I don't see it happening
with the PlayStation 5 Pro which once again people aren't really talking about the Japanese
Market in that type of way because most people are making content and seeing content from the
western territories but I thought that I'd bring it up because it's very interesting in addition
to addressing some of the things that I saw in my video that I did before so if you haven't seen
that initial video talking about the PlayStation 5 Pro make sure you check that one out but what
do you guys think overall when it comes to the PlayStation 5 Pro and what's going on in Japan and
of course in other places I mean I know Europe the price is crazy and also Canada the price is crazy
$11,000 pretty much if you want that disc drive it should be included in there but it's just crazy
how Sony is jacking up these prices but I think one of the biggest things here that I also saw
people talking about is that Sony's also Preparing People for like that $800 Next Generation system
or maybe even more if a PlayStation 5 Pro without a disc drive is $700 with the disc drive is
pretty much $800 plus then some how much are they going to charge for this next system so it's
very interesting to see what Sony's going to do next but I'll be honest here guys like yeah they
don't have a ton of direct competition with like Microsoft like they used to have but I'm telling
you when you get really confident and Arrogant with certain things I think Nintendo is going to
have a big push here with this next system so I absolutely think things could slow down for Sony
if they're not careful here with some of these pricings and what they're doing overall so we'll
see what happens in the future so what are your thoughts overall guys let me know in the comment
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