With both next-gen consoles fully outed by Sony and Microsoft, there`s a clear winner when it comes to value, and it`s not Sony`s box.
With the Sony rather unceremoniously dropping PlayStation 5 preorders without warning yesterday (despite prior claims there would be at least some warning), we finally got the full official picture on what the cost of next-gen gaming will look like for console fans.
The PlayStation 5 Digital Edition comes in at $399, with its disc-based cousin hitting $499 for a direct showdown with the Xbox Series X. The outlier is, interestingly, Microsoft`s worst-kept-secret, the Xbox Series S — which is just $299.
In years passed, Microsoft`s $249 Xbox One S `All-Digital` experiment turned out to be a success, despite skepticism across the board. Now both Sony and Microsoft are gunning for this emerging digital-only economy, where the margins on game sales are far superior, cutting out retailers almost entirely, while also killing the used game sales market i...
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