Good afternoon, and welcome to Replay, WIRED’s rundown of all of the week’s big videogame news. This week, we’ve got updates on the PlayStation 5, as well as news about Crysis and Cooking Mama. Here we go!
Sony’s PlayStation 5 Might Be Hard to Find at Launch
Yes, as the headline indicates, picking up a PlayStation 5 as soon as they’re available isn’t going to be easy—and it’s not even the coronavirus that’s to blame. As reported by Bloomberg, Sony plans to limit the initial production run of the gaming console, and, apparently, that’s due to its—as yet unknown—price point, which is expected to be high enough to limit consumer demand at launch time. Ominous news for wallets everywhere.
The estimate for that price, from game developers interviewed by Bloomberg, was between $499 and $549, steep costs for a new console. The high-spec components of the machine are apparently pushing up the value, forcing Sony to move toward undesirable price points to break even. What has been derailed by Covid-19, however, is Sony’s promotional plans, which are sort of a mess right now. The controller reveal last week was apparently a fairly last-minute decision to prevent leaks.
Crysis Is Returning From the Past to Shame Your PC’s Graphics Card Again
But can it run Crysis? That was the question asked about any high-end computer until about two years ago, when the rest of gaming finally caught up with how ridiculously dema