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Sony and Microsoft are playing a cat and mouse game when it comes to official announcements about their next-gen consoles. Both companies have revealed some of the internal hardware that will power the devices, practically confirming that the PS5 and new Xbox will share the same new custom CPU and GPU that AMD has been developing for consoles. They also confirmed the new products will feature SSD storage that will deliver an extra boost in performance compared to HDDs. But we haven’t seen actual specs for either device. Sony did unveil some features of the new controller and confirmed the PS5's official name back in October. Then, a few weeks later, Microsoft showed the Xbox Series X to the world and revealed its name as well. Early January brought us the PS5’s logo, and that was the last piece of official news about the console that Sony announced. We’ve seen a bunch of rumors that tackled everything from performance and specs to actual launch dates, but those are just unconfirmed reports.
A few days ago, Sony said the PS5’s price hasn’t been decided, but suggested that it may end up selling the console below cost, a strategy Sony used for the PS4 as well. With that in mind, there’s now a leak suggesting that the PS5 might be less powerful than the Series X, and that’s why Sony might be looking to undercut Microsoft’s price. But there's another reason Sony would look to sell the PS5 for less than Microsoft ends up charging for the new Xbox Series X: The company would almost certainly win the next-gen console war, just like it won with the PS4.
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If this new leak is true, the PS5 has already won the next-gen console war originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 10:12:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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