The PS5 launched in France on November 19 at 499 euros

The Playstation 5 will be launched on November 19, 2020 at 499 euros.

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In the next gen console war, Microsoft and Sony have cut their cards.

Wednesday evening, it is the Japanese manufacturer who formalized the release date and the price of the Playstation 5. Which will be launched in November (the 12th in North America, Japan, South Korea, Oceania and Mexico) and the 19th in the rest of the world including France.

The premium model will cost 499 euros, and the "digital edition" version without Blu-ray player 399 euros.

Microsoft had announced the Xbox series X and S for November 10 at 499 and 299 euros.

Some games at 80 euros

During its online event, Sony confirmed the availability of five house games at launch: 

,

,

,

,

.

On the side of third-party editors, we expect

and

.

Note that the last

and

(expected in 2021) will also be released on PS4.

On Wednesday, SquareEnix also unveiled the first images of

, which will be a PS5 exclusive on consoles (a PC version is planned).

Price wise, it's the bad surprise with some titles from Sony studios announced at 79.99 euros in Europe, like

.

A curious decision, whereas in the United States, the prices will cap at 69.99 dollars (it is however necessary to add the VAT in certain States).

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