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Sony is launching a PS5 Slim in 2023, according to Microsoft

2023-07-06 17:42 by
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If Microsoft is to be believed, Sony is preparing to launch a PlayStation 5 Slim games console later this year for $399.99.

As The Verge reports, Microsoft made the claim in documents filed as part of its fight to convince the FTC to allow it to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.

In a paragraph on price, Microsoft attempts to convince Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley the Nintendo Switch should be considered in the same market as the Xbox Series consoles and the PlayStation 5, an argument it believes boosts the image of Xbox as losing the console war in third place.

It's the final sentence in this paragraph that's sure to ruffle Sony boss Jim Ryan's feathers, as it not only outs the long-rumoured existence of a PlayStation 5 Slim, but its price too.

"PlayStation likewise sells a less expensive Digital Edition for $399.99, and is expected to release a PlayStation 5 Slim later this year at the same reduced price point," reads the document.

Naturally, Microsoft doesn't offer any sources for these assumptions, and it could be the company is relying on the same rumors that the rest of us have been hearing. We did hear late last year that the PS5 Slim could launch this year, after all.

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