The new PS5 requires a $30 add-on to stand upright

Sony’s new, slimmer PlayStation 5 model requires a separate $30 / £25 / Є30 stand for the console to safely stand upright.

[Jin_Sakai]

They raised the digital edition price by $50 and now you have to pay an additional $30 for the stand? Thanks Jim!

[Hofstaderman]

What an "upstanding" guy.

[Rgbsquad]

Outta here

[DarXyde]

"Straight up"!

(But also, **** this guy)

[Stanjara]

Went above and beyond.

[peppeaccardo]

"A horizontal stand will be included with the new PS5 model. Also a new Vertical Stand compatible with all PS5 models will be sold separately at 29.99 USD | 29.99 EURO | 24.99 GBP | 3,980 JPY."
As i die hard SONY fan i find this a bit stupid. Why the original PS5 has a stand that allows the PS5 to stay up or on the side and now we have to buy a sold separately stand if we want it to stay up? A bit of a BS move in my humble opinion. I am sure they have cut production costs but they do not include a vertical/side stand with it. Jeeeee

[Baliw]

Read with me: 1tb

[Neonridr]

in the 3 years since the PS5 launched, HD prices have gone down even more. Charging you more for something that is inherently cheaper today.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

There's a $30 to $40 difference in price between the old and new SSD, that doesn't quite explain the price difference.

[JackBNimble]

How many tb's is the stand, and is there really $30usd ( + the screw of course) worth of plastic in it?

[I_am_Batman]

@FinalFantasyFanatic: The difference goes in the other direction. The new SSD configuration will probably cost them around 60% compared to what it cost them on the launch models in late 2020/ early 2021 just based on Nand Flash price decreases alone. That's before you take into account that they had to use a fairly complicated 12 channel controller interface to reach the target bandwidth, because high performance Nand Flash wasn't available in the quantities they needed at the time. The PS5 revision will most likely have a simplified 8 channel controller, hence the 1TB size.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

You should be enthusiastic about paying more for the Sony PlayStation seal of quality. It’s a real shame you aren’t.

[DarXyde]

Better to be principled.

Foreign concept to you, innit?

[crazyCoconuts]

I don't think you need the stand for vertical orientation. Looks to be optional. I'd say the article is a little misleading in saying it's "needed"

[isarai]

Doesn't "Require" just helps make it more stable but it stands just fine without it

[Wikkid666]

Awesome... how did you get the new console already?

[isarai]

It's shaped exactly like the current PS5, just smaller, which stands upright just fine, doesn't take much thought to see that. The PS2 PS3 and PS4 all had official stands, none of which were required.

[IamFrasierCrane]

This is how it’s always been. They sold them for the PS2 as well but they were never required to make the console stand vertically. It’s more for safety than anything.

[darthv72]

I bought the optional vertical stands for the PS4/Pro... I'll buy this one as well.
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[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Hope they make a translucent dualsense and edge controllers.

[Hofstaderman]

This has been around since the OG ps2. I bought both the horizontal and vertical stands. Loved that blue color and the console looked incomplete without it. If I recall the theme back then was space and water.

[anast]

The new PS5 would make a great holiday gift.

[purple101]

I'm thinking to buy another original ps5 and keep it incase I need it for another room. These new ones look cheap. The original exudes quality if you've picked one up youl know

[EvertonFC]

Just in case 🤣😂

[Aloymetal]

Indeed but I hope the Pro model rumor is true for next year, I'll bite for sure.

[ModsDoBetter]

Mate, if you were an Arab, Sony could sell you sand.

[Aloymetal]

@olMyerslo
You shouldn't be worried and salty about what I do with my money, mind your business and remember to try those yoga classes I recommended to you but anyway, here's the attention you ordered;)

[ModsDoBetter]

@Tg far too true, for someone who's such a big gamer, they spend a hell of a lot of time on here doing Sony PR, the occasional damage control and a whole lot of console fanboyism on ant Xbox related article.

It's embarrassing if they're an adult behaving in this manner.

@Aloy

Interesting you say that considering you seem to be fixated on what Xbox gamers do and don't do on almost every Xbox related article. Practice what you preach, kid.

[Stanjara]

If you were an Eskimo, Sony would sold you ice.

[SinisterMister]

But it comes in the box already so....

[ModsDoBetter]

Jim with one last hurrah before his departure. 😂

[Sonic1881]

I know right

[Sonic1881]

That's ridiculous.

[jznrpg]

It sits on its side upright without the stand just like the OG PS5 does. It’s optional , it is not necessary

[northpaws]

They always say that, I always put them up straight without these add on, did the same for PS3 and PS4.

[ocelot07]

Don't agree with this at all. However, the original one was crap if you wanted to lay the ps5 rather than standing imo.

I even bought a 3rd party one that had a built in controller charger and usb hub and fans for less money than what they want for this stand.

[Suave_Langosta]

Is it just that little ass piece of plastic? There’s no way right? I’ve been too busy with work and school these past few years, I’ve yet to jump into the this generation properly. I’m very unfamiliar with the current model, does it have a stand as well?

Anyways, I would most likely stand them up, but is the stand really that little bitty dinky piece of plastic in the pic above?

[Eonjay]

No. That little thing is included.
The stand they are referring to is not required at all. It would have been nice to have it included but it's not required.

[Binarycode]

That's bad tbh.

[Agent75]

All these years on, Sony still pulling off the stand trick that started with the PS2. You have to chuckle.

[Profchaos]

The redesign seems pointless to me it costs more in my region, it's not that much smaller, it honestly doesn't look as nice and they didn't bother with a stand that was in the base.

I bet the redesign also costs them far less to build per unit they have been cutting costs as much as possible with various revisions since the base launched I can see why the custom cooler is a huge expense to them despite being the coolest part of the build (pun slightly intended).

Historically they would pass done savings on to users but we can see they are not interested in that.

[Agent75]

And probably cheaper parts put together in sweat factories.

[Walweeze]

Like others have said in this comment section it stands upright okay without it. This $30 stand is optional and if you dont wanna pay for it? Then dont buy it.

[Aussiesummer]

Jim’s parting gift, what a guy.

[Ethereal]

To be fair, they always did this. Although, the price hike has never happened before. Usually the slim consoles drop in price right?

[BlackDoomAx]

And a little plastic thingy in the middle to stand horizontally.

[Father__Merrin]

I keep series x and ps5 laid down flat looks much better

[CrimsonWing69]

That’s a Slippin’ Jimmy move, if I’ve ever seen one.

[EvertonFC]

"The new PS5 requires a $30 add-on to stand upright"

@article
It's called an accessory, you new to gaming 🤣🤣

[OhReginald]

You can thank Apple for such crappy business practices. Create a problem that doesn't need to be there in first place, and sell the solution!

[Stanjara]

What is that, a paperclip?
Thnx Sony... I love you.

[MEGANE]

Is not required, but highly recommend

[PCgamer98]

Just wait a few months, there would be dozens of 2 dollar chinese knock offs stand being sold by then.