The PS5 will be offered in 24-karat gold — so start saving now

The PS5 will be offered in 24-karat gold — so outset saving at present

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They say "all that glitters is not gilded," but in the case of this gold-dipped PS5 that maxim doesn't stand. And it comes to us from luxury British brand Truly Exquisite, which has a habit of slathering tech in precious metals.

So, if you have a wad of cash that would make Scrooge McDuck apoplectic with envy so you'll be able to get a 24-karat gold or platinum covered PS5 when it gets released at the end of the year. It'south likely to toll several thousand dollars or pounds, then if y'all want to salve a few stacks, there'll be an eighteen-karat rose gold version, though you'll have to deport the shame of being a luxury cheapskate or merely partially exquisite.

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There is no official price for the blinged out PS5 console, but as Truly Exquisite founder Kunal Patel said that there'll be "probably no more than 100 pieces released worldwide". So we suspect the gold-coated PS5 will cost at lease the value of half dozen iPhone 11 Pro Max handsets.

In 2013, a 24-karat golden plated Xbox One was on offer for £6,000, nearly $8,000, at luxury shop Harrods. As such, we'd expect a PS5 with the Truly Exquisite handling to be around the same amount or more.

While the blueprint of the PS5 has certainly divided opinion, you lot'd really need to fully love the aesthetic of the console only hate its dual-tone colour scheme to warrant getting one covered in gold or platinum. Or y'all might take more than money than sense.

Sony has said the PS5 will come with a lot of custom finishes after its release, Only this is probably non what it had in mind.

Even if you're keen to splash the cash on a gold PS5, it's worth noting that the PS5 kicks out 10.28 teraflops of power. That'southward a lot more than current generation consoles, which would probably explain why the PS5 is so large: it needs a lot of space for cooling its powerful components.

We're non experts in thermodynamics, but we reckon coating a PS5 in gold will not do its cooling much good; gold is a decent conductor of heat only it won't do much good outside of the panel.

If you actually want to 'deck' out your PS5 gaming setup and then possibly getting i of the new Marantz AV receivers that promise to heave the PS5's audio is the fashion to go. Or simply save your coin and get an Xbox Series X and so y'all can play all the games announced at the latest Xbox 2020 event.

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