SonyRoss Miller (he/him) is Polygon’s Senior Commerce Editor for the summer. He has nearly 20 years of experience in media and was a founding editor of The Verge.If you’ve been on the fence about which PlayStation 5 to buy and have ultimately decided against the PS5 Pro — either because of the price tag or because you couldn’t nab the extra-gorgeous 30th anniversary edition in time — the slimmed-down PS5 Digital Edition is on sale at both Amazon and Target for $399.99 (was $449.99) ahead of October Prime Day, while the standard PS5 with disc drive is available for $449.99 (was $499.99). (You’ll need an Amazon Prime or Target Circle membership, respectively, to capitalize on these deals.) While $50 is not the steepest discount, that is the lowest price of any new PS5 currently available, making it a great entry point and still allows you to play the full catalog of titles for now and the foreseen future.PlayStation 5 Slim$450$50010% off$450While the PlayStation 5 Pro may have recently set a new performance standard, the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition (i.e., the one without a disc drive) will still play all the same games — and will do so for a decidedly lower ticket price.Read More$450 at Amazon (Disc)This PlayStation 5 is the slimmer redesign that replaced the original model around this time last year, and it came with a $50 price hike for the Digital Edition. This early October Prime Day / Target Circle Week sale brings the entry price back down to below $400. Note that while the Digital Edition lacks a disc drive — sorry, no playing Blu-rays out of the box — you can pick up a disc drive separately as an attachment later on for $79.99 from Amazon and other retailers.PlayStation 5 disc drive$80$80$80 at GameStop$80 at Amazon$80 at PS DirectThis is a great time to pick up a PlayStation 5, which has a library of incredible games and a robust accessories ecosystem. And we wouldn’t worry too much about a PlayStation 6 anytime soon — by all accounts that is still many years off.Looking for more deals? Check out all of Polygon’s favorite October Prime Day 2024 deals right here, and subscribe to our newsletter below to get great deals delivered to your inbox every week.
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Raimondo’s remarks came during the inaugural convening of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, a network of artificial intelligence safety institutes (AISIs) from 9 nations as well as the European Commission brought together by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and State. The event gathered technical experts from government, industry, academia, and civil socie…
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The final bundle, the Prestige Collection, is arguably one of the best video game bundle deals we’ve seen this year. It includes a wide variety of fantastic games, including multiple bundles (very meta) such as Star Wars Collection and Devil May Cry HD Collection. Since you can grab two items for $15, opting for these two allows you to score 14 Star Wars games and three Devil May Cry games for just $15. Even if you only care about the Star Wars Collection, this is the best deal we’ve seen, as previous solid discounts dropped it d…
Read moreBorderlands 4 will launch on Steam and the Epic Games Store on PC–a pretty common occurrence for any big-name game. But, in this case, it’s notable for a couple of reasons. First, Borderlands 3 was a timed exclusive for the Epic Games Store. And secondly, Gearbox co-founder and president Randy Pitchford shared some strong words about Steam five years ago on social media.
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Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) gave Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards) one directive in the Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Season 1 finale: Don’t speak to Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) anymore. She left out the crucial information that Halbrand was just the human mask for the evil sorcerer Sauron, but as one of the eldest and highest-ranking elves in Middle-earth, she didn’t really think she needed to explain herself for her orders to be followed. Well, that was a fateful overestimation of her influence on Galadriel’s part, as the audience learned in the premiere episodes of Rings of Power Season 2.
Warning: The following contains spoilers for the Season 2 premiere episodes of Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.
A great movie trailer can single handedly turn a movie into a success story–like that genius Cloverfield trailer in 2007 that didn’t say what the title of the movie was. But it’s more common these days, I’d argue, for a trailer to have the opposite impact. A generic trailer can so thoroughly dampen hype for a film that something like Furiosa, a great movie everybody likes that’s a sequel to a great movie everybody likes, could become a major box office disappointment.
Furiosa was the second big financial letdown in May after The Fall Guy kicked the month off with a similarly low-key box office take, and both will end up coming in well below the numbers that summer blockbusters are supposed to have–neither of these films will get to the $100 million mark at the domestic…
Read moreValve has announced that it will be changing the rules surrounding what developers and publishers can write in their store descriptions on Steam.
Starting in early September, four sections on Steam store pages will be impacted: “About The Game,” “Short Description,” “Any Special Announcement,” and “Awards.” The first new rule is that no links to other websites will be allowed in those sections, including links to social media pages. This is due to the store pages already having specific link fields for common social media platforms or websites.
No embedded imagery that mimics Steam store UI or buttons will be allowed either, including ones that look like wishlist buttons, game capsules, or prices. Additionally, no images, links, or widgets that point to other games on Steam …
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