To really bring it to perspective you‘ll have to compare launch prices of the consoles, and every „upgraded“ mid-gen console came at the same price tag as the gen-entry console, be it from Sony or even Microsoft.
Almost doubling the price is pretty much unheard of!
And you‘ll have to compare the PS5 Pro to the PS5 Digital because it even lacks a drive for discs, wow.
wekilledbambi03
They should have dropped base model to $400 and priced Pro at $550. The fact that were are 4 years in with no price drops (and in some regions actually an increase) is insane.
jarreddit123
No thanks, i’m good with my base PS5.
Sigman_S
PS4 launched in 2013…
SandBoxFreakPS
Just like i didn’t buy the ps4 pro i will probably never buy the ps5 pro. My ps4 still works to this day so i never bought the ps4 pro. Same for the ps5, if it happens to break i will probably buy the ps5 pro. Even though i find the price incredibly high. Why is it that everything costs more in Europe? I noticed this when i purchased the Ultimate Edition from star wars Outlaws. I payed 140 € on the Belgian psn store which converts to over 150 dollars. How much does it cost on the American psn store, exactly 130$. So we pay 20 dollars more in Europe. The ps5 costs 699,99$ while in Europe we have to pay 799,99 which converts to 881,93$. Why do we have to pay 181,94$ more than in America? Its even worse in Britain, 699,99 pounds is 921,14$. And then Americans complain about the price while we have to pay even more.
alecsnokia
How about the inflation / price increase for everything… You need to keep that in mind as well
TheMassiveLiability
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate that they are selling a vertical stand for a console that literally can’t stand up any way *but* vertically by default?
ZS1664
They *really* want to recoup that Concord money, huh?
anonerble
There’s this cool thing you can do…not buy it. Base is more than enough
Twin_Titans
I love how the Canadian price is omitted from the pro because it would look astronomical.
leif777
The PS5 Pro $950 CAD up from $650 from the standard model. Madness.
Invictae
Inflation-adjusted, the PS4 Pro would be $523 today.
So still a hefty jump.
CHEEZE_BAGS
its starting to approach cheap gaming PC prices and that gets you a device that can do just vastly so much more than a ps5 in addition to playing games.
FellowDeviant
I wonder why nobody has made any mention of the Series X 2TB model coming out next month at $600 as too pricey.
nakabra
The Ps4 pro had an amazing technological piece of hardware called ***”Disc Drive”*** that would come for free, bundled with the console. Can you imagine that?
Good Times.
ComeonmanPLS1
Adjusted for inflation, the PS4 pro would cost $524 today. So they went up by nearly $200 with this one lmao. Also no disk drive and no stand for that price. Amazing.
1leggeddog
Still use my base PS4 to this day as a glorified streaming machine for Youtube, Apple TV, prime video and what not.
Before i shell ou that kind of cash for another console, i’d build a PC instead for cheaper.
FeeDisastrous3879
They could fix this if it came with a Pro controller and a coupon for a free stand and a free disc drive that you could pick up at major retailers.
That would minimize some manufacturing costs, let people choose what parts matter to them, and people would buy it.
Otherwise, I’ll gladly wait for the PS6 which will likely be $100 less.
Scytian
If this will sell well next gen consoles will start at 599 or even 699.
ayyLumao
I mean, speaking as someone who owns the PS4 Pro, it was not as much of a different in performance and/or fidelity as the PS5 Pro, PS5 Pro had some examples where the frame rate literally *doubled*, and AFAIK, IIRC, the PS4 Pro didn’t really have any 8th gen games that had their frame rates doubled.
plzdonatemoneystome
Retail version of the original PS4 was $399.99 for 500 GB. If we follow this, the PS5 should have already taken a price cut and this should have replaced the current $400 price tag.
LaserGadgets
Material for the vertical stand is like 2 bucks. That’s so low.
Arkind9334
Inflation is a fickle bitch.
MountFire
Crunching down the numbers with respect to inflation seem to land the 399€ for the 2016 release at roughly 500-510€ depending on which site you use.
Their markup is purely based on the fact that people buy expensive shit anyway.
lif3onabalcony
too expensive for me.
TaloulahRu
PS5 or the PS5?
KebabGud
Can get a pretty decent used pc for that price
Thatguydrew7
Corporate greed Sony at full power!!! This is the time to witch hunt and use your cancellation powers to actually mean something 😂
Omeggos
Best part is the ps4 pro launched at the same price as the base ps4. The $300 ps4 slim was after the $100 price cut (the thing we’re still waiting for sony to do)
chaosxq
Looks like in the absence of perceived competition Sony is having another PS3 moment.
Dyno-Jaguar
why the heck is it 700$/£, but 800€
Pain-Seeker
Could someone explain to me, why is € 100 higher than the dollar?
JohnMichaelPantaloon
It’s 3DO all over again 😩😩
ImaginaryYak3911
why such a difference of price between US vs Others this time?
DinnerSmall4216
I’ll stick to my og ps5 with stand included thanks.
U_g_h___
All this to play RDR2 at 30fps
BokiGilga
Why not put PS5 price wtf
SHITBLAST3000
Regular PS5 sales will shoot up.
dashKay
This comparison means nothing if you don’t include the normal PS5 prices as well…
sonicfluff
Hope it sells poorly so sony never release a digital only product again
Edge80
The original PS4 and the Pro both had disc drives as well. $100 more for a decent bump in performance.
LewisMarty
Another anti-consumer choice from Sony
fsfaith
So they flopped the abysmal cash grab Concord then within the week they shut that crap down they do this. They’re too comfortable with their position and I hope they get humbled and this flops as well.
aboysmokingintherain
Ps4pro also had significantly better hardware then then base console which ran like ass. Does the ps5 pro have upgrades?
Trav1997
Yeah, if someone is idiotic enough to buy that, they deserve the empty wallet.
CraftOvMadness
That is unreasonable pricing. Might as well start investing towards a PC setup at that point.
Fr33C00kies4u
and ppl are still going to buy it so they dont care as along as they are making money
footpicsof911
they can shove it up their ass at this price
Jus-acommentor
I might as well build a fcking good pc at that price point.
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Sony really trying to take everyone for a ride
To really bring it to perspective you‘ll have to compare launch prices of the consoles, and every „upgraded“ mid-gen console came at the same price tag as the gen-entry console, be it from Sony or even Microsoft.
Almost doubling the price is pretty much unheard of!
And you‘ll have to compare the PS5 Pro to the PS5 Digital because it even lacks a drive for discs, wow.
They should have dropped base model to $400 and priced Pro at $550. The fact that were are 4 years in with no price drops (and in some regions actually an increase) is insane.
No thanks, i’m good with my base PS5.
PS4 launched in 2013…
Just like i didn’t buy the ps4 pro i will probably never buy the ps5 pro. My ps4 still works to this day so i never bought the ps4 pro. Same for the ps5, if it happens to break i will probably buy the ps5 pro. Even though i find the price incredibly high. Why is it that everything costs more in Europe? I noticed this when i purchased the Ultimate Edition from star wars Outlaws. I payed 140 € on the Belgian psn store which converts to over 150 dollars. How much does it cost on the American psn store, exactly 130$. So we pay 20 dollars more in Europe. The ps5 costs 699,99$ while in Europe we have to pay 799,99 which converts to 881,93$. Why do we have to pay 181,94$ more than in America? Its even worse in Britain, 699,99 pounds is 921,14$. And then Americans complain about the price while we have to pay even more.
How about the inflation / price increase for everything… You need to keep that in mind as well
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate that they are selling a vertical stand for a console that literally can’t stand up any way *but* vertically by default?
They *really* want to recoup that Concord money, huh?
There’s this cool thing you can do…not buy it. Base is more than enough
I love how the Canadian price is omitted from the pro because it would look astronomical.
The PS5 Pro $950 CAD up from $650 from the standard model. Madness.
Inflation-adjusted, the PS4 Pro would be $523 today.
So still a hefty jump.
its starting to approach cheap gaming PC prices and that gets you a device that can do just vastly so much more than a ps5 in addition to playing games.
I wonder why nobody has made any mention of the Series X 2TB model coming out next month at $600 as too pricey.
The Ps4 pro had an amazing technological piece of hardware called ***”Disc Drive”*** that would come for free, bundled with the console. Can you imagine that?
Good Times.
Adjusted for inflation, the PS4 pro would cost $524 today. So they went up by nearly $200 with this one lmao. Also no disk drive and no stand for that price. Amazing.
Still use my base PS4 to this day as a glorified streaming machine for Youtube, Apple TV, prime video and what not.
Before i shell ou that kind of cash for another console, i’d build a PC instead for cheaper.
They could fix this if it came with a Pro controller and a coupon for a free stand and a free disc drive that you could pick up at major retailers.
That would minimize some manufacturing costs, let people choose what parts matter to them, and people would buy it.
Otherwise, I’ll gladly wait for the PS6 which will likely be $100 less.
If this will sell well next gen consoles will start at 599 or even 699.
I mean, speaking as someone who owns the PS4 Pro, it was not as much of a different in performance and/or fidelity as the PS5 Pro, PS5 Pro had some examples where the frame rate literally *doubled*, and AFAIK, IIRC, the PS4 Pro didn’t really have any 8th gen games that had their frame rates doubled.
Retail version of the original PS4 was $399.99 for 500 GB. If we follow this, the PS5 should have already taken a price cut and this should have replaced the current $400 price tag.
Material for the vertical stand is like 2 bucks. That’s so low.
Inflation is a fickle bitch.
Crunching down the numbers with respect to inflation seem to land the 399€ for the 2016 release at roughly 500-510€ depending on which site you use.
Their markup is purely based on the fact that people buy expensive shit anyway.
too expensive for me.
PS5 or the PS5?
Can get a pretty decent used pc for that price
Corporate greed Sony at full power!!! This is the time to witch hunt and use your cancellation powers to actually mean something 😂
Best part is the ps4 pro launched at the same price as the base ps4. The $300 ps4 slim was after the $100 price cut (the thing we’re still waiting for sony to do)
Looks like in the absence of perceived competition Sony is having another PS3 moment.
why the heck is it 700$/£, but 800€
Could someone explain to me, why is € 100 higher than the dollar?
It’s 3DO all over again 😩😩
why such a difference of price between US vs Others this time?
I’ll stick to my og ps5 with stand included thanks.
All this to play RDR2 at 30fps
Why not put PS5 price wtf
Regular PS5 sales will shoot up.
This comparison means nothing if you don’t include the normal PS5 prices as well…
Hope it sells poorly so sony never release a digital only product again
The original PS4 and the Pro both had disc drives as well. $100 more for a decent bump in performance.
Another anti-consumer choice from Sony
So they flopped the abysmal cash grab Concord then within the week they shut that crap down they do this. They’re too comfortable with their position and I hope they get humbled and this flops as well.
Ps4pro also had significantly better hardware then then base console which ran like ass. Does the ps5 pro have upgrades?
Yeah, if someone is idiotic enough to buy that, they deserve the empty wallet.
That is unreasonable pricing. Might as well start investing towards a PC setup at that point.
and ppl are still going to buy it so they dont care as along as they are making money
they can shove it up their ass at this price
I might as well build a fcking good pc at that price point.