FrankWza
Gold Member
I think you're misunderstanding his point. The PS5 Pro is an upgrade of hardware And ssd capacity. The x he mentioned is just an ssd capacity upgrade
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Realistically, what would have been an “acceptable” price for the PS5 Pro?
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Madserb2023
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I would have paid £600 including the disc drive. It's £800 to me here in the UK as 90% of my games are physical. I'm also going to get the Switch 2 when it comes out so I don't want to be paying £1200 on hardware over the next 6 months.
NeonGhost
uses 'M$' - What year is it? Not 2002.
This
TransTrender
Gold Member
Yeah man, $499.99 for the digital, and $599.99 for the disc with stand.
Sleepwalker
Member
$600 with a disc drive and stand.
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Icymanipulator
Member
$399
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
I would have purchased one at the 700 price point with a disk drive. I'm convinced retailers will bundle it at that price in the future.
XXL
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Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
£600 with 1TB would have been ok.
£699 with 2TB is £50 too much and a little sticker shocky but I’m in for the next 4 years of this gen and GTA6 round the corner I want it to look and perform as well as possible so I’m willing to take the hit.
Plus I haven’t played rebirth yet so I’m down for 70+ hours of beauty in that game alone.
£699 with 2TB is £50 too much and a little sticker shocky but I’m in for the next 4 years of this gen and GTA6 round the corner I want it to look and perform as well as possible so I’m willing to take the hit.
Plus I haven’t played rebirth yet so I’m down for 70+ hours of beauty in that game alone.
Puscifer
Member
Remember during the last run of these you could snag one for 50 bucks? I had one from Best Buy just because and played through so many cheap games.
lughnasadh123
Member
For me? A lot lower with more stuff bundled with it. Then again my cheap ass is the furthest thing from their intended audience for this.
I'd love to know what metrics they're shooting for to find success with this thing. Pretty sure they'll have great success with this and mostly from people who've already boughten a PS5.
I'd love to know what metrics they're shooting for to find success with this thing. Pretty sure they'll have great success with this and mostly from people who've already boughten a PS5.
FeralEcho
Member
This would've been acceptable for me if they also had some more exciting games coming for this thing and not just games I've already played. Right now it's the equivalent of an overexpensive desert resort.
For me at least.
Natsuko
Member
799 is the price here. Maybe I would go with Drive and Stand at that price, but probably not. I'm not sure I'd even pay more than 500 for a console. To be honest I wouldn't buy it at the moment. Even for 500 ... This generation simply isn't getting off the ground when it comes to games. My Playstation 5 hasn't been on for ages because Astrobot isn't my genre. There's simply nothing at the moment. Maybe next year. Do I need a Pro version of a console for which one or two games that interest me will be released a year? I don't have the urge to replay the story games that much. And I don't need a new console for third party games.
I have an expensive PC with powerful hardware. A console has to offer exclusive games for me. More than one or two a year. I don't mind if the games also come (later) for the PC. But basically there have to be more than one or two interesting games a year. Only Nintendo has managed that in recent years. That's why I get a Switch 2 next year. But if Sony continues like this, no PS5 Pro and maybe not even a PS6. With the current policy, I can also wait for the PC ports, sorry Sony.
I have an expensive PC with powerful hardware. A console has to offer exclusive games for me. More than one or two a year. I don't mind if the games also come (later) for the PC. But basically there have to be more than one or two interesting games a year. Only Nintendo has managed that in recent years. That's why I get a Switch 2 next year. But if Sony continues like this, no PS5 Pro and maybe not even a PS6. With the current policy, I can also wait for the PC ports, sorry Sony.
saintjules
Gold Member
It's fine I guess. But $599 without drive and stand vs $699 with drive and stand would have been nice.
I just think the stand should have been included regardless because if it's to help airflow why wouldn't it be there? The incentive then is that it isn't required. Anyway I'll get it a few days before.
I just think the stand should have been included regardless because if it's to help airflow why wouldn't it be there? The incentive then is that it isn't required. Anyway I'll get it a few days before.
Bitstream
Member
2 thousand dollars. This way, the PC only cult stops wasting everyone's time with desperately assembled, often lower spec machines trying to prove a point no one asked them for.
Did you know if I only add 1TB of space and skip out on the $80 controller, I can kind of get close to the price? No one cares, shut up.
Did you know if I only add 1TB of space and skip out on the $80 controller, I can kind of get close to the price? No one cares, shut up.
HeisenbergFX4
Member
$700 was fine, its not targeted for the masses
SJRB
Gold Member
It's all about value proposition, right? The PS5 Pro is supposed to deliver something that makes me want to fork over an equivalent amount of Euros.
At this moment in time I'd value the Pro at 500 euros tops. Sony is doing a terrible job of selling me on this thing and I've bought every Sony console day 1 since the PS2.
At this moment in time I'd value the Pro at 500 euros tops. Sony is doing a terrible job of selling me on this thing and I've bought every Sony console day 1 since the PS2.
majorgamer10
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The PS5 Pro is expensive so gamers take it seriously, but not TOO seriously. Any PS5 Pro owners must be serious gamers or my name is not Majorgamer10.
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newtypepilot
Member
$599 for the Pro with disc drive and stand included.
The pro is $960 cad here, plus another $100 for the drive. All before tax. Zero chance I would spend well over a grand for console, even if I can afford it.
The pro is $960 cad here, plus another $100 for the drive. All before tax. Zero chance I would spend well over a grand for console, even if I can afford it.
Rising_Hei
Member
€650 with everything included.
PS5 slim should be €400
The increase in price and lack of reduction of the cost of PS5 make it look less ugly than it should.
PS5 slim should be €400
The increase in price and lack of reduction of the cost of PS5 make it look less ugly than it should.
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Johnny Concrete
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600 Euro's. I probably would've done it.
700 Euro's I would be like: "holy shit, I don't know, man"
800 Euro's: LOL
700 Euro's I would be like: "holy shit, I don't know, man"
800 Euro's: LOL
Putonahappyface
Member
£700 including the disc drive would've been a fair price for me.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Personally I think they should have dropped the price of regular Digital and Disk Edition by even $50, something and add $200 for the Pro.
So Disk version of the Pro would have been $650. And throw in a stand for fuck’s sake into the “Pro” product.
Edit: Pro will do ok for now as they got a decent amount of folks to upsell initially. However overall PS sales are dropping and the price for base models is the problem.
So Disk version of the Pro would have been $650. And throw in a stand for fuck’s sake into the “Pro” product.
Edit: Pro will do ok for now as they got a decent amount of folks to upsell initially. However overall PS sales are dropping and the price for base models is the problem.
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