"PlayStation 5 Pro" Revealed

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"PS5 Pro, The Most Expensive Console Ever, Revealed"​

"It’s become a common practice for game console manufacturers to release an upgraded “pro” version of their machines midway through a game generation. And it hasn’t really been a secret that Sony’s been preparing one for the Playstation 5. Today they confirmed the rumors and leaks, dished all the details and revealed when it will go on sale. But should you get one? …That depends on how rich you are.

As expected, the PS5 Pro promises marginal improvements to the already-existing features of the original PS5. The base PS5 has ray tracing, so the PS5 Pro has better ray tracing. The Pro can render more games in 4K at 60 FPS. The Pro has a larger internal SSD that can hold 2TB of your games (this just in: GTA 6 will be 1.5 TB large).

But then there’s the lucre Sony wants in return. They’re slapping a $700 sticker on this machine, the highest a mass-market console has been priced since the 3D0 in 1993 — and it doesn’t actually stop there. The disc drive isn’t included, and that costs another $80 (it is the same detachable drive that the PS5 Slim uses). And if you also need a vertical stand, that isn’t included either, pushing the actual price past $800."

Read the full article here.

 

[Adam Tyner]

I knew the Pro was going to be expensive, but I didn’t have $699 on my bingo card. I’m cursed with a collector’s mindset, so I need the disc drive add-on that makes this sucker even pricier.

For whatever reason, I’ve been stockpiling Amazon gift cards for years, so at least I can get this ridiculous thing and not be out of pocket anything.

Sony usually does a showcase or State of Play in September, so maybe there’ll be a more compelling case made later this month.

 

[Mandouga]

Forget the Super Friends complete series Blu-Ray set, this costs “an arm and a leg”, and probably more than that…


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[khuddle]

As I argued in another thread, the PS5, so far, has been terrible value for the money.
4 years old, and only a handful of decent games so far (and Sony has come out and
said they are going to replace the PS5 in 2028). So why would anyone want to put down
$700 for this machine?

 

[the_joker]

$700 for an upgraded PS5?


Like that article said, a disc drive and stand aren't included, so getting the whole "set" will actually cost $810 (and I'm sure the stand was cheap to produce), which is more than 60% higher than the base PS5 price. And it also mentioned a much cheaper refurbished PS5 which will get the job done, so Sony is in an awkward spot. I suppose if you're into digital games and plan to "replace" your PS5 by reusing the first stand you got, but that price tag is still high. At least the console has 2 TB (actually around 1.8TB). So this console is only for hardcore PS fans, collectors, rich people, and/or people who care a lot about visual quality. As such, I would think Sony has enough sense to not produce too many of these.

The video said people preferred higher framerates a majority of the time, and I would say PS5 games still look great even in performance mode. I would only know about differences in image quality if I were to see side-by-side comparisons, which is what Digital Foundry is for. Hell, I would say PS4 games still look pretty good even if they look noticeably less detailed than PS5 games. And this isn't getting into the "8K gaming" originally printed on the PS5 box. It's hard not to think this console is unnecessary even with all the improvements.

This does make me wonder how the PS6 will be priced.

 

[wonderfly]

This does make me wonder how the PS6 will be priced.

That's the one takeaway I have from this presentation. I'm perfectly fine with my base PS5, but in 2028 (4 years from now) when they reveal the PS6....how much are they going to want for that thing? $500 is kind of the "upper limits" of what I'm willing to pay for a console.

I guess I better start hoping my PS5 lasts until some used PS6's come available around 2030 or 2031.

EDIT: I'm speaking from experience. I bought my PS4 in the Spring of 2015 and in 2020 it started experience major errors before eventually dying. I had to break down and buy a used PS4 Pro, but I found it had issues of it's own. Thankfully I was able to snatch up a brand new PS5 in the Summer of 2021.

 

[Spacething7474]

THE PLAYSTATION 5 PRO WILL RETAIL FOR 699 US DOLLARS.

I do kinda like that it has a detachable disc drive (it'd make fixes for disc reading issues less cumbersome), only issue is that plus the Pro costs nearly $800!

 

[the_joker]

That's the one takeaway I have from this presentation. I'm perfectly fine with my base PS5, but in 2028 (4 years from now) when they reveal the PS6....how much are they going to want for that thing? $500 is kind of the "upper limits" of what I'm willing to pay for a console.

I guess I better start hoping my PS5 lasts until some used PS6's come available around 2030 or 2031.

EDIT: I'm speaking from experience. I bought my PS4 in the Spring of 2015 and in 2020 it started experience major errors before eventually dying. I had to break down and buy a used PS4 Pro, but I found it had issues of it's own. Thankfully I was able to snatch up a brand new PS5 in the Summer of 2021.

It almost sounds like the PS4 consoles you bought happened to be defective. Or maybe Sony knows what they're doing because my controller's right stick has recently been malfunctioning, and I don't just mean drifting. Too bad the warranty isn't longer, so I'll have to get a new controller. That's was why I wanted to get an Astro Bot controller, but no luck, so I'll settle for a regular one, but I digress.

Also, the PS5 supposedly costs plenty of money to produce, and even the digital one was being sold at a loss. So even if the PS5 Pro was reasonably priced, it's still at a much higher price, and I doubt wages have compensated for that, but I digress again. Their profits are supposed to be from the actual games (and microtransactions), so one has to wonder if Sony might just have to settle for selling future consoles at lower price points (assuming production costs become even bigger) if they want people to actually bite.

 

[wonderfly]

It almost sounds like the PS4 consoles you bought happened to be defective.

Maybe. I cleaned out the internals regularly. I always found it strange that it only lasted 5 years. My original Xbox lasted from 2004 to 2011, when it also died. I'm not sure why I have such bad luck with consoles, but I hope my PS5 lasts more than 8 years.....

 

[Adam Tyner]

That's the one takeaway I have from this presentation. I'm perfectly fine with my base PS5, but in 2028 (4 years from now) when they reveal the PS6....how much are they going to want for that thing? $500 is kind of the "upper limits" of what I'm willing to pay for a console.

I'm sorry to hear about your PS4s! I got the yellow light of death on my PS3, and it's definitely no fun.

I guess it depends on when the PS6 launches, but I'm bracing myself for $599 for the base model. I'd really love to see it come in no higher than $499, but I'm not super-optimistic about that. And if it launches at $699 like the PS5 Pro....whew. I don't think it'll be that high, but 2028 (or whenever it winds up releasing) is far enough off that who knows?

 

[Mejo]

This does make me wonder how the PS6 will be priced.

At this rate, we'd probably be seeing around a grand.

 

[the_joker]

Supposedly, the PS5 Pro might only sell about as well (as in, a little less) as the PS4 Pro.