The PS5 Pro might have been met with an understandable sea of negativity when it was announced with a £699.99 price tag, but the console is still expected to sell well to its niche audience.
Sony’s previous mid-generation upgrade, the PS4 Pro, only accounted for around 14% of PS4 sales overall, with the PS5 Pro expected to work out the same. At the time of writing, one day after the console launched, it is still widely available across Amazon and other retailers.
As is the case with every console launch these days, scalpers try to buy consoles and sell them at an inflated price to capitalise on the high demand. In the case of the PS5 Pro, however, they clearly haven’t read the room.
A handful of sellers on eBay have consoles listed under ‘Buy It Now’ for less than the retail price, ranging from £680-700.
While these listings appear to have been snapped up, there’s still one going for the retail price of £699.99, while another under auction is currently at £650. It’s likely that number will increase before the auction closes, but it’s hard to imagine it going beyond the retail price considering the console is still widely available from normal retailers.
It seems like this is the case in other countries too. As reported by Otaku Research Institute, sellers on Japanese resale website Mercari are apparently solely promoting the console for ¥10,000 – ¥20,000 (round £50-£100) greater than the retail value.
The publication notes, nevertheless, that Mercari takes a ten% reduce from resellers and there’s transport prices to think about as properly, so many are nonetheless apparently both shedding cash or solely breaking even.
It isn’t all unhealthy information for scalpers although (sadly), as demand has intensified for disc drives. The PS5 Pro is a digital-only console, with Sony promoting exterior disc drives for an extra £99.99. At the time of writing, nevertheless, there isn’t a inventory throughout the UK and US PlayStation Direct shops, with many now going for inflated costs elsewhere.
On eBay, PS5 disc drives are at the moment promoting between £155-£210, which is able to seemingly solely soar upwards till it’s restocked by Sony.
When you mix all these excessive costs, it definitely makes the PS5 Pro’s restricted attraction appear much more doubtful. Just don’t point out having to purchase further faceplates too.
As for the console’s positives, Sony not too long ago revealed the improved specs, together with 2TB of inside storage, and outlined all of the video games which might be appropriate for enhanced upgrades at launch.
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