What you need to know
- After a year of rumors, the PlayStation 5 Pro was finally confirmed, and it’s going to cost $699.99 for the base version, which is all-digital.
- Buyers will need to pay extra for the disc drive and vertical stand, which are sold separately.
- The PS5 Pro will be available for sale on November 7, 2024.
- People have been making memes about the insanely high price point, but even the Xbox isn’t safe.
Well, the PS5 Pro is real, and it’s going to cost a real pretty penny, or shall we say a LOT of pennies. Coming in at an eye-watering $699.99 in the United States, £699.99 in the UK, and €799.99 in Europe — and that’s before you’ve even purchased a disc drive or the vertical stand, which cost $80 and $30, respectively. It may beat Xbox to the AI graphics punch but still… $699.99?!
Everyone has been weighing in on the announcement from all sides of the gaming camp, the Sony fans, the Xbox fans, the PC players who still don’t understand why anyone would spend $699.99 and not just buy a gaming PC. Even the Steam Deck clan have been weighing in. Here’s our favorite memes so far:
The PS5 Pro has lines across the middle of the console which are a nod to the lines Sony executives were doing when they priced the thing pic.twitter.com/NPWP5ilfsCSeptember 10, 2024
idk why y’all are freaking out tbh it only took me a couple minutes to upgrade my ps5 and it didn’t cost 700 dollars pic.twitter.com/wDUhutbIsSSeptember 10, 2024
$700 and the first game we saw running on PS5 Pro was a PS4 game man lol pic.twitter.com/f9r7BMEOC8September 10, 2024
Corporate wants you to find the difference with these two pictures#PS5Pro pic.twitter.com/UYJHwnVDCeSeptember 10, 2024
Steam Deck users weigh in
for the price of a ps5 pro, you can buy the best steam deck versionjust saying pic.twitter.com/JR8nE2QUvPSeptember 10, 2024
Many have pointed out that for the princely sum of $699 you can build a decent gaming PC, but also you could just purchase the top of the range Steam Deck OLED and have access to a much larger library of titles on the go. It’s not as powerful sure, but certainly a compelling argument.