The PS5 Pro Has Received Its First Discount For Days Of Play 2025

Out of the box, the PS5 Pro is a digital-only console, but you can add a disc drive to play your physical PlayStation game library. The console features a larger GPU that allows for 45% faster rendering and support for enhanced visual technology like AI-driven upscaling and advanced ray-tracing.

It comes with a 2TB SSD, double the storage space of all other PS5 models. This is fairly significant when you consider 1TB SSDs with comparable quality can go for $100 or more. So if you wanted a PS5 Slim or Slim Digital console with 2TB storage capacity, you'd often need to spend $600 or $550, respectively, for the console and additional 1TB SSD. Those figures are based on PlayStation console prices, but you can get the PS5 Slim or Slim Digital with Black Ops 6 for $450 or $400, respectively.

The PS5 Pro also features a minimal design refresh with wider "racing stripes" on the side panels. It comes packaged with a white DualSense 5 Controller. Additional controllers can be purchased at $20 discounts during Days of Play. You can also save $30 on PlayStation's pro-style DualSense Edge Controller in white or Midnight Black.

If you prefer to place your consoles upright, you'll need to buy the PlayStation Vertical Stand for $30, as the stand isn't included with the PS5 Pro or PS5 Slim.

As mentioned, the PS5 Pro does not come with an optical drive, so you'll need to buy PlayStation's official Disc Drive attachment to play physical PS5 and PS4 games on the high-powered console.

Unfortunately, the Disc Drive isn't on sale right now, but it is readily available at multiple major retailers--for now at least. The PS5 Pro's holiday launch made it very challenging to find the Disc Drive in stock for its $80 MSRP. It's possible that the first discount on the PS5 Pro, combined with the PS5 Slim Call of Duty bundle, will also lead to shortages.

If you get one of the Days of Play console deals and know you want to play physical games, it'd be wise to purchase the the attachment alongside the console.