PS5 Pro dips below pace of PS4 Pro in US Markets...

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Yikes! Abandon ship, abandon ship! Well, not really, but Sony has a managed to make their "pro" console much more niche this generation... What does it mean that the PS5 Pro isn't selling great? Could Sony have done better by their customers? How?

.... Perhaps the biggest question, was any of this necessary? The pro wreaks of corporate games. What's your take?

There was never a need for the pro. I hope Sony stops with that nonsense next generation

In just one country? What about worldwide?

Not surprised given the price for it and the fact you need to buy the disc player separately and even a stand. My base PS5 is just fine until the PS6 comes out.

Needs more software to showcase the hardware. Monster Hunter Wilds and Assassin’s Creed Shadows should help get things rolling this year.

How is anyone surprise by this? PS5 Pro was for those who didn't necessary owned the regualr PS5 yet. So of course PS5 Pro sales was gonna take a dip-hit and it doesn't help it cost more than building a PC nearly a grand.

Another thing to consider most gamers would rather wait for PS6 at this point since Sony admitted PS6 is in the works before they released the Pro version. That said, I'm happy with my regular PS5, I have zero interest upgrading to the Pro when I see no reason to do so.

I see why MS didn't bother doing a mid-gen as it doesn't make sense for MS. But then again, having two SKU mitigated for them to do it even if they wanted to.

I'm not surprised at all by this. It costs $300 usd more than the PS4 Pro did. The gain in power is so small and there's not much of a difference going on with the PS5 Pro. Also, there's no disk drive with it.

Why buy another console just to play remakes and remasters of PS4 games? If you have a base PS5 that should be good enough. Just wait for a PS6 if you want that little extra something-something from your games because you know you're getting one anyways and it's only a couple years away.

The silence is deafening but at the same time it is

@onesiphorus: Trust me, it won't be doing any better elsewhere, for example here in Australia it's $1,195 and that's without the disk drive which is like another $200 bucks.

@Nonstop-Madness: The problem is that third parties aren't going to go all out for the PRO, and Sony has no first party to showcase the console with, kinda a lame duck, like the PSVR 2 and to a lesser extent the normal PS5.

But relying on third party became fashionable again when Sony ran out of games in 2024 lol.

Maybe the person(s) running the PS division can shoot Phil an email and ask him to make use of the Pro's "features" for upcoming games Like FH5, Indy etc as he has nothing better to do than screwing over Xbox gamers and I'm sure he would love to help Sony out some more.

It might be the least desirable piece of hardware I've ever seen.

The PS5 Pro does a worse job of selling itself compared to the PS4 Pro. The “upgrade” requires Digital Foundry zoomed in comparisons in most cases. There are a few games where the difference is clear, but the average consumer won’t care enough to make up the price difference.

Console hardware is in a real awkward spot right now. They are still pretty far behind PC, but not far enough to make generational leaps like they used to. This generations leap was the ssd’s. Other than that, the imbalances between CPU clocks, RAM capacity and GPU power will hold these consoles down.

But PC gaming has been pretty rough lately and is only gonna get worse. The GPU prices are outrageous and the tariffs are making things worse. The GPU generational leaps are smaller than they’ve ever been as well because Nvidia and AMD are moving away from consumer grade GPUs as a focus. The margins are much better elsewhere. I know folks are expecting new consoles In the next 2-4 years, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this generation sticks around until 2028-2030. The current batch of consoles are still quite expensive to produce, and the “next gen” console would need to cost $1,000+ to offer any real upgrade.

I'm surprised you didn't mention GTA6 could help push PS5 Pro's sale assuming there's a massive difference between PS5 and Pro in terms of power usage. Not to mention, I can see Sony and Rockstars doing a bundle again like they did for RDR2 + PS5.

@onesiphorus:

The pro is shit all over the world.

Just like the PS4 pro

The "pro" sku just doesn't make huge amount of sense in the console space honestly, we've had a couple gens of experimenting with it, now time for it to drop.

Hopefully it's lagging even further in other places.

Good.

For the price and 'improvements' the PS5 Pro is actual garbage.

Another halfass pro from Phony...

What did you expect. lol :P

Interested to see the numbers if the pro is bundled with gta 6.