Poll: Did You Pre-Order a PS5 Pro?

I got the Pro. I didn't get the anniversary bundle, I didn't expect to, but I got the controller which is what I was more interested in anyway.

I got it, but mainly because I wanted a 2nd PS5. So might as well pay $250 more for the pro. Excited to see Rebirth and other existing and future games on it.

Eh. Waiting on the 6 at this point. Granted I will likely go PC so long as Sony supports the platform.

I bought mine today.

I reckon scalpers saw there wasn't much demand and cancelled their orders.

Either that or Sony were holding/reallocating stock on the fly.

Either way, I am now deciding whether to buy the disc drive or convert to digital plus how much storage I add to the thing.

Yep managed to pre order the ps5 pro, wasn't that interested in anniversary edition tbh

Only reason I would have bought one is for the improvements to psvr2.....but the psvr2 wasn't that good imo and quickly sold it after launch so have no need for a pro now

Got one too. Though as it's a pre order, it gives me time to decide if it will be worth to me at launch as we get more info.
My biggest issue is that all of the top tier games that are being upgraded, they happen to be the only games that I own on disc. So I have to order the disc drive. However, I am not ordering the disc drive until I am fully committed to following through with the purchase, as I have the original ps5 with disc drive, so a spare drive is of no benefit to me.

I pre-ordered this morning, I find it funny in a way that people are complaining about having to pay $700 for the PS5 Pro when in my country, even buying from Amazon (the official PlayStation store here), I had to pay $1290. The standard PS5 with disc here costs around $700 here.

nah that moneys better off going towards my PC that’s already a pro. i’m good with my current PS5 and am still waiting for it to reach its full potential .

Hell no I don't have that kind of dough 😅

Nope, got more sense than money

For all the "no way im paying that" comments, the yes i preordered percentage is the highest, haha knew that would happen 🤣

I bought one yesterday morning, will look great on my large OLED TV, and when the PS6 comes out I'll upgrade to that too. Also got a 30th DualSense from Amazon.

This poll will be very interesting, bearing in mind how a vocal section of moaning minnies everywhere were eager to claim no-one would buy this, just because they wouldn't. I suspect a lot of them did in the end anyway.

Even DF are impressed!

Na, let the marks fight over them.

I'll wait for the PS6.

@Yousef- this is a PlayStation fan site, that it's evenly split is actually surprising. I thought the amount that would have bought it would be much higher

Regular PS5 PRO was "sold out" only for 3-4 hours. It is available from yesterday afternoon without issues.

I will buy it. Probably near to Launch date. So many games I could play has PRO Enhanced mark. So no point of waiting longer. I would like to get 30th anniversary, but I am not buying it 2nd hand.

@Jrs1 the "no way I'm paying that" brigade are in for a shock when they see the PS6 launch price and that won't be coming with a disk drive as standard either!

I would have bought the 30th anniversary bundle because it was sick. But since I missed out, I don't see a need for the Pro.

I paid $1700 for my PS5 Pro...and Series X Pro...and PS6....and NextBox.

So, no, I won't be getting a Pro at all.

People are so judgmental on here lately. Calling someone a mark or without sense is hilarious.

One for me then my wife slapped one on her account too. Then a few of our friends have ordered some today.

Wanted the 30th edition Portal, PS5 Pro etc, but was way behind the curve on that one.

Absolutely adore how ugly that grey was back when I had a PS1. Odd I know, I like a lot of ugly things, like comments sections for example.

I caved and bought the Pro. I've had the base model since launch so I'm selling that to a mate for £300 and figure I'll more than get use out of the £500 I pay to upgrade for the Pro over the next 3-4 years until the PS6 drops.

Can't help feeling a little dirty because it should never have been this price without a disc drive and stand so I totally understand those who don't buy it. Hopefully Playstation can reward my custom over the second half of this generation with some absolute bangers.

It sold out twice for a fee hours each in UK for the standard.

I wanted 30th console, but was sold out by the time I got in. Happy with the standard Pro and 30th Dualsense to get instead 🙌🏻

Haters gunna hate.

There's no option for I want one but not at that price

@get2sammyb Sure not everyone but you would assume this site will have a definite bias to purchasing one more than somewhere else a poll was created.
Not sure anyone has changed their mind since it was announced but sure maybe the attitude has changed slightly.

@get2sammyb Indeed, and the attitude on here in the comments for articles was extremely negative towards it when it was initially announced. It's good that such noise is dissipating. I hope they all enjoy their base PS5's and PC's like they've been telling us hundreds of times, and let us enjoy our Pro's.

Don't think there's a need to be quick to get one really, from what I've seen it's available everywhere. Most definitely will not be getting one myself. Will wait for the ps6 pro before I buy any more hardware from Sony, even then they will need to impress me next generation or I'll skip it altogether.

Not gonna lie, I’m getting serious FOMO with this one. Still don’t know how necessary it is. I hate this!

I want to trade my ps5 for the pro so waiting to see if Amazon or GameStop offer trade in deals...

"It's been a similar story with pre-orders in the US..."

PS Direct has had PS5 Pros in stock all day yesterday and you can buy one right now without being put in queue. Only the 30th Anniversary edition but Sony seemed to have learned its lesson and has enough consoles on offer this time.

Nope. Cozzie livvs if nothing else.

Pre-ordered PS5 Pro, excited to try it out. I just checked, and pre-orders are still open (US)...Anniversary one is sold out but PS5 Pro still available.

Na, the next console I'm buying will be the Switch 2. Which will have worse specs than the base PS5 😄

Naa.... I did have a passing interested in one until they revealed the price.

Since then I've watched several of these side by side comparison videos and I'm honestly not just saying this to be bitter but I can barely tell any difference.

Does it make the games look a bit better? Yes it probably does..... under a forensic microscope

Is it enough to get me to spend £700 (£800 if I want a disk drive).... No thanks I'm quite happy with my OG PS5

@jrt87 to be fair to pushsquare, it did sell out in the later afternoon. I say this because I couldn't get one. They've since (presumably) made more stock available

No and i won't get one. Ask this question to people in Brazil, where this console is costing a staggering 7K right now lol this is just the console without the detachable disc drive, that is costing 600 bucks (probably more now)
By far one of the most expensive consoles I've ever seen in Brazil

If anything, most people here will probably start buying PS4s (the ones that are left) or even build PCs (although they'll probably be weaker than a base PS5). Besides, the Pro already has a 2020 CPU with only 10% boost. I'm not sure that this will be enough to carry this console until 2027, especially in CPU bound games. Obviously we'll see improvements in performance with recent games, but i believe that in 2 years performance won't be as good as now

My next console will be a PS6 and that's it

Yes I did, and I'm looking forward to getting it.

I just don't see the value in the thing. I own a bunch of physical copies of games that would be useless without the disc drive and I do not believe a slightly crispier image is worth close to 1000€, if I also want to continue to be able to play those games.

Thing is hella overpriced and beyond content creators and people like the pushsquare staff, who kind of.."have to" be able to report on how the thing is, it doesn't seem like something for regular customers.

Well, besides those with too much money and too little gray matter, maybe. Legitimately think you have to be a bit of a dumbo to support that insanity.

@AhabSpampurse Was unavailable to purchase for a few hours, but was obviously not anywhere near sold out.

Been available to purchase for over twenty four hours straight now in the UK. A Playstation dedicated news website should really be up on the latest.

Interesting that people keep saying they can't see the difference or that it is just a little bit sharper.

That's not really the point here.

The Pro is there to give you a combined performance mode level frame with fidelity mode graphics plus increased power for Ray tracing.

It is the combination that the pro does that's important.

Whether you think that's worth your money is up to you and I get why people are not convinced but the basic narrative around alot of the negativity is just wrong.

@Medic_alert I would just appreciate not having to see people commenting on how much of a “dumbo” someone is or having more money than sense.

I’m so tired of people getting insulting over an object they either can’t afford or don’t wish to purchase.

I can’t afford a Lambo but I’m not going to insult someone who buys one.

And agreed with what you stated.

D1! Can't wait to see UE5 games improvements!

To anyone that did not select No, shame on you. You're the reason Sony sucks so much in recent years.

@Medic_alert after watching some side by side comparisons the frame rate improvements sold me on it, plus I have a friend who can't afford a regular PS5 so I am gifting mine to them. Originally I wasn't planning to get it but decided I earned a little splurge for once

@TheElectroFunky absolutely agree with you. Too many people too invested in what other people are doing with their time and money.

The value is entirely subjective and likely has a lot to do with your current circumstances.

Making it personal is just a bad attitude.

@Frmknst Yes, we are the reason a load of men and a small amount of women have made decisions based on DRM, licensing, disc drives, PS Plus requirements, censorship, pricing structures, supply chain agreements, retail agreements, remasters, project cancellations and so forth.

I’ve spent a few hundred quid on equipment from a multi-billion pound company and they’ve decided to make poor decisions both prior to my purchase and following on from it.

All based on my purchase.

Sony has failed with its fans for years for many, many reasons, and it started long before the PS5 Pro, and long before the PS4 Pro.

Take it you were around for the PS3 release?

@TheElectroFunky @Medic_alert

Personally I'd never refer to anyone as a Dumbo for buying one, people are free to spend their money on whatever they wish. I've always been one for having to have the latest technology myself but I do honestly think they've priced it too high this time.

I get that people will say it's an enthusiasts model and not necessarily for everyone, but it genuinely does frighten me how much they're going to want to charge us for the PS6 which will obviously have even higher specs when the time comes.

If I remember correctly the standard PS4 used to be £350 ISH..... a few years later the PS4 Pro released at £399 and then a few years later the PS5 released for £450. A reasonable a steady increase I think we can all agree.

This just seems like a massive jump when comparing to previous models and I'm just worried that it sets a bad president for the future

Can't afford it and even if I could wouldn't waste money on it.

Where's the "nope, it's too expensive" poll option?

@PloverNutter mate, that is an awesome thing to do for a friend! Good for you man.

I'm a big vr guy and hope to see more improvements in those games but to be honest I get a pay rise next month that is back dated to April and that gives me more than enough to buy in from next month's pay packet so the timing has worked out very nicely for me and that has pushed me over the edge if I'm honest.

I'm most looking forward to the new Alan Wake 2 dlc that crosses over with Control. Control is one of the only games I played in fidelity mode because the ray tracing on the shiny surfaces was amazing and could be used as a tactical advantage to spot enemy reflections. If I can now have that at 60fps I am a happy punter!

I didn't get one, just amusing to me all the regular commenters railing against the Pro are nowhere to be seen in the face of genuine interest and action from people who bought it.

Great reminder that comments aren't reality! Enjoy your devices my friends

I’m waiting to see what MHWilds runs like on standard/pro.

I’m interested, I’d just do a couple of days overtime. Then besides a few hours of my time I’d be no worse off.

@Member_the_game it might do, that said we are in unprecedented times in terms of hardware.

I read an article today that expects the nvidia 5090 gpu to cost at least $2500.

I think there is an element of Sony wanting to price this as a premium product - something I'm not sure they can do with the base PS6, so I don't necessarily expect the PS6 to be even more expensive again.

But who knows what the hardware market may throw up in 3-4 years time and whether Sony are prepared to play the loss leader game at the beginning of a new gen?

I suspect the pro will be getting most if not all games for a couple of years into the lifestyle of the ps6 anyway which helps.

@DualWielding Id wait for december and sell it yourself. You probably going to get more money that way.

57% want one or have already ordered one. Score one for the 'pointless upgrade'

I guess they are... right on track 😛😛

Preordered. Since i no longer dabble in the intricacies of PC gaming, i might as well have the best console on market. Probably wouldnt do it it i didnt have OLED TV tho.

The disc drive sucks, but vast majority of my games are digital anyway so ill just rebuy the ones i have on disc and sell them with my old playstation.

Ordered standard.. but honestly it was fomo from not getting the anniversary edition. I'll probably cancel it.. only one problem, the stand and drive already shipped. The horror!

@Member_the_game Absolutely agree, I do feel the price as a console is a little high.

Though having built PC’s over time it’s not as high as it could have been. I mean there’s a company here in Staffordshire I worked for back when I was in college OCUK, they make a large portion of their money off PC users making liquid going around that’s dyed look fancy.

Obviously there’s more to it than that, but you get the sentiment.

Same with the lack of disc drive, I think one should have been included, but to then see my friend squirm when defending why he wasn’t sad to see CD’s go from PC gaming was quite interesting.

With the SSD alone I’m talking another £100 on a PS5 Digital Price, to match the 2TB etc. Then I have a 90 inch TV so I know it’s daft but even a resolution upscalled just a bit further makes a big difference.

I work with 3D assets and editing all day, then my missus is a graphic designer, so all we do is analyse pixels each day, so it’s nice to sometimes just know I’m getting the best, that PlayStation can offer.

But that’s part of my reasoning, it won’t match everyone else’s and I certainly agree it’s pricey and too much for many to consider it.

To me it’s worth it, I mean my 4090 was a stupid decision to people on the internet, yet it’s only used for my work and makes me a living that I could have only dreamt of a few years back.

So is a 4090 a stupid price to me? Absolutely, I can’t imagine anyone wishing to pay for that for a gaming GPU.

But for me who makes money off it every day, absolutely.

Everything is going up in price, even down to the metals used to make electronics, nothing is going to get cheaper. So we either need people’s wages to match prices of items, or a lot of hobbies will be out of reach for people in a few decades.

But yes, totally agree with you, that’s my issue with the insults flung on here by some. It’s not the case I don’t see their points, it’s just everyone can justify buying an item another won’t be able to justify. It doesn’t make either person wrong.

I mean some would say I’m complicit in making Nvidia think they can charge gamers whatever they wish, yet I literally just bought their highest tier card for work.

To sum up, whether it’s my work or personal time, I don’t wish to hear of someone saying I should buy a less than experience because they are happy with less than when they could have more.

If I want more, then my buying more shouldn’t make those happy with less unhappy.

Sorry for the length and happy gaming! Off to play some Call of Duty now because got to live up to the dumbo reputation that proceeds me. 😂

Hell no. My original PS5 is still working really well and I really don't see any reason to upgrade for a few minor differences.

I don't think I can in my country yet.

Thanks for asking

Nah, I'd rather pump funds that high into upgrading my PC so that the base PS5 can be my last PlayStation ever.

Naw. This gen has been a HUGE disappointment, and performance had nothing to do with it.

Pre-ordered the standard Pro (USA), but not 100% sure if I’ll keep the order or cancel. We have some time to think about it… Hoping to see a few more games pop up on the list, like Returnal, Resident Evil, and Armored Core VI

@ear_wig Good shout on Returnal!

@Ravix Loving your Mark Cerny meme posts by the way, really made me laugh recently. So, thank you! 😂

Nope , i ve built a very powerful PC so if i feel the need the need to experience a game at its maximum settings i ll do it there.
That said, if sony offers a service where they take in your old PS5 for a price cut on the pro , i ll consider it.

Not a chance. Will wait for the 6.

To think we were promised high framerates and resolutions with the base ps5 which clearly was lies means i wont be upgrading to something that the ps5 should have been in the first place.

Pre-ordered the regular version but currently can't find a disc drive that isn't listed at least 50% over MSRP (some are way more than that).
Luckily there's still time.

@Voltan If it gets too bad where you are in the world, I don’t mind sending one at normal RRP if push comes to shove buddy. So either way making sure you get that drive! Either way, enjoy!

Waiting for PS6...

I was going on to Direct just to try to get the 30th Edge controller, but things changed when I got onto Sony Direct website.

I can still hardly believe it, but my screen refreshed about 5 minutes after go time and right in front of me was the 30th Pro Bundle showing add to cart. I thought it must be a glitch but it let me add to cart, fill in all my info, and then complete the sale.

Having said that, until it's in my hands Im going to keep my excitement down. Im from the 90s so I love the gray theme on my consoles and at least one of these bundles did not go into scalpers hands. Fingers crossed delivery goes smoothly.

I am having somewhat of an internal struggle at the moment. Do I keep it sealed as a collectors item or just use it as I would any Pro (I do take care of my electronics).

@Medic_alert yeah I am hoping some VR games get a solid boost too. I know the two RE games and NMS are listed but it remains to be seen if this applies to the VR modes as well

If it's silent like the base one, if it doesn't consume too much energy and if increases significantly the experience with PSVR2 games, I'll buy it.

@Frmknst You really need the check yourself with this attitude. If we act/speak like this here this website’s comment section will become IGN. People have different experiences and wants/desires out of gaming. Your single point of view is just that… your single point of view.

Man I really wanted that 30th anniversary dualsense but s**t out of luck by the looks of it 😢

@Majin_Deicide

Those suckers paying to enjoy their hobby in the best way available. What looooosers amirite?

If I'm spending $700 then it's for an OLED Steam Deck. Not a "Pro" console I have to bust out the magnifying glass for in order to see any major difference. And that's coming from someone who bought BOTH the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Those felt worth the upgrade, ESPECIALLY the Xbox.

Devs still have yet to fully harness the base PS5 due to having to having to also make sure the games run on the ancient PS4. We don't need the Pro model, Sony just needs to let the PS4 die already and let the PS5 REALLY shine.

Nope, I’m going to wait a few months to get one. Would have liked the 30th pro bundle but I don’t think it was made available where I live.

@Frmknst

Proud to ruin your day. Hope to do it again in the future.

@PloverNutter definitely. I'm hoping so, I only play nms in vr!

power supply problem with current ps5....so it was a no brainer.

I didn't buy the PS4 Pro and just went straight to the PS5 from base PS4 and I'm probably going to do the same thing with the PS5 Pro here.

@SoCalCat Play that thing! Give it the life it deserves! Such a gorgeous device—enjoy!

@SoCalCat Good for you if you wanna use it, but I think if I'd have been lucky enough to have got one of those I'd have to keep it sealed. I know that means getting ANOTHER regular Pro for use, but in the bigger picture it's a collector's item...I say that and I'm not even a collector type.

@SoCalCat Use it and enjoy it.

Breaking out of the collector mindset several years ago and getting back to actually playing games was the best thing I ever did for the hobby.

@Medic_alert
I think the problem is how its been presented so far. The 9mins from Cerny was OK but was very short and didnt give much detail on specs (I really thought it was a waste of his time given how good his longer and more detailed PS5 20 min video was), and the games showreel was very underwhelming on this and the SoP.

I have also seen a number of comparisons of PS5 graphics modes with PRO Performance modes, which is obviously not the (best) way to sell its ability.

I watched the DF hour long video the other night and on the occasions they compared the PRO performance modes with PS5 performance modes (they also did various other comparisons) the difference was very noticeable - like seeing Series S and X side by side.

There was also an interesting piece on playstation.com blog which game some details for certain devs/games, which tells a slightly different story than the graphics mode at 60fps in some cases (eg 1 game was having a >60fps mode added, 80 i think but i cant remember all the details). Unfortunately, this should really have been presented on Video by Sony.

When you find decent footage, the Pro is certainly impressive to very impressive, even on early games which have just had Pro modes patched in, but Sony really have been bad at marketing it.
PSSR may be only in its infancy, but DF also seemed very impressed by it.

I will just say though (in addition to poor marketing) that I also think we are getting some (not much, but loud) negative feedback from a small minority of people who are either Xbox fanboys, or cant/dont want to spend the money on a Pro.

I pre ordered mine yesterday.

With so much talk about the PS6 already, I'm surprised some people would even consider the PS5 pro that will have an expiration date of 3 years tops as Sony moves all studios to fully work on the PS6 by 2026 with the system releasing a year and half later.

@Rich33 Agreed, the marketing has been horrendous, and the use of Mark Cerny was almost laughable.

I’m literally in the demographic who not only want to hear him speak in technical detail, I understand him. Yet I got nothing, other than the blog you mentioned which I found on a whim after searching for a Dualsense charger on Google, and of course the DF discussion/s.

Which I will say they use a lot more guess work than the average layman knows. They’re not always right on the mark of “this is how they did it”.

But that aside, it’s better than nothing, and Sony gave people next to nothing.

Ah well, enjoy your Pro and make the most of it, it’ll last many a person through part of the PS6 lifecycle no doubt.

@TheElectroFunky I'm in the EU (Poland, specifically) so I'm sure they'll pop up eventually

Couldn't be arsed with it, but for a different reason than most - my 11xx series PS5 is almost completely silent due to its NMB fan.

My 10xx launch model had the Nidec fan with the unsavoury "UFO wobble" sound. Drove me absolutely bananas (hence I bought a second console).

So until such time I can verify the Pro is as close to silent as possible, I'll stick with my 11xx model (and I mostly play Street Fighter 6 on it anyways - even if there is a Pro upgrade it'd probably be negligible).

@Member_the_game
I agree with a lot of what you have said, but i also think that we are now seeing prices not coming down with time like they used to - which has nothing to do with Sony as you see it across the board.

In regards to PS6, I have read a lot of 'wait for PS6' comments (im not talking about what you have said as i found that very sensible). I think some will be very disappointed when it either launches a lot later than people expect it to, in order to get it low enough in manufacture price, or it launches in say 3yrs time but is either a) not much more powerful than PS5 Pro or b) costs about the same.
Im not really sure there is a right answer for Sony here that wont annoy a large number of people.

I also wonder if part of the price is that with less profit from games, we are not seeing the start of an end to heavily subsidised hardware, but time will tell.

I wasn't going to but in the end, pre-ordered one. Still a bit on the fence and may cancel, depends on what I hear about any VR improvements between now and launch. Yes, it's expensive but I work damn hard so why the hell not.

Funny how some wouldn't bat an eyelid at spending £700 on an iPhone every year but froth at the mouth at the thought of people spending that on a console they'd keep for years. People are weird.

I could have gotten it but I kept asking myself why would I gain with this? Playing the same games I’ve played several times with slightly cleaner visuals?

And tbf the improvements described so far seem really meh as all they’re doing is lowering the native resolution to achieve higher framerates and hope PSSR makes up for the visual difference.

There’s not a single justification to get it right now, in just some months it’ll be on sale and there will be more games that take advantage of it (hopefully).

@TheElectroFunky
Thank you, i hope you enjoy yours too.

Im in the 'I know more than some, but less than others' category. I understood most of what he said on the 20min PS5 presentation, and looked up what I didnt! It was a big disappointment he didnt even detail CPU/GPU clock speeds, or even mention GPU Tflops (i know we have rumours) - i dont even think they included the 2TB SSD on the video! I think it was made all the worse considering the Pro's target audience.

Thank goodness for the DF video, which i thought was very good given as you say the guesswork involved.

@Jrs1 not anymore XD

@IOI not slightly better. People are being reductive for no reason. What do you gain from reducing the difference in capability?

Preordered the Pro and the 30th anniversary DualSense

Normally am the first inline to buy the upgrade console but still I truly do not see the actual point.

The price tag is way to high for really minimal gain.

I'll get one once the price comes down.

But let's be honest the differences are only night and day on games in which the developers have been lacking with optimization.

I mostly use my ps5 for exclusives and my PC with gforce now, which is a game changer aslong as you have the Internet connection.

Plus I'm playing games. I'm not sat looking at a single frame to check out the 4k texture on leaves.

I'd of got one if the price was just above the ps5 but I can't justify the jump in price for it.

@frankmcma It'll likely be easy to pre-order and then find after launch. Though popular, this isn't the PS6.

I suspect Sony has plenty of these consoles ready in anticipation of high demand.

@Major_Player
Three years is a long time, to me. I am happy to enjoy the best fidelity and frame rate possible for those three years, then upgrade again.

I am old though and expect to die at any moment, so that's just me hedging my bets.