How to Pre-Order PS5 Pro

This is gonna be a rough launch with how much it is and cheap Sony is being with the disc drive and vertical stand….

Well, this is about as nasty as it gets. Won't be participating, but just a heads up to people, Playstation Direct has a tendency to run out of stock on accessories. If you are sure you are gonna preorder this and know you are gonna want the disc drive attachment, I'd pick the drive attachment up now as those might go out of stock if their other item outages (RIP Edge stick module stock) are any indication.

At one point, the change rate between $ and € in the game industry went from 1:1 to 1:1.14
Before, 60$ games were sold at 60€.
Now, 70$ games are sold at 80€, and 700$ consoles at 800€.

I have no idea when exactly it happened (but it's recent) and why. Does anyone have any insight on this?

@Olmaz Xbox is only really popular in North America, so Sony still has to compete there.

Where as Xbox is completely irrelevant in Europe.

I'll be the first (and maybe only) in line!

@Jaz007 I agree, the price is a bit steep. But try building a PC with the same specs. Not gonna happen.
People want Sony to sell it at a loss, which is totally in line with how childishy demanding the consumer base have become. Again, if you can build it yourself, do it. If not, then realize that even though its a steep price, its the best deal your gonna get for those specs

How to preorder:

Step 1: Find an organ you don't need

I will be looking forward to more information 😉

So with “extras” like a disc drive and vertical stand I’d be looking at over £800! No, I won’t be preordering this.

I think even the scalpers will be rubbing their chins over this.

Your sub header is wrong. It should read:

"Purchase the most ridiculously overpriced PlayStation ever made"

I’m good, it would be so sweet if Nintendo announces their next console soon to bounce off the negativity of the PS5 Pro 🤣🤣

@LogicStrikesAgain

But for a few hundred quid more and shopping around you can get a PC that can outperform it while offering all the versatility and customisable options you won't get with your £825 PlayStation.

£700, £825 if you want it complete, is a ridiculous price for a game console. Defeats the whole point of their existence.

@Futureshark looooooool 🤣🤣🤣🤣 they’ll be like “nah too risky”

@Haruki_NLI Step 2: If Step 1 isn’t enough, join OF.

why does £699 = £699

@trev666 It doesn’t. Just pure greed, and/or Brexit. 🫢

@TrickyDicky99
I do wish Xbox was far more popular in Europe
If that’s the way Sony are playing it.

the PS5 Pro Is $700 the Disc Drive is $79.99, and the Stand will be $29.99 without tax added to each item sold separately grand total is $810 after tax I'm probly looking at close to $900.... so that is a big Oh! Hell, No I'm not Preordering this not until Sony wakes the hell up and lowers the price down.

How to pre-order:

1. drop your pants
2. Bend over

🤣

@Mustoe Really tho? The Pro has an equivalent card of around rtx4070 level. Youre saying for a few hundred dollars more you'll get what a 4080 or 4090? I mean, doesnt the 4090 cost like $1500 by itself?

And also, when comparing with building a PC, dont factor in the disc drive, cause thats not something u would get when u build a PC.

And btw, ofcourse u can get better specs if you spend more money. But how does that fit the argument that the PS5 Pro is too expensive? U can spend 2000+ and have better graphics than the Pro, thats true, but that still makes the Pro better value for that price point with those specs

@OldGamer999 Xbox recently announced the same series X, but with 2TB and without disc drive for $600. Great deal? I think ur idea of Xbox saving the day in Europe might be a bit overblown

@Mustoe If you're going to make a like for like comparison then the base price is what should be used.

Until we get some benchmarks, the assumed GPU comparison on paper right now is the equivalent of a RX 7700 XT, that card alone is £400. CPU on the base PS5 without the new clocks was comparable to a Ryzen 5 3600, that's roughly £76. So with the remaining £223 you need a case, power supply, ram, motherboard, 2tb of ssd storage, fans and cooling, an operating system, and a keyboard and mouse or controller to play anything on it.

If you have something comparable in the PC space for that price, that will be optimised specifically for gaming as a console is, I'd love to see it.

@kyleforrester87

Okay, you got me with this one.

700 for digital only console is crazy 😭 was thinking if it not too bad price might grab one as few ps games wanna play but deffo not at that price 🤣 think il see if there's some cheap standard ps5s going once these release though 😎

The Pro is not good value to somebody who already owns a PS5 (vast majority of us) just because an equivalent PC rig + setup is two to three times as much.

@LogicStrikesAgain The problem isn’t a high price, the problem is nickel and diming me for basic features with a high price. It’d be better to make it $750 and include the entire package than try to make a profit off of them,

@LogicStrikesAgain

Yes, if you know what your doing and where to shop. But hey, if you - actually everyone defending the price - think £825 for a walled garden games console is good value then knock yourself out. Takes being a fanboy to a whole new level, but hey that's what being a fanboy is all about, amirite?

"dont factor in the disc drive, cause thats not something u would get when u build a PC."

I got one with mine, didn't cost me £100 either. Still get to play all my old, boxed PC games at a snip of the price.

@danzoEX Step 3: If you have no functioning organs and are too ugly for OF, sell your physical copy of Concord to a collector.

"It's a bold strategy Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them."

@Mustoe You're telling me $1000 for a similar specced PC is better value than a $700 console with the same specs?

Well, it might be, but i think the ease of use will always be a plus for some people

I think people who throw in the fanboy card, are usually themselves fanboys btw

I thought we were having a discussion about worth, im bringing up points that dont have anything to do with being a fanboy. Im looking for a pc with those specs for $699 and i cant find it...

Have people calmed down to realize that they... GASP... don't have to buy it and aren't being required to?

@LogicStrikesAgain
I don’t think Xbox will by the way.
It’s a Sony and Nintendo world now.

Sony are absolutely out of their mind, 950€ for this nonsense if you have a physical collection, which I assume most on here do.

I'll just stick with what I have, thank you very much.

This “how to” missed a fundamental step.

Step 1. Sell a kidney.

@tameshiyaku sorry not sorry for being rich, I suppose.

Technically the Pro is cheaper than a lot of people paid for a launch PS5. I can't see scalpers being able to double the retail price of one of these though.

@ButterySmooth30FPS A lot of those who are angry obviously want one, but they also want Sony to take a significant loss on each one made so its more in line with what they want to pay 😂

@get2sammyb

Well true, however taxes go from around 10% all the way down to 2.x %. Do the math 800€ is still very steep.

So we get effd hard by Sony.

Well the 1tb SteamDeck is £600 and that's garbage in comparison to the Pro so I'm probably still buying but I'll admit it's a bit steep.

Step 1: sell your kidneys
Step 2: sell your house
Step 3: take a loan
Step 4: start a savings account
Step 5: pre-order a PS5 Pro
Step 6: you forgot the disc drive...
Step 7: time to sell all of your other property as well

@OldGamer999 I do agree that its better to have Xbox for the competition tho... But i dont see them doing so much better frankly.

Although i think a lot of this pricing issues dont have that much to do with greed per se.
Its just inflation and ever increasing prices of processors and gpus. As said before by someone, we will probably not see the deflationary prices in consoles again like before.

Just look at high end smartphone prices, they used to be like 8 or 900 some years ago for the top phones. Now the Iphone 16 Pro Max is gonna cost almost $1500

Just ordered a disc drive. I'll be on the look out to order from Amazon. Would be nice if the console covers were ready for launch. I need a Volcano Red one.

Conversions are all over the place. So disc drive is $20 less but the vertical stand is $5 more?!?!?

Step 1: Don’t

(Just buy the standard version)

I'm trying to understand why they went with 2TB? If they had gone with 1TB it could have been $100 cheaper and we would be having a very positive conversation.

Smells like Vita memory.

@Tecinthebrain Damn, thats a good point! Thats a fumble right there

@LogicStrikesAgain nice to see someone with a brain

@Tecinthebrain hahaha. No, everyone would be complaining its $600 and only comes with 1TB.

This launch is laughable. What is sony doing lol smh

@MrMagic I didn't realise you could take the PS5 Pro on a plane and play games on an OLED screen off a battery. Cerny should have told us, might have softened the blow of the suggested RRP.

USD 700 is around IDR 10,832,000 (More than 10 million Rupiah) in my country Indonesia. 😳
That's very expensive price.
Btw, how many Watts of PS5 Pro electricity consumption?

Jeez, this is why I don't bother with PS much any more, folks get so worked up over everything!

It's either worth it to you or it's not. It's not for me at £700 but for anyone who gets one, hope you enjoy it. Not much more to say, really.

@Pranwell haha. Sony made sure to build in all marginal returns promoted with the original ps5. I guess it's fine/ish if you didn't own a ps5 yet.
I miss the old kaz printing money gif days.

So little upgrades with such a high price, thanks Sony

I’m taking the $700 and putting it towards upgrading my TV from a 55” to 65” LG C3. Happy with my launch PS5 and already have a PC.

How to pre-order a PS5 Pro:

Don't.

Thank all the people who paid $700+ for their launch PS5 from scalpers for the Pro's pricepoint.

Not sure what to do.
Really need digital foundry to get hold of one and test a few upgrade games.

My TV a Sony and when using my Switch and set correctly fine turning etc.
The Switch looks better and is very smooth a sort of switch 1.5. It’s amazing what a top end tv can do with the settings fine tuned.

The only way this thing sells out at launch is if Sony deliberately restrict stock levels to maintain the narrative that the pro is a high demand item.

It will be interesting how transparent they are with sales numbers or if they do another psvr2 and keep those figures close to their chest. Either way, we’ll know how successful ps5 pro has been.

@OldGamer999
Ive had Sony TVs the last 2 that ive had - the latest being 4k 120hz VRR etc. You hear differing opinions, but ive always thought they are very, very good for Games, and good too for upscaling lower res tv programs.

I see the article got updated with Amazon and Walmart affiliate links. Never let a controversy get in the way of scoring a commission, makes sense.

@Rich33
I have Sony mini led x95l 65” and the upscaling and motion control settings using the Switch have outstanding results.

Also the best tv program upscaled and motion smoothing I have ever seen.

@OldGamer999
Yeah, mine is a slightly different model and a little smaller (due to space), but i have played around with those 2 settings quite a bit for each of my inputs to get the best results.

Funnily enough, one of my main interests in the Pro is the PSSR, partly because of how well they seem to understand this area - eg TV / general upscaling in PS5 games.

I wonder if Sony is going to launch a version with the disc drive included in the future

How to pre- order PS5 Pro:

Don't.

@CyborgToaster Oh yes most definitely, here are a few quotes of the average console consumerbase lately:

"We want new IPs"
"Why dont they experiment more"
Gets new IP
"This is terrible"
"This is too woke for my sensibilities"
"Too much diversity"

"We are tired of sequels"
Proceeds to ask
"Wheres the next Killzone?"
"Gimme Resistance 4"
"Bring back Sly Cooper"

"Astrobot, more like MarioCopybot"

"No more remakes"

"Make single player narrative games"
Followed by
"Boring, this is a movie"
"Sad dad sim"

"Why do games take so long to develop"
When games get released early:
"Why is it full of bugs, refund!"

"Why sony close Japan studio?"
Meanwhile nobody bought those games

"The Pro is useless"

"We want more power, PS5 cant handle some games"
Gives option through PS5 pro
"No, too expensive"

"Oh, they made that character gay? Lets boycot the game"

"Lets harass this voice actress because we dont like something in the game"

"I dont want to sign up on PSN to play this game, even though every other publisher asks the same, meh!"

These are just some from the top of my head.

Ofcourse i'm paraphrasing, but you guys get the drift

@kyleforrester87 "I thought this article was going to be job interview tips and stuff."

Didn't Sony say, "Get a second job to buy the PS3"? 😜

How to actually preorder:
Don't ever.

@Zuljaras my man again ❤️

@LogicStrikesAgain Actually it's been common practice for Sony and MS to sell consoles at a loss (It's called a loss leader) to establish and gain market share. profits come from software.

It's not an uncommon practice in certain industries.

@MightElf-69 You think selling the the Pro at a loss is a good strategy? Strategies like that are most suited when you expect to sell large volumes

How to pre-order ..... Take out a mortgage , sell the clothes off your back and sell everything you own.

I am one of the few who think the price is reasonable but should have that disc drive included. Personally, I think they should have upgraded the CPU as well and could have justified $800 with a disc drive.