I don't understand why people keep tripping on the price! I'll go further and say that the PS5 PRO is a
bargin for what it offers in today's reality. People need to realize that for the first time ever 4 years into a console generation, the price of the base console has not gone down. In fact, it is now still higher than it was at launch!
Perspective people:
A Digital Edition PS5 actually retails for $450 (was $400 at launch). So the PS5 PRO is a
$250 premium.
But let's neutralize the SSD effect where the Digital Edition includes a 1TB SSD and the PRO includes a 2 TB SSD. So to get
1TB of additional SSD storage on par with the performance of the PS5 SSD, it'll cost you roughly
$100.
So if you wanted a base PS5 Digital Edition with 2TB of total storage, you're looking at closer to
$550 for your total investment. From there the PRO would be an additional $150 or
+27% more $$
Ok so for
27% more money you get:
- A GPU that is 67% larger in terms of shading power
- 2-3x faster Ray Tracing performance
- 300 TOPS of machine learning performance not present on the base (used to power PSSR for now)
- 28% more memory bandwidth
- 2GB more total RAM
- Total net performance that often exceeds 2x over the base
- Faster Wifi 7 capability
- Smaller more efficient form factor
I don't know about you, but even eliminating the larger 2TB SSD included in the box, the PRO delivers way more than 27% additional value across the board! Sure the sticker price of $699 can be shocking but in reality, it's still a hell of a deal.