Sony president Hiroki Totoki has said the PlayStation 5 Pro’s price hasn’t had a negative impact on the sales of the console. Speaking as part of Sony’s recent financial reporting, Totoki said (spotted by Genki_JPN) “Hardcore users are the target of this hardware.”

Sony's new PS5 Pro lacks a vertical stand and a disc drive, unlike the PS5 Slim Standard model that retails for $499. If you were to add a vertical stand and a disc drive to the PS5 Pro to fairly compare it to the PS5 Slim Standard, its price jumps up to $810 — over $300 more than the PS5 Slim Standard.

PS5 Pro is a powerful refresh of the base PS5 hardware. It's the best way to experience the PS5's large library of must-play games and the current pinnacle of console gaming. However, the eye-watering $699 price tag makes it a machine that will only appeal to the most dedicated gamers.

Sony’s PS5 Pro, a $700 mid-gen upgrade of the PlayStation 5, launches later this week. And ahead of its official launch, Sony has sent over a PS5 Pro for us to play with and poke at. And while I can’t say anything (yet) about how games play or look on the new console, I can at least walk you through opening the box.

The PlayStation 5 Pro is finally here, and its $700 pricetag has warded off any sellouts and has put scalpers in a bind. PlayStation's President Hiroki Totoki has affirmed that the $700 pricetag hasn't harmed sales.

Sony has passed 65 million units sold of its PS5 console, the company confirmed this week. Sony recently published its Q2 2024 quarterly financial results and it showed a decline in overall PS5 hardware sales,

Sony revealed in its FY2024 Q2 financial results yesterday that it has now sold 65 million PlayStation 5 consoles.