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Scalpers are struggling to resell the PlayStation 5 Pro because it's in stock at most retailers

Too much supply, not enough demand

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Obscure_Observer170d ago

"Too much supply, not enough demand"

Great move by Sony. At least it will keep those scumbags at bay.

z2g170d ago (Edited 170d ago )

lol. lap it up. yum yum yum. whatever they spoon feed you. next thing you know they'll say its a wild success like psvr2 and the portal which have sold a tiny fraction to the compatible ps5 base (literally 0.62% as of right now in the case of the portal and 0.75% on psvr2 - which btw I own and feel totally abandoned on)

reality is, not many people wants to spend $700 on a console that is still a gen9 ps5. even if they updated it to RDNA 3, they still couldn't use it without having to build completely special, custom versions of ps5 pro games, which nobody is going to do considering that would add significant development costs. I have plenty of disposable income and could buy one right now if I wanted to (its in stock at the shop a mile away from me), but after buying both mid gen consoles last round, I swore I'd never do it again bc the gains are just too small. they aren't next gen equivalents - even less so with gen 9.

the only people I really see being hot for this are like Sony diehards. if it was blasting out significant differences I'd pick it up, but im not seeing that at all and the reviews verify that. If anything, this release just frustrates me more with consoles and pushes me toward pc.

remember this comment when Sony suddenly starts failing to report ps5 pro numbers in addition to portal and psvr2... while still proudly blasting ps5 numbers routinely. pretty sus to me.

andy85170d ago

PS5 Pro was the best selling console this month. So yes, it was a success.

MDTunkown170d ago

PS4 pro was a good improvement it supported sata3 so you could use SSD and loading were a lot faster. There was also big resolution bump

GamingSinceForever170d ago

Why would Sony announce the PS5 Pro’s sales separately? It’s still a PS5 in the end.

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ApocalypseShadow170d ago

It will sell to those that want the upgrade. It's not required. It's just something Sony are offering as an option be it a remote play device, a VR device or a more capable system.

The funny thing is to see the immense copium in some of these individual comments because Sony beat the most powerful console with theoretically, less teraflops. Now, Sony has the title of "The Most Powerful Console on Earth." And it is also selling very well for what it is compared to that other device that didn't sell. Instead the cheapest, shittiest device sold in high numbers that hinder and embarrass that once, "powerful" console that no one, no developer has made to make that ridiculous launch statement true.

Sony continues to embarrass the other guy, even with all those publisher purchases, while still not having delivered yet their biggest guns. It must eat some of these individuals up dealing with this truth.

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KyRo169d ago

Even some of us Sony loyalists are struggling to justify getting one. PS4 Pro I feel was justified. 4K was becoming the standard and was quite the jump from 1080p. The 8K adoption rate is abysmal. They still aren't selling very many and the TV shop I work at, I'd say 90% cannot see the difference and the ones who are interested don't buy them because there's barely anything that supports 8K.

The base PS5 is still running games pretty great for the most part outside of UE5 games. MP games are either 60fps or in some cases 120fps and for the most part single player games are still giving us the option of performance or fidelity.

fsfsxii169d ago

Huge wall text just to say you’re broke.

Cacabunga169d ago

Not buying either.. not worth it for me i have bad PS5 it’s far enough.
When big single player PS5 exclusive games start coming out i might consider.

TheEroica169d ago (Edited 169d ago )

Sony created three pointless products this gen that "udderly" milked the fanbase to points not seen....

Psvr 2 😂
Playstation portal🤣
PS5 pro😂🤣

I blame ignorant fans who have no critical thought with their purchases. They see Playstation and just buy it.... It just signals to Sony that they can put doo doo in a box and you'll buy it.

Plus Sony has no games.... It's been a reeeeally bad generation for them.

Enjoy that 700 dollar base model ps6! The PS5 Pro gamers are voting for that right now with every purchase.

Michiel1989169d ago

ps5 pro enhancements do not take a significant amount of resources, for multiplat games they can just use the pc version and lift from that and if not, most devs shoots for the stars and then tone it down, which means when it comes to assets, they already have the more detailed ones in their backpocket. If it was so resource intensive, do you really think so many devs would support it at launch?

S2Killinit169d ago (Edited 169d ago )

Its the best selling console sku. Its selling like hot cakes. In case you didn’t know. Yum yum yum. Indeed.

Hope those crows are delicious too.

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TheEroica169d ago

Sony is fighting for gamers everywhere by battling scalpers with a console nobody wants.... Thanks Sony! Sock it to em!

S2Killinit169d ago

Best selling console this month. Sock it to xbots and scalpers in one clean swoop.

Enjoy those crow I say.

Eonjay169d ago

I am very thankful they had enough stock

darthv72169d ago

hmm.... I remember saying something to this affect back when pre-orders weren't selling out. Why race for something that will be readily available to retailers?

Scalpers can go suck it. The only things that you have to really be dilligent about are the limited editions as those are only made in smaller amounts. Like the pictured 30th anniversary they are using for the thumbnail of this thread. Now THAT is a good example of something scalpers want to to grab... not something that is available everywhere else.

Eonjay169d ago

its really the pandemic and the shortages it caused that really screwed everyone up and opened the door to scalping at the levels we saw. In reality, you want your supply to meet demand. Every time some one come to you with money in hand and you can't sell them what they want, you are losing money. If you build too many units it is also a problem because you have to pay to get those units assembled. So you always best served by being able to meet demand.

An example of this is the PSPortal. So Sony made a certain amount thinking they were super niche but they were wrong and the things sold out and stayed sold out for a couple of months. Sure they are happy that it sold well, but even they admitted that they aren't selling it for a profit but rather as a way to boost engagement (spend more money). And that exactly what people with the device did. So, them not having enough stock is equal to losing out on potential engagement/money. And now they are still top seller on Amazon but they made sure that the stock doesn't run out again.

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badz149170d ago

really?? if that's the case, bring it over here officially already. we in south east Asia are waiting for our official release. these independent retailers selling it for way over MSRP is making me angry!

outsider1624169d ago

Where in Asia.? In India they cannot because wifi 7 hasn't been announced by TRAI.

badz149169d ago

what? it's ridiculous not to launch any product because the product is overspec, right? I recalled 5G phones were already a thing here in my country when no one was offering the service at the time. and Wifi7 or not, Wifi6 and below should still work just fine

outsider1624169d ago

Exactly! Ah well..what can we do?

Vits169d ago

Kind of weird that it hasn’t officially been released there yet.

Here in Brazil, the release was also bit strange. The price was high, obviously, but it actually came in lower than expected after taxes. That didn’t stop it from already going on sale for up to 14% off at some retailers. Even now, one of the largest hardware retailers in the country is offering it at 7% off.

On Amazon, it’s doing a bit better—they also offered a 7% discount, which made it the fourth best-selling console this month, following the Switch OLED, PS5 Slim Digital, and PS5 Slim Disc. With around 800 units sold.

repsahj169d ago

I agree! I just saw today on my local store a PS5 Pro for $1100!!! That is crazy!

Deeeeznuuuts170d ago

Good! I'll definitely be getting one but not just yet, probably when it's £600 and then when I buy the disc drive it'll make it the same price of the pro originally, hoping for around spring time

Killa78169d ago

I just bought a brand new one on eBay for £570 with a 10% off code.

I'm returning my pre order machine.

You could probably pick one up for £630 easily.

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8BitDo no longer shipping to US from China due to Trump tariffs

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OtterX19h ago

I have one of their adapters to use my PS5 controllers on my Switch, and I absolutely love it. I'm sure there are other brands that can do the same thing, but I had heard about 8Bitdo and wasn't disappointed. I also really dig the brick design of it.

z2g13h ago

Only gonna get worse from here folks. It was also reported that the US economy contracted for the first time in 6 years. - the last time was also when trump was in office. I guess that’s what happens when idiots choose belief over actual facts. Thx maga. You f**ked us all.

Snookies1212h ago

Lol, belief over actual facts... I don't usually get into political talks. Since you started it though... Trump was at least upfront about what he was doing for the most part. I don't necessarily think he's doing the best job. But I'd much rather have him in office. Over someone who should be in assisted living or their VP who had 20 different personas depending on her audience at the time.

And look at that, I was just talking about the candidates. Not resorting to calling people idiots because they didn't vote the way I chose.

xHeavYx10h ago

You think that Biden should be in an assisted living facility (which is true) but that Trump is completely sane? Or that someone with "20 different personas" (no idea why you get this idea) is better than a guy found guilty of sexual abuse? Nevermind all the stuff that he's doing that's illegal or his abuse of power? Hard not to think you are challenged if you really think that.

Forum_Pirate10h ago

'At least the dipshit evil fascist tangerine is honest about how all the stupid evil shit he's doing' is not the defense you think it is.
And 'I fucked over millions of people but you have to be polite to me' is the dumbest thing ive ever heard, believed exclusively by mouth breath oxygen thieves.

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Killa785h ago

The economy was great under Biden though, now we're in recession.

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PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Are Not the Future of Gaming, Says US Analyst

For the first few years of this generation, a number of industry analysts argued Sony may need to add first-party games to PS Plus at launch in order to maintain pace with Xbox Game Pass.

The Japanese giant, to its credit, always maintained its position that this was unsustainable. It later added tiers to its subscription offering, providing good value with PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium without going all-in like its Redmond rival.

Microsoft has since missed a number of targets with its own service, and has subsequently started releasing games like Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Sony’s console.

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italiangamer1d 21h ago

Well Sony never said that, the other camp did and we all know how that went.

goken1d 2h ago

Not all know. I am betting those observing this while obscured may have trouble comprehending 😅

dveio1d 21h ago

Back in the day, there were even discussions and I believe statements from Spencer about wether Sony would allow Game Pass on Playstation.

At least for the time being this option seems definitely to be ruled out completely.

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