Despite what you might have thought, it turns out that the PS5 Pro’s ridiculous price point has not had a “negative impact” on sales says Sony president

The thing’s still too expensive, mind.

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You would have that the PS5 Pro’s astronomically high price point might have had an impact on sales, but as it turns out, that’s not the case.

When the PS5 Pro was revealed back in September , I was honestly a bit gobsmacked at how expensive the thing was - $700? Are you having a laugh? I knew I wasn’t going to get one anyway, especially because I just don’t care enough about graphics or framerates and other such nonsense to justify such an expenditure, but I still thought that might put enough people off of picking one up. There’s no concrete way to tell if more a huge amount more people would buy it if it was cheaper, but as shared by Genki_JPN on Twitter, Sony president Hiroki Totoki shared in a livestream following a recent investors call that the pricing hasn’t had a “negative impact” on the console’s sales.

Sony President, COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki says the PS5 Pro pricing has not had a negative impact and that it is aimed at hardcore users #PS5Pro “Hardcore users are the target of this hardware” “In terms of the pricing many people made different comments on that, but pricing on… pic.twitter.com/jTs2UYtVez — Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) November 8, 2024

Our Dom recently got their hands on a PS5 Pro, and has quite kindly shared a list of surprising things about the console , which you’ll probably find quite useful if you’re considering picking one up.