The PS5 Pro Reveal Was A Failure - Here's How To Fix It

The reveal of the PS5 Pro console, priced at $700 was a flop. But it didn't need to be. At the very least, having more time to showcase what the console could actually do, the PlayStation 5 Pro could have been a showcase of what we could expect from games in the future, but there were several problems that held back any sort of positive buzz about this release. Here's what I see as a miss in this presentation and how I would recommend making a few fixes.

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[DestinL]

What else did you want to know about the PS5 Pro? *note I said 45 and meant 24 in this video when referring to interviews.

[bucketophil]

Sony made promises of standard 4k 60fps when they marketed the OG PS5 and even put 8k on the box originally. Now they’re telling us we need PS5Pro for that. They think they’re going to fool those of us on the fence this time again…they’re wrong.

[Vartazian]

Ps5 digital (with stand) $399
Ps5 pro (only digital): $699 + no stand ($29)

$728 vs $399.
82 % markup 4 YEARS later for 45% more performance???
What is sony smoking?
This is a $599 console at most

[xhenriquefps]

On PS5 Pro you can finally play PS4 games at 60FPS. FOR JUST 1000USD!!(UK pricing with disk drive, said Tom Warren)
WHAT A DEAL!!!

[WuckenFanker]

It’s going to cost $1375 here in New Zealand… wtf 🤣

[Rucarlos]

The price is egregious, the demonstrations were unimpressive, but the worse is them showcasing PS4 games 5 years into the PS5 because the current PS5 exclusive catalogue is sparse and with nothing at all for the near future.

[SquashyButton]

You know what would have really helped the PS5 Pro announcement? Showing an actual new game running on the PS5 Pro, not just a bunch of old games. This would have been the perfect opportunity to showcase something like Insomniac’s Wolverine game.

[johnhodsdon]

They sold ps5 and Xbox series x as 4k at 60 to 120z now they say you have to get a ps5 pro to play at 60z

[colinmurray]

It’s kind of surprising to me that Sony can’t read the room. There has been talk of Sony being anti-consumer, willing to nickel and dime their customers, And that they don’t have enough new games. This announcement literally touched on all of those subjects, but in a way that paints Sony in an even worse light.

Does Sony even have a PR team? Or is this just an indication that Sony really does feel like they can do whatever they want because they’re at the top?

[SteadyAscension]

699 for a FPS and slight graphics boost was the flop

[Ankobiotics]

They shat the bed, the floor, the curtains, the ceiling, the door, everything.

No new games, no new design, no disc drive, no stand, couldn't hire an editor to show the differences in resolution, couldn't hire an intern to record gameplay with an fps counter, $300 more than the non-Pro equivalent...

All the signs of a mass misappropriation of funds at PlayStation. I'm calling it right now: someone is stealing money in that company.

[kineticstar]

Sony: Incremental enhancements, overpriced, no games, and Garth from Wayne's World... what could go wrong.

[chrisborges]

Funny how no one mentions how much additional money you have to spend every few months buying another controller since they fail that often. Easily another $100+ a year at the least.

[gamesforcheesecake]

Honestly, for me, it was the disk drive. Pro versions are always expensive, and their prices always go down. But this whole digital-only future thing is annoying; it doesn't have to be that way. Companies just want to control everything and squeeze you dry.

[KiKisancz]

They can blame Xbox all they want for not competing, but now is up to the consumer to kick Sony in their teeth.

[killablue]

Sony: let's skip the scalpers and scalp our customers

[Csal]

I keep telling everybody that there's no point in Pros. Just wait for the Ps6 that's just a few years down the road.

[arunkumarbalakrishnan]

Destin, this is only a small part of the reason why it failed. Confusion regarding the visuals aside, the pricing and intentional decision to nickel and dime customers for the stand and disc drive is what's throwing off customers.
At 800+ dollars for the whole console, it becomes easily feasible to build a competent PC

[sdngy]

I guess broadcasting a video in 1080p with downgraded bitrate to demonstrate graphic fidelity differences was a bad idea from the start. People felt like they were invited in a contest of finding the 7 differences between the two pictures for 10 minutes...

[KeithWohler]

An even bigger issue is other countries are being ripped of even more, $699.99 is equal to £537.09 not £699.99 why are the UK paying so much more, its the same issue in Europe and Japan. Why?