Yesterday, Sony unveiled the PS5 Pro, a highly anticipated console that ended up living up to almost all the expectations it raised, but which ended up being a big disappointment for a very simple reason. its high selling price.

The disappointment is so great that even a large part of Sony fans are not willing to accept the price of this console. The rejection was widespreadand analysts are also clear, with this price they don’t believe the PS5 Pro will sell many units, in fact they believe it will sell less than the PS4 Pro.

To understand the situation, just look at the official blog of Sony, which has an article dedicated to the PS5 Pro, and read the comments. We can also look at opinions on social networks and a presentation video of a technical demo is also available. full of negative comments.

PS5 Pro and the “Concord Tax”

This is one of the jokes that has surfaced among fans angry at the crazy price of this console, who say that Sony is trying to recover wasted money the price of the PS5 Pro is skyrocketing in Concord.

Others compare Sony to Apple for selling the PS5 Pro at such a high price and not even including the support stand place the console vertically and neither the optical drive. Others outright say it’s better to skip this console and wait for the PS6.

That Sony made a mistake with the price of this console is something that was very clear, but the company is in such a good position that he feels able to do whatever he wants. We just have to see that the price of the PS5 in Japan has recently gone up again, and that there are no plans to make the console cheaper after the launch of the PS5 Pro.

Almost 1000 euros for a console is really crazy

And the big ones. In Spain, the price of the PS5 Pro will be 799.99 euros without the optical drive and without the support stand. If we want to add both plugins the price will rise to 949.47 euros. For that money, we can buy a pretty powerful PC, especially if we fine-tune our component selection and get a little lucky with deals.

With less than a thousand euros, using offers and a good choice of components, it is possible to build a PC for less than a thousand euros configured with Intel Core i5-12400F, 32 GB DDR5 at 6000 MHz CL30, 2 TB PCIe Gen4 SSD and Radeon RX 7900 GRE. We could trade the Radeon RX 7900 GRE for a GeForce RTX 4070, which is less powerful at rasterization but better at ray tracing, or invest a bit more and go for the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER.

This computer would be more powerful, much more versatile, and offer excellent value in every way. But that’s not all, not even Sony could properly justify the high price. Yes, the PS5 Pro will be more powerful than the PS5 and have exclusive technologies like PSSR, but the company it hasn’t shown new games that will actually use them and that they can make a big difference to the PS5.

If you still think that thing isn’t that big, think about it PS4 Pro hit the market with a price of 399.99 euros, including the optical drive. The price difference with the PS5 Pro is 400 euros, which means that this console is twice as expensive.