After 5 years of No Games, Sony leaks they'll announce PS5 Pro on September 10th (edit: Revealed. $700 and no disc drive. Come laugh at it.)

[911 Jumper]

PS6 with backwards compatibility would make PS5 Pro even less interesting. Given previous official claims about PS5 entering the later stage of its lifespan (meaning, at most generous, its past halfway till total end of production because anything else would be an even sooner end), PS6 would be coming before mid 2026, so you could up up the ass to get mildly better looking games (capped at 120 FPS because LOL HDMI) for just two years.

I think Sony will push PS6 to 2030 or beyond. If PS6 comes out too early say in 2027/8, then its wow factor will be diminished by P55 Pro, which will only encourage more people to remain on PS5. The data shows that four years into PS5, there are still around 60 million people on PS4. That's a problem for Sony because it means these people aren't buying PS5s.

Sony will want more people to make the jump to next gen to avoid a repeat of tens of millions remaining on the old platform. That's why I think Sony will extend this generation and push the hardware to breaking point (similar to what happened during the PS3 era). By the end of it, people, at least those who haven't switched to PC, will hopefully, be desperate for new hardware.

I reckon within a few years, Sony will probably find a way to cut down the base PS5 even further and it'll bring out a second revision closer to the $300/$350 price point. An all digital PS5 model with no option to add a disc drive, along with no removable cover plates, no fancy light bar, wouldn't surprise me.

I think PS6 in 2028 would be foolish, especially now that the Pro exists. I've long thought that this gen should have started in late 2022. PS4 and Xbox One both had mid gen refreshes that could have easily carried both platforms all the way to 2022/3.

 

[deuxhero]

I think PS6 in 2028 would be foolish, especially now that the Pro exists.

You say that like everything Sony has done since 2018 can't be called "foolish"

 

[Tehdagah]

I think PS6 in 2028 would be foolish, especially now that the Pro exists.

You say that like everything Sony has done since 2018 can't be called "foolish"

I still remember when they tried to block crossprogression in Fortnite and other live-service games.

 

[ferratilis]

I think PS6 might come even sooner than 2028. Just look at iPhones, retards are excited because they introduced a camera button. Sony fans are not that different from Apple fans, they'll gobble up anything. The announcement of PS5 Pro was met with criticism, but you can bet your ass they will sell like crazy. We live in a clown world anyway.

 

[911 Jumper]

I think PS6 in 2028 would be foolish, especially now that the Pro exists.

You say that like everything Sony has done since 2018 can't be called "foolish"

I don't disagree, but Sony has had several significant failings this gen – Concord, VR2, the stuff with Bungie, the FF exclusives failing to do the kind of numbers that were expected. You've also got the growing threat of PC discouraging people from buying PlayStations, this is something Sony itself is contributing to by porting almost everything to PC. Sony can't afford to be as careless as it has been with its decisions this gen.

 

[lightbane]

Remember this guys? It was a joke years ago...

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Sony's scraping the bottom of the barrel again, because Horizon: Zero Dawn is getting a remaster.

Maybe they will actually try to make Aloy hot. That would be incline.

 

[Gerrard]

And despite the negative feedback in regard to the PS5 Pro, Sony is already deep into making the PS6, with backwards compatibility being of high importance.

Backwards compatibility for what? Besides, they can just remake all their games after a few years, they're already doing it anyway.

 

[911 Jumper]

700 DOLLARS worth of spectacular visual improvements

 

[Cohesion]

N64: Mario 64, Shadows Of The Empire, Turok

The fuck? I remember enjoying turok on my 3dfx voodoo. Fuck consoles.

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

700 DOLLARS worth of spectacular visual improvements

Oh look, they turned down the blur effect.

 

[Konjad]

700 DOLLARS worth of spectacular visual improvements

Oh look, they turned down the blur effect.

that's literally what i've got from seeing videos about it. just less blur

 

[Ryzer]

700 eurorinos and the controller will remain a cheap plastic piece of shit, as well as the console to a greater extent.

 

[Ezekiel]

Remember this guys? It was a joke years ago...

Just like Samsung making fun of iPhones for dropping the headphone jack at their press conference, only to remove theirs a year or two later.

 

[Gerrard]

700 DOLLARS worth of spectacular visual improvements

Oh look, they turned down the blur effect.

Isn't that just upscaling?

 

[911 Jumper]

Introducing the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection

 

[deuxhero]

Really highlights how bad the PS5's original coloring is.

 

[The Decline]

Really highlights how bad the PS5's original coloring is.

The design is still ugly as sin.

 

[Zlaja]

The announcement of PS5 Pro was met with criticism, but you can bet your ass they will sell like crazy

The problem for Sony is that most of the money they make from the PlayStation brand comes from software sales (games) and not from selling hardware.

 

[The Decline]

The announcement of PS5 Pro was met with criticism, but you can bet your ass they will sell like crazy

The problem for Sony is that most of the money they make from the PlayStation brand comes from software sales (games) and not from selling hardware.

And the only reason they bother making hardware is so that they can have ultimate control over the users. Otherwise it would make more sense to partner with Valve and push out Sony branded Steam boxes with a custom UI.

 

[deuxhero]

Really highlights how bad the PS5's original coloring is.

The design is still ugly as sin.

Oh, it's still ugly, but it's not jumping up and shouting about how ugly it is while rubbing it in your face like the Seto Kaiba black, white and blue.

 

[Alienman]

I checked the pricing here in Sweden, the standard edition is already almost 7000kr. That's about 654 USD. When you take that into consideration, I don't think it's impossible that it will reach 900 bucks here. Sweet Jesus.

I'm quoting myself, since I just saw the pre-order price for the PS5 Pro here. It's 10490kr. It's about 1053.51 USD. Lol!

 

[911 Jumper]

Read it's $1200 in Australia. Imagine paying that for a mid gen refresh. Looks as if game consoles are on their way to becoming expensive luxury devices – the opposite of what they were in the past. I can't see PS6 being cheaper than $600 w/ an extra $100 added if you want an optical drive.

 

[Alienman]

Oh right, the optical drive. Forgot about that. Yeah, add another 100 to the 1053 then.

Edit:
Luxury item with no games.

 

[911 Jumper]

Limited Edition PS5 Pro consoles are already on eBay for up to £10,000

Sony’s limited edition PlayStation 5 Pro console sold out within minutes of going on sale in the UK on Thursday, and it’s already being listed by resellers at huge markup.

The classic-themed 30th-anniversary console is limited to just 12,300 units globally and is priced at £960 in the UK because it is bundled with various accessories, including a DualSense Edge controller and a DualSense Charging Station.

Following Thursday’s pre-orders opening, and swiftly selling out, scalpers looking to cash in on demand for the special PS5 Pro bundle have started listing the product on eBay with confirmation of pre-orders placed in the UK.
At the time of publication, more than 20 consoles are listed for sale on eBay, claiming to have successfully secured pre-orders for the Pro bundle, all of which are being offered for well above the product’s RRP.

Most of the listings are around £5,000 – five times the bundle’s official sale price – but some are being listed for as much as £10,000. The standard PS5 Pro, which also went up for sale today, is also being listed on eBay, but at far fewer numbers.

Source: VGC