Gaming News Sony is reducing the price of the PlayStation 5 for Christmas, making it half the price of a PS5 Pro
Sony has clearly done something unprecedented with its PlayStation 5: not only has it increased the price of the device (an industry first), but it is also selling its PS5 Pro at its highest price ever. Luckily, the price of the Slim Digital Edition version drops… but not here. Not yet ?
A welcome drop in prices
Sony may have achieved very good results, In addition, the company is increasingly struggling with its reputation as a premium brand whose prices are difficult to redeem. After all, it is a PlayStation Portal for 219.99 dollars, a DualSense Edge controller for 239.99 dollars and of course a PlayStation 5 Pro with certainly very solid performance, but which is sold at a price of 799.99 dollars. And here, too, the base and the Blu-Ray player are not even included, which are available separately for 29.99 dollars and 119.99 dollars.
Even the base console saw a price increase: the PS5 Standard Edition rose from 499.99 dollars to 449.99 dollars and the Digital Edition from 399.99 dollars to 449.99 dollars, which was unprecedented in the history of consoles. And yet Sony makes a widely noticed commercial gesture: a $70 discount on the Digital Edition (i.e. without a disc player), valid until December 24, 2024. The only problem: the offer has only been announced in the USA so far.
Soon the same thing in France?
With this action The price of the PS5 Digital Edition then rises to $379.99, making it more than half the price of a PS5 Pro. There is no doubt that this will encourage some to take up the credit card: we just have to hope for the same promotional gesture on the Old Continent. We were also entitled to a temporary price reduction at the same time last year.
“The price of the PS5 Pro had no negative impact on sales.”
Hiroki Totoki, the head of Sony, seems confident with the launch of the PS5 Pro, which he says will be slightly higher than the PS4 Pro in the same period.
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The perfect opportunity to remind you that according to the latest news 65 million PS5s were sold, slightly fewer than the PS4 at the same point in its life cycle : However, let’s not forget that a major defect put obstacles in the way of the Japanese manufacturer for more than a year. By the way, Hiroki Totoki confirmed this recently “The price of the PS5 Pro had no negative impact on sales.” Like what.
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