Despite the price, PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary bundle sells out in seconds

After Sony's poorly received tech showcase of PS5 Pro earlier this month due to its price, it also celebrated it's 30th anniversary of the original console by outfitting their current models with a retro PSX re-design.

This went down well with gamers as they literally imitated the famous Fry 'Shut up and take my money'.

The PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary bundle retailed for £960 and was sold out in seconds. All 12,300 available units.

Let's see whether the PS5 Pro will also be a best seller too or whether gamer discourse can prevent wallets from opening..

Created at 1:56pm, 26th September, 2024. Page last updated at 7:49pm, 26th September, 2024.

Lanah Tyra 9/26/2024, 2:08:24 PM

Now the question is did actual users buy them or scalpers?

Deleted user 9/26/2024, 3:08:44 PM

Lanah Tyra

I've seen scalpers selling them for £5000

Makster 9/26/2024, 4:02:20 PM

Deleted user

yeah same! It's insane the mark up and that people actually buy it for that price!

CMDR Henckes 9/26/2024, 2:52:40 PM

The PS5 pro is almost a joke from Sony to their fans, unfortunately...

JHenckes 9/26/2024, 4:32:01 PM

A beautiful special edition is one thing (and this is one of the most beautiful Sony has ever made for its console), the price of the console is not so important in these cases. These are products often bought by collectors who are able to spend exorbitant amounts of money.

That doesn't change the fact that the price of the PS5 PRO standard edition is a joke... It's practically a certainty that the console won't sell as expected! We'll only see good sales of the PS5 PRO with the release of GTA VI. Sony should thank them on their knees!

Makster 9/26/2024, 4:45:50 PM

JHenckes

Can't shame the marketing by Sony though - they knew how to market the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro and not even the price was a barrier to making a sale.

JHenckes 9/26/2024, 5:48:01 PM

Makster

I haven't criticized the marketing, quite the opposite, I really praise the success of the special edition, there isn't a person who has ever owned a PlayStation who wouldn't want to have this edition at home!

But a hit doesn't invalidate a mistake. The improvements to the PS5 PRO don't justify the price increase, so either they revise their plans with the new console or they bring good news that justifies buying it, but that's not happening and I'm afraid it won't happen.

CMDR Henckes 9/26/2024, 5:55:22 PM

JHenckes

There isn't any justification for the high prices of consoles in game but greed! That's why Personal Computers are the best choice, there you will find the best prices for games is where the best communities is and that means that will be modders that will make corrections that the companies will refuse to do it! And looking the prices of new consoles it won't be so much more expensive buy a good PC instead of a Video Game! Ano nothing that the good price of the games in there won't compensate!

Makster 9/26/2024, 6:32:55 PM

CMDR Henckes

tbf a company not making money isn't going to be a company for long..

CMDR Henckes 9/26/2024, 4:57:57 PM

JHenckes

I think the consoles don't sell as expected since the 7th Gen of consoles that increased so much their prices and every single gen it gets worse, the games get unnecessarily expansive, the companies makes unreal promises to sell their consoles . Without talking about the absurd conditions that Sony and Microsoft want to impose to the devs that make games for the consoles