u/FieldEffect915

Hopefully you didn't drop $1400 for it, lol

It's too soon to be worrying about the PS6. Its release might be just as disastrous or more than the PS5 release (meaning shortages, scalpers, chaos, etc.). Right now, the PS5 Pro is the highest performance console on the market.

Practically speaking, you could play all the same games on a base PS5. It's similar to Series X vs. Series S although not as big of a performance gap I think.

$900 sounds like a lot until you consider that an all-digital Series X sits at $750 currently.

The all-digital Slim is $600, not $650, unless the Pro you're looking at comes with a disc drive.

$1380 is a boat-load of money for a mid-gen console, and that's probably before taxes, right?

Depends on what games you want to play and how much the improvements are worth to you. Most new AAA games are now PS5 Pro Enhanced and will likely continue to be well into next gen.

With PS5 Pro Enhanced games you usually get quality mode graphics settings at 60 fps instead of a base console's 30 fps (like the Series X).

The difference between the two is very subjective and varies on a game-by-game basis, but you can typically expect a sharper image and higher framerates on the Pro.

This response was not AI-generated.

1) GTA VI
2) Scalpers
3) AI datacenter boom
4) Credit card debt

Any means except waiting. Big man can be anonymous online huh

Not anytime soon. I would give it 6 months from today before we start seeing regular retail inventory again. I recommend the base PS5 and clearing out the back log. Leave the Pro enhanced games until next gen if playing them on base is not an option for you.

Yes, demand will die down eventually, especially when we get closer to next-gen hardware releases. People will naturally want the newer, faster, awesomer machine (at least that's what usually happens, the market/consumer will ultimately decide).

Yeah, trust but verify.

You can look up news articles as well. Someone already shared a couple of links in this thread. I found a Yahoo! Tech article on it. Willfully disregarding all this evidence is just ignorant.

https://preview.redd.it/liefgoa0tvth1.png?width=1079&format=png&auto=webp&s=fdbea2cea8d7079a28d0adf982c76dc4846373be

Normies watch the GTA VI preview on Netflix, then literally go "I want that now, HYPE, I freakin' love GTA!" People can get lost in the moment en masse and literally buy every PS5 Pro available. The same thing happens with concert tickets and movies.

Do you want a warranty claim, this is how you get warranty claims

Unfortunate timing

Yes, it is definitely mostly driven by GTA VI. I think prices and inventory will stabilize by next summer after all these new customers have already played GTA VI on their shiny PS5 Pros.

You must really really want to play GTA VI on release

Same

If you want mostly objective comparisons, I recommend using YouTube. Just search:

"<game you want to play> ps5 vs ps5 pro"

I can't tell the difference between 30 fps and 60 fps unless they're side by side. I've never switched quickly between one and the other to compare, I always just go straight to Quality mode.

They stole you money

I played MGS3 Delta on the Series X. It's a great game and also PS5 Pro Enhanced:

https://youtu.be/LsaAVe0rWgQ?is=LahMGWoikP3f_xCk

It's a prequel, so chronologically, it takes place before MGS1.

My guess is that the ps5 pro prices will be back to normal within the next 6 months.

More than 2x the price for way less than 2x the performance of the base model.

PS5 Pro is like the gamer's white whale nowadays. But in all seriousness, it'll probably be difficult to purchase at MSRP until next year because of GTA VI. Once the PS6 gets announced I think people will be less willing to upgrade to the PS5 Pro so late in the cycle, so there will be more stock also.

OLED

Raw power doesn't matter as much for consoles because games are way more optimized for that specific hardware. So it will probably outperform the 5080 in actually rendering games.