November 9th 2024.
It's quite odd, but the percentage increase in price for the PS5 Pro is the same as the percentage of complaints Sony has received in the past year. As the highly anticipated release of the PS5 Pro finally arrived, one reader shares their thoughts on why they have yet to purchase it. They compare the situation to the classic folktale of the emperor's new clothes.
Despite the constant stream of complaints from fans, Sony doesn't seem to be bothered at all. In fact, they don't seem to show any emotion at all. It's almost as if an AI is running the company, purposely limiting communication to avoid revealing too much. Although that seems unlikely, as there's no way a computer could have come up with the concept of the PS5 Pro.
With Christmas approaching, the reader was contemplating what to get for their big present. Of course, the obvious choice would be the PS5 Pro, especially since they already own a PS4 Pro. However, the minor improvements with the PS4 Pro didn't make much of a difference in the end. But it was nice to have the most powerful version. Towards the end of the generation, it seemed like many games were designed with the PS4 Pro in mind, as they could barely run well enough on the regular PS4.
The reader is willing to put up with similar issues this generation, but the price of the PS5 Pro is absurd. The standard PlayStation 5 is priced at £480, while the PS5 Pro is a staggering £700. That's a shocking 45% increase for reasons that Sony has yet to demonstrate.
The reveal trailer for the PS5 Pro was almost comical, if it wasn't so ridiculous. It showed two versions of what appeared to be the same game running simultaneously. Sony claims that the differences are not visible due to YouTube resolutions and other excuses. But if they can't showcase the benefits of their console in a video specifically designed for that purpose, then something is seriously wrong.
It almost feels like a corporate bet to see if people will fall for it. "Let's just show the same thing twice and bet that people will think they're different," one executive may have suggested. Watching the footage and everything that has come out since, it's reminiscent of the meme where two identical pictures are labeled as different, or the classic fable of the emperor's new clothes. In the story, two con-men trick the emperor into believing that his new clothes are invisible to anyone who is stupid. In reality, they're just scamming him and making a profit. And because no one wants to look foolish, no one speaks up. Interestingly, this story was written in 1837, yet it seems like some things never change.
If the minor improvements that the PS5 Pro claims to have are important to some people, then that's fine. The reader doesn't want to ruin anyone's fun. However, they object to Sony spending time and resources on the PS5 Pro when they could be working on something that the majority of their customers actually want.
It's worth noting that Xbox doesn't have an equivalent to the PS5 Pro. Despite their mistakes this generation, even they realized that a nearly identical and expensive "upgrade" was a bad idea. Sony should have known better.
The concept of spending so much money on a console when you already own a PlayStation 5 is hard to grasp. But some people will do it, so it's safe to say that Sony isn't as foolish as they may seem.
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