Sony to Sell Refurbished PlayStation 5 Consoles at Half the Price of PS5 Pro...

a special thank you to each of our subscribers who make this channel possible here's today's story Sony will begin selling refurbished PlayStation 5 consoles for half the price of the recently announced PS5 Pro PlayStation direct Sony's Online storefront for selling PlayStation products announced a certified refurbished digital Edition PS5 will cost $349.99 when it's put on sale soon meaning half the price of the $699.99 s PS5 Pro the new hardware was revealed at the PlayStation 5 technical presentation held yesterday September 10th 2024 alongside the $699.99 price tag PS5 Pro does not include a disc drive or vertical stand which means those looking to use discs and stand their PS5 Pro upright will need to spend around $85 it's therefore perhaps not a coincidence that Sony unveiled the cheaper refurbished PS5 consoles alongside its new premium console a refurbished PS5 with a disc drive costs $399.99 meaning both models are $100 less than their brand new counterparts every PlayStation certified refurbished product completes a rigorous recertification process that includes full testing that meets the same functional standards as new PlayStation products Sony said your certified refurbished product works like new the PS5 Pro arrives November 7th 2024 and has a GPU with 67% more compute units than the current PS5 console and 28% faster memory which enables up to 45% faster rendering for gameplay Ray tracing upgrades allow the Rays to be cast at Double and at times triple the speeds of the current PS5 console and Playstation spectral super resolution pssr technology is an AI driven upscaling that uses a machine learning based technology to provide super sharp image Clarity by adding more detail fans have expressed shock at the price however in Myriad IGN polls suggest as few as 15% of people plan to buy a PS5 Pro in a questionnaire asking if the console is reasonably priced with more than 50,000 responses 73.9% of responders said it was way too expensive Ryan Dale is an IGN freelance reporter he'll talk about The Witcher all day if you're still playing games on a PlayStation 4 the upcoming $700 PS5 Pro might be the right opportunity to upgrade or you could get a base PS5 used from Sony for just half the price a new refurbished program from the console manufacturer is helping to unofficially cut prices on the existing Hardware while fans were busy gawking at the enhanced graphics and price tag of the PS5 Pro yesterday Sony also quietly debuted Ed consoles on its PlayStation direct store as spotted by Wario 64 just ahead of Mark C's technical presentation the the refurbished unit sell for $100 less than their new counterparts a used PS5 with a disc drive is $400 instead of $500 and an all digital one is $350 instead of $450 the price of the slim which replaced the launch edition while the refurbished units might have scratches or dents they're supposed to function fine internally with Sony providing 12-month manufacturers warranties on them they're not technically available to by just yet the listings still have coming soon on them but for someone looking to finally take the plunge 4 years into the current console cycle it's not a bad deal especially when you consider the $350 model is half the price of a new PS5 Pro launching in November Sony has pushed some pretty good PS5 deals from time to time as it tries to hit ambitious sales goals for the console but there's never been an actual price cut for the hardware which is very unusual compared to the PS4 and PS3 Generations as a result as recently as earlier this year there were roughly 50 million players still using PS4s and even though Sony's games are no longer cross gen on the older machines perennial Blockbusters like Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and Madden NFL 25 are still available on the last gen consoles Sony is also selling refurbished dual sense controllers though at $65 that's a much less appealing value proposition up until recently you could get a new one for just $70 though this week the company quietly raised the price to $75 while people across the internet are reeling over the PlayStation 5 PR $700 price tag the company has announced it'll start selling used PlayStation 5 consoles at a discount Sony has a new PlayStation 5 certified refurbish program on its PlayStation direct store that offers consoles and dual sense controllers for less than their launch prices multiple colors of the Dual sense will sell for $60 the regular PS5 for $400 and the PS5 digital Edition for $3 $50 for reference the PS5 launched in 2020 for $500 while the digital edition cost $400 the Dual sents cost $70 so these aren't gigantic discounts we also don't know when the products will start shipping through the refurbished program the direct site just says coming soon we'll update this article when we learn more plus to reiterate these are used consoles but Sony uses the term refurbished because as the store Page States every PlayStation certified refurbished product completes a rigorous recertification process that includes full testing that meets the same functional standards as new PlayStation products that's all for this story We upload videos every day covering many different subjects so hit that subscribe button to stay informed thanks for watching