PS5 Pro Launch Sales in the US is Similar to the PS4 Pro - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 January 2025 / 10,498 Views
Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella announced the launch sales for the PlayStation 5 Pro in the US are similar to the launch of the PlayStation 4 Pro.
"PS5 Pro also had a solid start, with units in the same ballpark as PS4 Pro's launch," said Piscatella.
The PS5 Pro sold 78,086 units in its launch week in Japan and 10,100 units in Spain.
The PS5 Pro released on November 7 for $699.99 / £699.99 / €799.99 / ¥119,980.
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Impressive. Compare to the PS4 Pro, the PS5 Pro is a minor upgrade, also double the price and no disc drive
minor? really?
PS4 pro didn't do much at all, it didn't even really do 4K, it was a basic upscale. The FPS boost was shocking.
PS5 Pro actually takes games from 1440p to 4K. Plus PSSR allows games to have ray tracing, improved depth of field and more while running at PSSR 4K.
Then we have 8K as well in some titles!
Thank goodness someone else is being reasonable here.
The ratio tells me most people agree with the "minor" upgrade comment here
It is not double the price. PS4 Pro launched at at $400. This launches at $700. Almost though, which is pretty bad.
Apparently the same also happened in the US. I guess Sony was right at going for a premium pricing, the target consumers would have paid for it regardless.
Scalpers got their teeth kicked in!!!!!
I'm more curious about its legs. Enthusiasts are going to buy it at launch obviously, what's going to happen next is way more interesting imo.
I'm thinking it will sell less than the 4 Pro when it's all said and done due to its higher price but Sony will still be satisfied because of their higher profit margins with this one.
I bet you most of these enthusiasts were scalpers.
a portion of them for sure... certainly not the majority since its still readily available
Pretty good start! Let’s see how its pace continues now that the enthusiast crowd has gotten their consoles.
This and the Japanese Numbers hint and launch numbers for the PS5pro atleast being really solid.
So about what i expected. Nothing huge but also not terrible. Enthusiasts got the console at launch. Sales will slow down a bit, the question is by how much...
First week aren't really a good indactor tho, Wii U had a solid first week. You'll always have a core audience for a launch like that, we'll see how the price affects it after a month or 2
Better than I was expecting!….though hindsight tells me this shouldn’t have been anything surprising. Day one purchases are coming from the most devoted crowd, so pricing was not gonna matter all too much.
As far as the legs on this system are concerned, I don’t expect anything spectacular. The price tag is gonna be a turn off for many casual consumers. Not to say sales will be terrible, I just don’t see it to performing anywhere near NSWOLED comp to NSW, for instance.
It'll be like the PS4pro.... after 3 weeks, sales are back to base line or just slightly above.
I'm happy playing FFX on my PS2 and Eternal Darkness on my Gamecube!
A good launch doesn't really mean much...
WiiU and 3DS both had an impressive only to struggle 2-3 months later...
The real test is if it is still selling as well as the PS4Pro in 6-12 months
Damn those are rockstar numbers,
USA is sold out too they love the ps console
PS4 Selling point was 1080 to 4K nothing like that with the 5th also its already on sale from some online retailers in the uk and scalpers are selling at a loss on eBay
There was basically one retailer had it reduced for like 2 days, probably to drive publicity.
I don't think anyone was arguing that the PS5 Pro launch was going to be low. I knew it would be around PS4 Pro numbers. Because of it's price tag I think it's legs will suck and won't sell nearly as much as the PS4 Pro. Same happened with PSVR2, it had a great launch even better than PSVR1. However, it's legs weren't as good and has fallen behind PSVR1. These prices have to come down permanently, same with Xbox.
yeah agreed. Any new system model sells good on launch week, that doesn't really say anything. After the holidays I think Pro sales will be go down to a fairly low base number and sales of PS5 will be back to normal. Pro will give Sony a little more revenue, a slightly better single holiday season, but that's it.
There's absolutely no proof that psvr2 has fallen behind psvr1 in sales. it's been estimated at 2 million sales by developers since the first half of the year. with only 1 holiday season. at the very worst possible sales pace it's still on par with psvr 1.
Concord tax!
