Fuck off Sony! And I mean this with genuine, potent disdain. Fuck, right off! I cannot articulate my utter contempt for this ardent violation of player retention, with any reasonable coherence. To charge such an obscene amount of money for the PlayStation 5 Pro, in this economy, towards the tail end of this generation of games consoles is nothing short of a criminal act. This is a company that at present, staggers from one resounding failure “Concord”, before stumbling into a bed of critical reprieve that is “Astro Bot” and then shits said bed with this monstrous display of capitalist exploitation. Now if you think that analogy is tortured, that is nothing compared to Sony’s current business strategy. The absolute audacity to charge $700, the equivalent of roughly £534, for an upgrade on a console that is in the latter throes of sustainability is bad enough. But speaking as a UK resident, the indignant gall to not even convert the US dollar into the sterling equivalent, and instead charge UK consumers £700 is infuriating! That works out at $917. And if you live in the EU, that’s €800. Or $885/£675. There’s no disc drive. No stand. Both of which are sold separately. And all this for negligible improvement.
Now I am a fervent advocate for the PlayStation brand. It has been my console of choice since I was 12. We’ve endured some pretty dismal times, and instances of Sony’s hubris and greed coalescing to influence some very egregious decisions. But this might be one of the worst.
DO NOT BUY THIS!
Game, Complain, Repeat 