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PlayStation 5 Pro up to 24% Cheaper than PlayStation 3 at its Launch
The $699.99 MSRP of the Sony PlayStation 5 Pro is a source of outrage on social media, but what if we told you that the new premium console is in fact cheaper than what the PlayStation 3 cost at launch for even its cheapest variant? Sony launched the PlayStation 3 in 2006, with its cheapest variant that came with a 20 GB hard drive, at $499, in the US. A premium variant with a 60 GB HDD cost $599. Both models included a Blu-ray drive, as physical media was the prevalent mode of game distribution. In comes inflation. $599 in 2006 money is approximately $930 in today's money, while $499 (2006) in today's money is approximately $780.
Even the cheapest variant of the PlayStation 3 cost 11% more at launch than the PlayStation 5 Pro, adjusted by inflation, while the premium variant cost 24% more. The PlayStation 5 Pro is digital-only, and lacks an optical drive, which can be purchased separately for $80. Adding this cost, the PS5 Pro with a separately purchased optical drive costs exactly as much as the base model PlayStation 3 with 20 GB HDD did, back in 2006, adjusted by inflation.
Source:
USD inflation calculator (MN Fed bank)
Even the cheapest variant of the PlayStation 3 cost 11% more at launch than the PlayStation 5 Pro, adjusted by inflation, while the premium variant cost 24% more. The PlayStation 5 Pro is digital-only, and lacks an optical drive, which can be purchased separately for $80. Adding this cost, the PS5 Pro with a separately purchased optical drive costs exactly as much as the base model PlayStation 3 with 20 GB HDD did, back in 2006, adjusted by inflation.
39 Comments on PlayStation 5 Pro up to 24% Cheaper than PlayStation 3 at its Launch
Got a used phat which still works fine sitting right next to me for about £20, great buy, the box was trashed, controller lost by original owner, missing display cable, but psu cable worked fine, brought after market controller, and would have replaced display cable anyway as I outputted it to PC equipment, great buy for me at the time.
I also think the USA to UK pricing was more favourable then, currently USA has favourable pricing from Sony. It never got the earlier price hike for the PS5 and the favourable pricing has continued for the Pro model, so I wonder if the maths work out as well in UK/EU land. Without the current USA subsidy I think the pricing would be at least 800USD for the PS5 Pro.
Next gen console to approach 1K. Mark my words.
Do not buy. Price will come down. Easy.
We just going to keep blaming Covid and Jack up prices.
I heard they lost money for every PS3 sale, but who knows besides Sony
The Atari 2600 would be the equivalent of US$995 today...
www.inflationstation.net/
blog.playstation.com/2022/08/25/ps5-price-to-increase-in-select-markets-due-to-global-economic-environment-including-high-inflation-rates/
Edit: As a comparison, the PS5 (Pro) can be the single awesomest thing in all console existence, it still won't sell if there aren't any games for it to make it worth the upgrade.
It was later changed to a hybrid hardware/software arrangement, and in late models the PS2 backwards compatibility was eliminated altogether.
Apparently CECH A/B were never released in my region.
Might explain my experience as I remember trying a PS2 game on it, and it felt like it was running on some dodgy emulator. Wasnt even full screen. Thats the same model as mine I think. I have the CECHC03, which according to the below link was the hybrid setup, when I brought it I assumed all fat's were full hardware emulation, I guess not.
www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/COK-00x
The PS3 used some of the highest end hardware available at the time of its development, and the original model had a very complex motherboard which also contained a full set of PS2 hardware within it (console within a console), a high-quality, motorized single-lens Blu-ray disc drive, so many things that made it an incredible, revolutionary machine Yeah, EU only received model C, it has the same motherboard used on model E sold in all regions. It's already scaled down, only has GS chip and no EE. I had a CECHE01 as well, but it got the YLOD bad and I tried to fix it, didnt manage to, gave up entirely. Didn't even reassemble it.
Only model A (60 GB with chrome trim, wifi and card reader) and model B (20 GB with full black trim, no wifi or card reader) have the EE/GS chip. I had one of each, but sold the B and kept my A
So this is the first time i hear that they used software emulation.