For a moment I read Refurbished PS5 Pro Consoles, lol. My theory is, the price of the PS5 Pro is this expensive, so the base models look much cheaper now.
Sony to Start Selling Refurbished PS5 Consoles [Push Square]
Submitted 2 weeks ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/09/sony-to-start-selling-refurbished-ps5-consoles
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thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
I think they definitely have a strategy that is timed around the age of the base PS5 release. 4 years old = PS5 Pro and beginning of refurbished console sales, to grab the consumers that weren’t enticed by the base PS5.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
This is a scheme to control the used console market so they can set their own prices
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
How would this control people selling their used hardware? I don’t see anything about Sony trying to disable resold consoles.
That’s worth a premium to some people.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Okay the 12 month warranty is pretty good not going to lie
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
i mean they’ve been doing refurbished consoles for multiple generations now, no? The only new thing is that they’re selling them directly from Sony’s site, rather than going through GameStop like they used to back in the day.