PS5 Pro AllDigital Console for 799€ Disc Drive Sold Separately for 120€

Sony has officially unveiled the PS5 Pro, priced at €799.99. As expected from leaks, this version will be digital-only. However, you can purchase a separate disk drive, which will add about €120 to the cost, pushing the total price of the console close to €920.

Sony has just lifted the curtain on the PS5 Pro, confirming that it will be digital-only. However, an external disk drive will be available, allowing users to access their physical games, but this adds to an already considered expensive console.

Want to know more about the games optimized for the PS5 Pro at launch? Check out our guide on games supercharged for the PS5 Pro. You can also read our article on the official PS5 Pro launch on November 7th.

PS5 Pro: A Digital-Only Console at a Steep Price

If the external disk drive is sold at the same price as the one for the PS5 Slim, it could cost around $120. The PS5 Pro alone is already priced at $799, so gamers will have to shell out $920 to enjoy their physical games. Add any optional supports, and the bill could climb even higher.

Rumors suggested that the PS5 Pro would be digital-only, and these speculations turned out to be accurate. The reactions from gamers are mostly negative, with many feeling that the price is too high for a mid-generation upgrade.

A Shift Towards All-Digital Gaming

The digital gaming market continues to grow, with major releases like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 available only in digital versions. However, making the PS5 Pro digital-only by default complicates things for standard PS5 owners who wish to upgrade while keeping their physical game collections.

Gamers can still sell their current PS5 to invest in the PS5 Pro, but they won’t be able to play their physical games unless they buy the external disk drive. We’ll have to wait to see if the price of the drive will be adjusted, but for now, the cost of PS5 gear continues to rise.

Is the PS5 Pro Worth the €920 Price Tag?

To determine if the PS5 Pro’s price is justified, the community has compared it to the cost of a similarly performing PC.

In Europe, a setup like this would cost around €1400 ($1540). However, as @Okami13_ on X points out, for just €500 ($550) more, you get access to these advantages:

• Free online gaming
• Free cloud saves
• Cheaper games
• Mods
• Better visual fidelity and frame rates
• PC Game Pass with Xbox games on launch day + hundreds of other titles (cheaper than PS Plus)
• PS5 exclusives around 1-2 years after launch
• DLSS with frame generation
• Ability to tweak and customize all machine settings
• Upgrade individual PC components over time (prolonging the machine’s lifespan without replacing all parts at once)
• All the general benefits of using a PC

If you can save enough to afford a PS5 Pro, it might be worth waiting a few more months to build a gaming PC that will last over four years (the time between the PS5 and PS5 Pro). It seems the era of strictly console gaming could be shifting.