To be honest when the Pro was announced I wasn't going to get one. But when EB announced the trade deal I reconsidered and by then it was too late to get a drive.
Pretty sure JP prices are just due to super aggressive compensation for exchange rates being trash.
POV when you have a perfectly functional PS5 with optical drive and stand included, but Sony makes you replace it with a digital-only “pro” console with no stand.
That is not the OLED model. The OLED is ¥34,800. Also, only seeing the drive shipping from M2-Mart. Is this a 3rd party store? Don't get me wrong, I think it is a crap situation but unless I misunderstand the market this is scalper pricing on the drive and the regular Switch. It is still a bad situation.More expensive than the Nintendo Switch OLED
Mibu, take a look at this
418 Euros
Sold and shipped by Amazon themselves, no 3rd party scalpers, now what ?
Who the fuck puts prices like that ?
At that point, I might as well get me a PS5 slim with a drive but I guess, it's my fault as consumer that I didn't buy a drive 2+ months before the Pro released according to some people in here...
Makes me miss the days where we were angry about $1 = £1 conversion rates…
Pretty sure JP prices are just due to super aggressive compensation for exchange rates being trash.
oofMakes me miss the days where we were angry about $1 = £1 conversion rates…
Is there tax and/or shipping costs on the US Direct store?
applied at checkout, depends on state. Some states have 0% sales tax, some have as high as ~10%
The disc drive costs ¥11,980 in Japan.So it looks like they are "re-releasing" it in Japan:
¥30,000 is real fucking obnoxious, afaik it's still $80 US? That would be around ¥12,300 at today's exchange rate, PlayStation getting silly in their home market, economic factors be damned. On the plus side my Pro has that highly prized "Made in Japan" seal of quality, if you know you know.
Edit: didn't realize it's a third party seller, let's wait and see what the actual price is once Sony has it back in stock
What's with the Hermen obsession...I've got Rise of the Ronin, Cyberpunk, Armored Core 6, FF7rebirth all on disc that i can't play because Sony morons cannot manage their supply chain or whatever, and im that close to buy a one way ticket to hermen hulst office in Amsterdam red light district (or wherever this whore of a man works from) to tell him how i feel about his managing of the company.
A japanese CEO would have committed seppuku already, but of course we're stuck with an honorless westerner.
sonyinteractive.com
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pro + disk drive in stock - Canada
Thats retail price, ps5 is $950 in can useless money.Only $1197 with tax!
Very plausible, if the stock situation doesn't improve in a few months then it's pretty clear Sony is trying to squeeze people (their most hardcore users) out of physical games.
Or... ...like was said here on GAF few months ago. The drives were going to be in short supply because scalpers were already gearing up for the launch of the pro. If Sony reacts to scalpers the market will be flooded with them in 4-6 weeks. Sony loses a lot of money, and some of the same people claiming "push to digital" would be laughing "LOL disc drives are on shelves, everyone is going digital." I feel bad for people that did not jump on it early and missed out but this problem will correct itself just after the holidays. People just need to be patient.
From scalping perspective, comparative to a price of a console to flip it is. Make 2-3 times per unit, none of this is a surprise. That's why there were articles the day after the Pro was announced pretty much saying you should get one then.
None yet. The Game Awards announcement maybe?
Thanks for the answer. I realised that I posted It in the wrong thread.
If they wanted to fix it all they need to do is allow pre-orders or to reserve 1 with a deposit per account (of course limiting the orders you can make this way per time period per account). That is is, make the payment once and then wait until they ship it.
The only good thing in this goddam consumerist society is product availability and they cannot even ensure that...
Eh, people are paying $1300 for just a 4080 Super. Anyway, if you buy a regular 4070 in Canada, it's like $700. Now add the cost of the mobo, cpu, storage, etc. The price isn't really expensive although I shouldn't talk, I bought 2 pros and I'm considering a 3rd if I can get my hand on a 30th anniversary edition.
