Much like Premier League football clubs signing new players on ridiculous length contracts to (here comes a simplified and likely incorrect statement) spread the cost and avoid coming foul of financial fair play rules, I’ve started to look at the PS5 Pro as a cost/reward per year-type situation. In the end, it all comes down to when we’re going to get the inevitable PlayStation 6.
No one knows (maybe Sony knows) when the PS6 is going to be released, but there’s a very good chance it’ll be at the end of 2027, 2028 or 2029. That’s either three, four, or five years from the release of the PS5 Pro. That is quite a wide margin, and the exact year the PS6 launches in would be wonderful to know ahead of a potential PS5 Pro purchase. As a console early adopter I’m going to buy a PS6, but I’m less sold on buying a PS5 Pro (yes, $700 is a lot!), partly because its lifespan is a big unknown.
If the PS5 generation ends after seven years, I’d get just three out of the PS5 Pro, equating to approximately $230 a year. An eight-year run for the PS5 equates to $175 a year, while a nine-year (this might be pushing it) generation means five years of PS5 Pro and just $140 a year.
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