Ampere analyst sees PS5 Pro selling at PS4 Pro levels, VGC reports

An analyst from research firm Ampere Analysis anticipates that sales of Sony‘s just-announced PlayStation 5 Pro console will reach a similar level to those of the PlayStation 4 Pro, despite the PS5 Pro’s fairly high price point of $700, VideoGamesChronicle’s Tom Ivan reports. “The price point of the PS5 Pro will inevitably cause a lot of commentary,” said Piers Harding-Rolls, research director for games at Ampere Analysis. “The price point differential between the PS5 and PS5 Pro is between 40-50%, which is significantly more than the differential between the PS4 and PS4 Pro at launch… In the US, the PS4 Pro launched at $399 and the slim PS4 was $299 at the time, a 33% differential. Additionally, the slim PS4 had a retail price of $299 having dropped from the original PS4 launch price of $399.” The analyst, however, said he still expects the PS5 Pro to sell around 1.3M units during its 2024 launch window, compared to 1.7M PS4 Pros during its 2016 launch window, the author notes.