Sony president Hiroki Totoki has said that the price of the PlayStation 5 Pro has not had a negative impact on sales of the console. Speaking as part of Sony's recent financial report, Totoki said (spotted by Genki_JPN) "Hardcore users are the target of this hardware." "In terms of pricing, a lot of people made
Well he says he “thinks” it hasn’t had a negative impact. It’s not even been a week though lol
I also think it will never negatively impact the console sales. It’s just another product on top of already ongoing console sales.
Whether it’s actually profitable, considering the production cost and all, is something different though. I think for the foreseeable future people will probably buy the older models over the more expensive new ones anyway. Unless you got money to burn there’s little reason to upgrade to the Pro.