GameStop hikes refurbished PS5 Pro price to $1399.99, above MSRP

Foxi4 · 2026-10-07T18:47:06+0100

T-hug said:
Same thing going on here at CeX, should be illegal;

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They were £250 at launch.

The Series S currently retails at £429.99 new, it was Microsoft who raised the MSRP. Everything was cheaper in 2020.

SapphireLabs · 2026-10-07T18:50:03+0100

eriols said:
Madness. I bought my rtx 4090 laptop for 2000 last year

Legit, my Dell 7740 with the dedicated RTX 5000 Quadro was like $1400. Enterprise grade workstation.

I think these companies forgot that consoles were the cheap, and easy, alternative to desktop computers.

Now they're locked down ecosystems requiring a subscription for everything short of turning it on, cost more than an entry level PC, and have less performance.

WiiUNewbie · 2026-10-07T19:38:00+0100

SapphireLabs said:
Legit, my Dell 7740 with the dedicated RTX 5000 Quadro was like $1400. Enterprise grade workstation.

I think these companies forgot that consoles were the cheap, and easy, alternative to desktop computers.

Now they're locked down ecosystems requiring a subscription for everything short of turning it on, cost more than an entry level PC, and have less performance.

Well, if not for the situation with RAM and SSD being too expensive because AI, these would be cheap and easy alternatives to desktop computers. You are right about subscriptions. When you factor in what it costs for a couple of years of Xbox Live or Sony's offering versus $0.00 on PC, consoles are a mistake right now, and maybe going forward. It's funny how many people howled at the price of the Switch 2 at launch. It's by far the best bargain in the industry now even after the September price increase. If only the eventual GTA VI Switch 2 port was ready for it right now...

It seems like next month will be prime time to sell your "old" PS5 and Xbox Series S consoles at a steep profit to all the people wanting to play GTA 6 who don't own one, which has to be tens of millions. This may or may not be the peak of the AI-fueled price increases. But if it is, it comes at a time of great demand (because GTA VI) when people absolutely do not want to pay these prices and yet absolutely will pay them. The companies that caused the AI and datacentre fiasco, which include AMD, Microslop, and Nvidia, have to just be laughing at this windfall (PC video card and discrete GPU shipments went up significantly in the most recently reported quarter, reaching a four-year high despite rising prices).

HaloEliteLegend · 2026-10-07T19:42:10+0100

So the PS5 Pro I bought at $700 two years ago has now doubled in value. Nice. That's patently insane.

ChibiMofo · 2026-10-07T19:50:34+0100

HaloEliteLegend said:
So the PS5 Pro I bought at $700 two years ago has now doubled in value. Nice. That's patently insane.

True, but you are happy about it, right? Because you might be able to get TRIPLE what you paid for it in late November/early December. You could then take that money and buy a PC that will blow the doors off your PS5 Pro and be able to runs tens of thousands more games than any PlayStation ever could, without paying a monthly fee to Sony for PlayStation Plus.

Lop1 · 2026-10-07T19:59:35+0100

ChibiMofo said:
True, but you are happy about it, right? Because you might be able to get TRIPLE what you paid for it in late November/early December. You could then take that money and buy a PC that will blow the doors off your PS5 Pro and be able to runs tens of thousands more games than any PlayStation ever could, without paying a monthly fee to Sony for PlayStation Plus.

One of the few times I completely agree with you. For around 2k, you shooooooooooould be able to get 9070 XT, 7800x3D or 9800x3D type of PC, which would run laps around PS5 Pro.

HaloEliteLegend · 2026-10-07T20:09:24+0100

ChibiMofo said:
True, but you are happy about it, right? Because you might be able to get TRIPLE what you paid for it in late November/early December. You could then take that money and buy a PC that will blow the doors off your PS5 Pro and be able to runs tens of thousands more games than any PlayStation ever could, without paying a monthly fee to Sony for PlayStation Plus.

I do have a nicely spec'd PC. Upgraded to a 4090 some years ago at MSRP ($1600), feel like I caught the last chopper outta 'Nam. I remember when I was building that thing scouring the internet to beat bots and buy a GPU at MSRP. That was during the Bitcoin rush where 3080s and the like were 2-3x MSRP. PC components have only gotten worse price-wise but I'm inclined to agree, at $1400 I'd steer anyone over to PC instead of buying a PS5 Pro. I expect games to be far more expensive too with no physical releases to compete with the PlayStation store.

Marc_LFD · 2026-10-07T21:26:23+0100

NostalgicMillennial said:
Apparently now best buy is following the leader.

...at this point those looking to get GTA VI would be better off on Xbox Series X.

The game runs at 30 on current gen consoles so... Eh. Plus, the story doesn't look as interesting or intriguing as the one from 4 and 5, it's more relaxed which isn't a bad thing, just less expectation.

Bladexdsl · 2026-10-07T22:20:45+0100

still not worth buying a ps5 pro!

RetroNerdGamer · 2026-10-07T22:26:00+0100

Marc_LFD said:
I think the Limited Edition 30th Anniversary Edition did come with a Disc Drive, but it also cost nearly $1k so it better have one.

Crazy prices for these consoles.

They really are. What the hell.

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