Hardware How much is a PlayStation 4 Pro on 3.70 worth?

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A pro is only worth more at this time. When a ps5 launches it value will be diminished

A pro will always be worth more than a slim and the price of a second hand ps4 won't dramatically drop when the ps5 launches. The cost of a second hand ps3 hasn't moved much since I bought one in 2010. If the ps5 is backward compatible, cheap enough and worth upgrading to immediately, then it might affect ps4 prices more. However there won't be a ps5 hack immediately, so there will still be a reason to buy a ps4.

plus in the future they're will be a newer exploit that works on all firmwares like always happens with every system and by then it value will be less then half what it is now.

There may still be older units that have better capabilities, like on the ps3 and to a less extent the wii. For example if there is a CUH2DUH hack which requires you to be on a low firmware to convert the console, but after that you can run any developer firmware that is leaked.

So if you're trying to sell it for its value you would have to sell it now because value will only be going down instead of up.

It's hard to predict as prices can drop and then go back up again. You'd have to keep it for a long time and inflation and opportunity cost will also be a factor. If someone isn't interested in owning a PS4, then I would recommend selling it. Even if you list it with a huge buy it now on ebay and don't expect someone to buy it immediately.
 
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A pro will always be worth more than a slim and the price of a second hand ps4 won't dramatically drop when the ps5 launches. The cost of a second hand ps3 hasn't moved much since I bought one in 2010. If the ps5 is backward compatible, cheap enough and worth upgrading to immediately, then it might affect ps4 prices more. However there won't be a ps5 hack immediately, so there will still be a reason to buy a ps4.



There may still be older units that have better capabilities, like on the ps3 and to a less extent the wii. For example if there is a CUH2DUH hack which requires you to be on a low firmware to convert the console, but after that you can run any developer firmware that is leaked.



It's hard to predict as prices can drop and then go back up again. You'd have to keep it for a long time and inflation and opportunity cost will also be a factor. If someone isn't interested in owning a PS4, then I would recommend selling it. Even if you list it with a huge buy it now on ebay and don't expect someone to buy it immediately.
God it always does ! A ps3 sold for over 250 hacked when there wasn't a ps4. The ps4 launched and hacked models went for about 100, 150 after that and even less now. That's how it works dude
 
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A ps3 sold for over 250 hacked when there wasn't a ps4.

Not here, you were being mugged at that price. There are always people trying their luck, but you've been able to pick up hackable ps3 cheap & it's always been pretty cheap or free to hack them
 
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Not here, you were being mugged at that price. There are always people trying their luck, but you've been able to pick up hackable ps3 cheap & it's always been pretty cheap or free to hack them
What no. When the ps3 was still the main console and 3.55 was the only way to hack your console they were going for 250 (pre hacked)when new they were around 299. How is that being mugged when back in the day you had to use a nor flasher etc ? These days they go for around 50-80 euro here.
 

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How is that being mugged when back in the day you had to use a nor flasher etc ?

Flashers were cheap and you could pick hackable consoles up for £80 here. I guess it comes down to how many idiots there are prepared to pay outrageous markups.
 

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Flashers were cheap and you could pick hackable consoles up for £80 here. I guess it comes down to how many idiots there are prepared to pay outrageous markups.[/QUO
Flashers were cheap and you could pick hackable consoles up for £80 here. I guess it comes down to how many idiots there are prepared to pay outrageous markups.
I'm talking about pre hacked in the early. I'm not talking about the end of it's lifecycle. In no way could you find a console back then for that price when they were new around 299.
 

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I'm talking about pre hacked in the early. I'm not talking about the end of it's lifecycle. In no way could you find a console back then for that price when they were new around 299.

I bought my first slim second hand from a store for £120 in 2009, I could probably have bought one cheaper off ebay but it was around the time of the psjailbreak release and I expected that sony would be putting out an update within a few days.

In the end it was 2011 before there was a patch, desperate people may have paid more for a hacked ps3 in the next couple of years but I didn't see a huge increase in prices.
 
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I bought my first slim second hand from a store for £120 in 2009, I could probably have bought one cheaper off ebay but it was around the time of the psjailbreak release and I expected that sony would be putting out an update within a few days.
well that wasn't the price here and also not in Netherlands, france, germany, ebay, amazon etc so.
 

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well that wasn't the price here and also not in Netherlands, france, germany, ebay, amazon etc so.

Not here, especially if you put in some effort. Searching ebay for ps3 3.55 today and the most expensive is buy it now £340+£16.50 postage. I wouldn't pay more than £50

Some people are still paying crazy prices for them even now. Looking at ps4 pro 5.05 prices and some go for double what others are going for, it depends on if you can find a couple of dumb people with more money than sense.
 
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