Sony’s PS5 Pro is a pricey test of next-gen consoles

/ The era of Sony and Microsoft subsidizing console hardware looks like it’s coming to an end.

By Tom Warren, a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

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The PS5 Pro’s announcement yesterday wasn’t a surprise. What was a surprise was the price: at $699.99, it debuts as Sony’s most expensive console ever. It brought back memories of the PS3’s controversial price tag, a console that when adjusted for inflation is the same $779 price point of a PS5 Pro with the additional disc drive. It’s a very expensive PlayStation, and I fear it’s a

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