Earlier this month, the PlayStation 5 Pro finally arrived in stores. And while the lack of a disc drive and the $700 price tag have been unpopular with players, Sony President Hiroki Totoki has assured investors that sales of the mid-generation console update haven't been negatively affected.

Ahead of the PlayStation 5 Pro's launch, sources confirm that Sony's high-powered console will hold a storage advantage over the base PS5 models.

The PlayStation 5 Pro is finally here, and its $700 pricetag has warded off any sellouts and has put scalpers in a bind. PlayStation's President Hiroki Totoki has affirmed that the $700 pricetag hasn't harmed sales.

Sony says that despite the "different comments" on the PS5 Pro's chunky price point, the "pricing [...] has not had a negative impact" on sales. As spotted by Genki_JPN, Sony president, COO, and CFO Hiroki Totoki said the system was "targeted" at "hardcore users",

Sony has revealed PS5 Pro enhanced games available at launch, including hits like Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Black Ops 6, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

According to a new report by Nikkei Asia, Totoki described the PS5 Pro as “a high-end product targeted at core customers” which didn't have “a large sales plan to begin with.” He went on to say that he believes it is “performing slightly stronger than the pre-orders of the PS4 Pro during the same period”.

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