Too poor for it?

Maybe you should drive an Uber!

Another, in real terms, is the launch price of the PS3.

PS5 Pro reveal screenshot showing the cost of the console on the left and image of it standing on the right.

But on that latter point: people often misunderstand inflation.

As in, how expensive somethingfeelsto the average person.

But italsocosts about 50 percent more than an inflation-adjusted PS4 Pro would (699, to about 464).

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In simple terms: it is just very expensive.

Looking beyond the price as difficult as that is the other problems here are more philosophical.

It is, in a way, quite a last-gen idea of what video games are about.

A screenshot of the Argos store page for the PS5 Pro stand, with price at £24.99

This thing is made for whales.

The problem isn’t the decision-making of so-called whales their money, and all that but the knock-on effects.

suddenly no longer feeling like thebest possible versionsof themselves.

PS5 Pro lies on its side next to a DualSense controller

to which the answer, really, is: exactly.

We should probably be having a think about whether we need those things too.

These things will only matter more as time goes by.

PS5 Pro console

A final notion that’s been doing rounds is that “nobody is forcing you to buy it”.

Nobody’s forcing you to make it!

Official PS5 Pro image showing it standing next to a PS5 ‘slim’ model and a controller

Official PS5 Pro image showing it partially disassembled with optional extra disc drive and cover