| EricHiggin said: [...] If XBSS sales continue to be reasonably strong, SNY may just go with a more advanced version for PS5 Pro this time so it can remain useful far longer into the next gen. That would basically mean the end of generations for SNY though, and that would require a shift in messaging/marketing. |
Interesting line of thinking. Once a PS5 Pro is in, the regular PS5 is likely out. I'd expect it to be only the PS5 Digital and the PS5 Pro (with optical drive) at that point. Sony doesn't have a history offering as many SKUs as Microsoft, and Sony is probably just as eager as Microsoft to get their customers going digital. The physical case, and the internals, of the PS5 all hint at a system that at one point was likely going to only be an all-digital system, and at some point they caved and literally just badged on an optical drive onto the side.
If it being the only way to get a PS5-compatible system with an optical drive becomes a selling point for the upgrade to the Pro, probably all the better in Sony's eyes. I predict only the most expensive option at all points in the PS5 life cycle will have an optical drive.
