The PlayStation 5 Professional is discounted for the primary time since its launch final November. As a part of PlayStation’s Days of Play 2025 sale, the high-powered iteration on the PS5 is offered for $650. The $50 low cost will expire when the sale ends on June 11, except retailers promote out of consoles earlier than then. In the event you’re trying to dive into the PlayStation ecosystem for the primary time, there are additionally bundle offers for the PS5 Slim and PS5 Slim Digital.
Word: As of 1 AM ET on Could 28, the PS5 Professional deal was solely out there at PlayStation Direct, however we would advocate checking your most well-liked retailer whenever you learn this, as that might change at any second.
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$650 (was $700)
Out of the field, the PS5 Professional is a digital-only console, however you may add a disc drive to play your bodily PlayStation sport library. The console incorporates a bigger GPU that permits for 45% sooner rendering and help for enhanced visible expertise like AI-driven upscaling and superior ray-tracing.
It comes with a 2TB SSD, double the space for storing of all different PS5 fashions. That is pretty vital when you think about 1TB SSDs with comparable high quality can go for $100 or extra. So if you happen to needed a PS5 Slim or Slim Digital console with 2TB storage capability, you’d usually must spend $600 or $550, respectively, for the console and extra 1TB SSD. These figures are based mostly on PlayStation console costs, however you may get the PS5 Slim or Slim Digital with Black Ops 6 for $450 or $400, respectively.
The PS5 Professional additionally incorporates a minimal design refresh with wider “racing stripes” on the aspect panels. It comes packaged with a white DualSense 5 Controller. Further controllers could be bought at $20 reductions throughout Days of Play. You too can save $30 on PlayStation’s pro-style DualSense Edge Controller in white or Midnight Black.
In the event you desire to position your consoles upright, you may want to purchase the PlayStation Vertical Stand for $30, because the stand is not included with the PS5 Professional or PS5 Slim.
$79
As talked about, the PS5 Professional doesn’t include an optical drive, so you may want to purchase PlayStation’s official Disc Drive attachment to play bodily PS5 and PS4 video games on the high-powered console.
Sadly, the Disc Drive is not on sale proper now, however it’s available at a number of main retailers–for now at the least. The PS5 Professional’s vacation launch made it very difficult to search out the Disc Drive in inventory for its $80 MSRP. It is attainable that the primary low cost on the PS5 Professional, mixed with the PS5 Slim Name of Obligation bundle, will even result in shortages.
In the event you get one of many Days of Play console offers and know you need to play bodily video games, it would be smart to buy the the attachment alongside the console.
Identical to on the unique PS5 and PS5 Slim, the PS5 Professional could be toggled between Efficiency and High quality modes in PlayStation Studios video games in addition to many third-party titles. It varies by sport, however on the whole the strengths of every mode are markedly improved on PS5 Professional. High quality mode is able to hitting true 4K (2160p) for supported video games and boasts higher lighting, shadows, and ray-tracing. In Efficiency Mode, the upscaling tech permits video games to hit greater refresh charges with out as noticeable of a drop in decision. Some video games have devoted graphical upgrades for PS5 Professional, together with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Last Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Baldur’s Gate 3.