PS5 Professional launched earlier this month, and although the console sparked widespread backlash within the weeks previous its launch over its worth (and whether or not it even must exist), but it surely looks like that hasn’t impacted its preliminary gross sales.
That’s as per Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who just lately took to BlueSky and shared that the PS5 Professional has received off to a “stable begin” in the US. Finer particulars will arrive later, however Piscatella says that the console has bought roughly as a lot within the area at launch because the PS4 Professional did when it launched in 2016.
That does line up with what Sony has stated concerning the console’s efficiency. The corporate just lately revealed that the PS5 Professional’s pre-orders have been “barely stronger” that PS4 Professional’s pre-orders have been. Curiously, Sony president, CFO, and COO Hiroki Totoki additionally stated the controversy surrounding PS5 Professional’s pricing “has not had a unfavourable affect” on its gross sales. Learn extra on that by right here.