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.

Sony president Hiroki Totoki has said the PlayStation 5 Pro’s price hasn’t had a negative impact on the sales of the console. Speaking as part of Sony’s recent financial reporting, Totoki said (spotted by Genki_JPN) “Hardcore users are the target of this hardware.”

Yesterday, the PlayStation 5 Pro launched. But I’ve been playing around with Sony’s most expensive console ever for the past week, and the biggest issue I have with it, besides the high price, is that its really hard to actually figure out what games run and look better on it.

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",

President-elect Donald Trump proposes tariffs that could make the already-expensive PlayStation 5 Pro cost even more if they go into effect.