{"id":90697,"date":"2026-10-06T11:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90697"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:45:25","slug":"gamestop-is-preparing-us-for-next-gen-pricing-with-1400-used-ps5-pros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=90697","title":{"rendered":"GameStop Is Preparing Us For Next-Gen Pricing With $1,400 Used PS5 Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sticker shock might be underselling it with GameStop&#8217;s new used pricing for Sony&#8217;s most powerful system. Starting today, the video game store is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamestop.com\/consoles-hardware\/playstation-5\/consoles\/products\/sony-playstation-5-pro-console\/20015604.html\">listing pre-owned PS5 Pros<\/a> for $1,400, though GameStop Pro members <em>only<\/em> need to dish out $1,330. Basically, it&#8217;s a $500 surcharge over a brand-new PS5 Pro and capitalizing on the fact that those are stock-constrained currently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A generous take on GameStop&#8217;s new strategy for used PS5 Pros is that the company&#8217;s conditioning us ahead of the possibility that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/playstation-6-everything-we-know-about-sonys-next-generation-console\/1100-6533561\/\">the PS6<\/a> could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/1000-consoles-could-have-this-dramatic-negative-effect-on-gaming-report\/\">cost $1,000 or more<\/a>. Obviously, Sony isn&#8217;t the only one increasing hardware pricing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-chip-shortage-is-coming-for-your-games\/1100-6538293\/\">consoles probably aren&#8217;t getting cheaper anytime soon<\/a>&#8211;mainly because of the ongoing chip shortage from AI development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A more cynical take is that GameStop is taking advantage of the situation similar to what scalpers do with the launch of new video game consoles. I&#8217;m also curious how many people now trade in a PS5 Pro at GameStop when they see how much the company is then reselling it for. Wouldn&#8217;t an easier option just be to undercut them on Facebook Marketplace or eBay by $100?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similar pricing for used PS5 Pro systems can be seen on Amazon and Best Buy&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sticker shock might be underselling it with GameStop&#8217;s new used pricing for Sony&#8217;s most powerful system. Starting today, the video game store is listing pre-owned PS5 Pros for $1,400, though GameStop Pro members only need to dish out $1,330. Basically, it&#8217;s a $500 surcharge over a brand-new PS5 Pro and capitalizing on the fact that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":90699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90700,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90697\/revisions\/90700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}