How the cost of living crisis and games industry turmoil could hurt Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro release

By Adam Jerrett, Lecturer, Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth

In late November 2020, I was one of those people standing in line – or rather, refreshing my browser – hoping to snag a PlayStation 5 during a restock. The pandemic was in full swing, and with most of the world locked indoors, there weren’t many better things to do. The original PS5 promised to deliver true 4K gaming at very smooth frame rates – though a claim that it supported 8K gaming was later removed from the console’s packaging.

However, the PS5 got off…

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