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Dustin Bailey

PS5 Pro's $700 price tag wouldn't be so tough to swallow if it weren't missing the most basic feature of all: a disc drive

Photograph showing PS5 Pro in a horizontal position without an attached stand.

The PS5 Pro was officially unveiled today, and the part that stopped everybody in their tracks was that $699 price tag. That's a price I'd be more than willing to pay - if only the console weren't selling its disc drive as an optional add-on.

After the video reveal of the PS5 Pro, Sony confirmed in a blog post that the console will launch as a digital-only machine. If you want a disc drive, you're going to have to buy it separately. You'll be able to pick up the same optional disc drive that launched as a PS5 Slim upgrade and costs $80. If you want to stand up your PS5 Pro vertically, you're also going to have to purchase a separate vertical stand.

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