Sony justifies the PS5 Pro's high price with the console's new tech - "it's more of a full package that will give that exceptional value to the players"

A close-up of the PS5 Pro.

Sony has commented on the PS5 Pro's controversial cost, while also revealing that the console was in development before the PS5 was released.

Speaking in a recent interview with IGN, PlayStation's senior principal product manager, Toshi Aoki, confirmed that there were already talks about the mid-generation console before the PS5 launched in 2020 as "technologies evolve every year".