GameStop raised the price of pre-owned PS5 Pro consoles in the U.S. today, and the new figures put a used Pro well above the cost of a new one. A refurbished PS5 Pro Digital now lists at $1,399.99, and a used Pro bundled with the disc drive is $1,499.99. Sony’s own recommended price for a new PS5 Pro has been $899.99 since April 2.
The change was flagged a day early in an internal GameStop memo shared on the r/GameStop subreddit, which Wccftech published in full and which Tom’s Hardware says a subreddit moderator vetted. The memo tells staff that the pre-owned console “will have a higher price than the new console” and that “this is intentional.” Tom’s Hardware and PC Guide both report that the new prices are now showing on GameStop’s website, and PC Guide notes that GameStop Pro members get $70 off, bringing a used Digital model to $1,329.99. The memo also raises what GameStop pays for the consoles in trade, to $800 for a Digital model and $850 for one with the disc drive.
What the memo changed
| GameStop pre-owned SKUs | New used price | New trade value |
|---|---|---|
| PS5 Pro Digital (White, 30th Anniversary, both Wolverine editions) | $1,399.99 | $800.00 |
| PS5 Pro Physical, i.e. with disc drive (White, 30th Anniversary, both Wolverine editions) | $1,499.99 | $850.00 |
The memo also says GameStop’s Product Replacement Plan will not be available on these units right after the change, though the company plans to reinstate it “as soon as possible.” Anyone paying four figures for a refurbished console should check whether that protection is on offer at the register before buying.
The price math against Sony’s list price
To see how far these prices sit from Sony’s, we lined them up against the PS5 Pro’s recommended prices from the PlayStation Blog. For the disc version we added the $79.99 Disc Drive that Sony currently lists on PlayStation Direct, since the Pro ships without one.
| Comparison | Digital | With Disc Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Sony price for a new unit today | $899.99 | $979.98 ($899.99 + $79.99) |
| GameStop used price | $1,399.99 | $1,499.99 |
| Used premium over new | +$500.00 (55.6%) | +$520.01 (53.1%) |
| Versus the November 2024 launch price | $699.99, so used is now one cent over double | $779.98, so used is 92.3% higher |
| GameStop trade value | $800.00 | $850.00 |
| Trade value as a share of Sony’s new price | 88.9% | 86.7% |
| Gap between GameStop’s trade value and resale price | $599.99 | $649.99 |
The trade value is the more surprising number for existing owners. Someone who bought a Digital Pro at launch for $699.99 would now be offered $800 for it, more than they paid, and close to nine-tenths of what Sony charges for a new one. The memo calls this a trade value, and GameStop has historically offered different amounts for store credit and cash, so the figure an owner actually receives may depend on how they take it.
How the PS5 Pro got here
| Date | What happened | U.S. price |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 7, 2024 | PS5 Pro launches without a disc drive | $699.99 |
| Aug. 21, 2025 | Sony raises U.S. prices on every PS5 model by $50 | $749.99 |
| Mar. 27, 2026 | Sony announces global increases on the PlayStation Blog, effective April 2, citing “continued pressures in the global economic landscape” | $899.99 |
| Sept. 19, 2026 | German outlet PlayFront reports Sony told partners Pro supply would stay constrained “through early 2027 at the earliest” | MSRP unchanged |
| Sept. 28, 2026 | Sony Store Japan opens a Pro purchase lottery with a 60-hour playtime requirement, closing Oct. 7 | ¥137,980 in Japan |
| Oct. 6, 2026 | GameStop reprices used Pros above new | $1,399.99 used |
| Nov. 19, 2026 | Grand Theft Auto VI launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S | n/a |
That sequence explains most of today’s move. New Pros are hard to find at Sony’s price: Tom’s Hardware found the console out of stock at PlayStation Direct, GameStop and Target at $899.99, with new units listed at Best Buy for $1,496.01 and Walmart for $1,554.99, and sealed consoles selling for around $1,300 or more on eBay and Facebook Marketplace. PC Guide, using the stock tracker HotStock, found no retailer with Pro stock at all. In other words, GameStop’s used price has caught up with a market that had already moved, which is the argument Wccftech makes, tying the demand to GTA VI’s November 19 launch. Sony’s April increase was itself driven by component costs, a pressure we covered in our look at console prices after Micron’s memory warning, and the Pro shortage has been building since at least our September 19 Daily Drop.
There is a second, smaller source of demand. Push Square reported this week that a new PS5 jailbreak works on firmware 7.00 through 13.60 and has led to “a run on consoles” as hobbyists hunt for hardware on older system software, and it suggested that may be part of why GameStop is charging more. That is Push Square’s read rather than anything in the memo, and it is unclear whether refurbished units would keep older firmware; we covered the emulation side of that scene in our XPSemu report, and Sony’s October 3 firmware, 26.06-14.10.00, shipped as a security update.
What to do if you own one, or want one
For current Pro owners who plan to play GTA VI on it, nothing changes, and the higher trade value is mostly a reminder of what the console is now worth. Owners who were already thinking of moving to a base PS5 or stepping out of the generation have an unusual window, since $800 in trade is more than the launch price, but it is worth getting the in-store quote in writing and checking the cash and credit figures separately.
For shoppers, paying $1,399.99 for a refurbished console with a temporarily suspended replacement plan is hard to justify when Sony’s price for a new one is $500 lower. Tom’s Hardware found the standard PS5 and the Digital Edition still selling at or near their $649.99 and $599.99 list prices, and both will run GTA VI. Anyone set on a Pro for launch is better served watching PlayStation Direct and the big retailers for restocks at $899.99, and buyers in Japan have until October 7 to enter Sony Store’s lottery at ¥137,980.
Sources: GameStop internal memo via r/GameStop, as published by Wccftech; Tom’s Hardware; PC Guide; PlayStation Blog price announcement (March 27, 2026); Push Square; PlayFront via NGC’s Sept. 19 Daily Drop.