Scalpers of Sony's recently launched PlayStation 5 Pro console are reportedly losing money and struggling to make a profit off of them.

After testing a handful of titles, I can say that the difference is appreciable if less stark than it was between the PS4 and PS4 Pro. Here’s why splurging for the upgrade may or may not make sense for you.

The PS5 Pro's goal is to push the boundaries of performance and visual fidelity further, and a large part of this is its focus on hardware-accelerated upscaling. Sony wants smoother gameplay that looks great, even if the end result may be less significant than players were expecting.

Despite the excitement for the new console, the PS5 Pro is readily available leading to scalpers having to sell it at a loss.

On Monday, Sony released its list of 55 games that will be enhanced for PS5 Pro. There are plenty of fan-favorites on here, including The Last of Us, No Man's Sky, God of War, and more.

Once I recovered from the shock of its high price, I realised the PS5 Pro is aimed squarely at picture-perfect pixel obsessives like me.

In my week of testing, the PlayStation 5 Pro delivered better visuals than the standard PS5, but it doesn't come cheap.

Sony's new PS5 Pro lacks a vertical stand and a disc drive, unlike the PS5 Slim Standard model that retails for $499. If you were to add a vertical stand and a disc drive to the PS5 Pro to fairly compare it to the PS5 Slim Standard, its price jumps up to $810 — over $300 more than the PS5 Slim Standard.

Yesterday, the PlayStation 5 Pro launched. But I’ve been playing around with Sony’s most expensive console ever for the past week, and the biggest issue I have with it, besides the high price, is that its really hard to actually figure out what games run and look better on it.