For many console players, "refurbished console" is generally not a good word, after all, no one knows what hardware the merchant has under a clean shell. However, if there is an official endorsement, it can be much cheaper, will players choose it? This includes Sony, which has officially started selling refurbished PS5 consoles through PlayStation Direct.
The official refurbished PS5 launched by Sony this time is all old models, of which the optical drive version is priced at $399.99, and the digital version without optical drive is priced at $349.99. According to Sony, the PS5 official refurbished is $100 cheaper than the PS5 Slim, and the PS5 official refurbished is "as good as the new PS5" with only some minor cosmetic flaws, and the refurbished has passed the "full cleaning and testing", and Sony has also given these PS5 refurbished machines a 12-month warranty. This kind of refurbished machine is generally returned out of the box due to a malfunction or the consumer's own wishes, and it is relaunched through Sony's tinkering.
Although Sony officially said that the price of the PS5 official refurbished machine is $100 cheaper than the new PS5 Slim machine, but at present, Sony's discount on its own brand new machine has also been cut by $50 to $449.99, and the advantage of the refurbished machine is not very obvious. At the same time, with the label of "refurbished machine", it is still a question whether players will clear the inventory for Sony.