GameStop is listing a preowned PS5 Pro at $1,399.99, $500 above a new unit on the same page, and a circulating internal-looking memo calls the higher used price intentional.
Shoppers checking GameStop’s U.S. website found a preowned PlayStation 5 Pro listed for $1,399.99 while a new console sat at $899.99 on the same product page. That is a full $500 premium for a used system over brand-new hardware from the same retailer.
TweakTown reported the preowned listing and noted the used unit showed as unavailable online when the page was checked. GameStop Pro members saw a discounted used price of $1,329.99. Even with that membership break, the preowned console still carried a $430 premium over the listed new price.
Sony’s official U.S. recommended retail price for a new PS5 Pro is $899.99. That figure follows a hardware price change Sony said would take effect April 2, 2026. The company pointed to continued global economic pressures when it announced the hardware price moves.
Retailers usually price preowned gear below new stock. Wear, missing accessories, and unknown history are the normal reasons. GameStop’s public listing flips that pattern on its head for the PS5 Pro.
A used console at $1,399.99 asks buyers to pay more for a machine someone else already owned than for a sealed unit sitting in inventory. The gap is large enough that casual shoppers notice it immediately.
Whether anyone can actually complete a purchase at that used price remains open. The preowned item was marked unavailable online at the time of the check. A listing that high, with no clear path to buy, still tells customers what the company is willing to display as the asking price.
An apparent internal GameStop memo shared on X by the account Nintendeal describes higher preowned console pricing as deliberate. The document’s authenticity has not been independently confirmed, and its timing raises questions. It refers to October 16 as “tomorrow” even though it circulated ahead of that date.
In the circulating text, the memo states that “the preowned console will have a higher price than the new console,” and adds that “this is intentional.”
"the preowned console will have a higher price than the new console"
And:
"this is intentional."
According to the same unverified document, preowned digital PS5 Pro configurations were set at $1,399.99, with configurations labeled “Physical” at $1,499.99. Trade-in values listed alongside those prices were $800 and $850. Special editions, including 30th Anniversary and Wolverine versions, followed the same digital and physical split in the table.
Condition rules for those trade values are not spelled out in the available material. It is also unclear what hardware difference separates the “digital” and “Physical” lines in the memo, or whether trade credit can be applied toward a preowned PS5 Pro and under what limits.
GameStop built its name in part on the used-games trade. Buying and reselling preowned hardware and software is core to the model. When a used flagship console posts hundreds of dollars above a new one on the company’s own site, the ordinary bargain logic of that model breaks down in plain sight.
Sony set the new-console reference point at $899.99. GameStop’s website put the used ask at $1,399.99 for non-members and $1,329.99 for Pro members. The memo circulating online, if genuine, would mean leadership chose that inversion on purpose rather than through a website glitch.
No authenticated public statement from GameStop executives confirming the memo appears in the reporting. The product page numbers stand on their own. So does the online “unavailable” flag on the preowned unit when the listing was reviewed.
Open questions remain. Shoppers still do not know from public materials whether the company will sell a preowned PS5 Pro at those levels in stores, how long the prices stay posted, or what trade-in fine print applies. The gap between new and used on the same retailer page does not need a memo to look upside down.
When a national chain lists used hardware half a thousand dollars above new stock, customers are right to walk away and buy sealed. Free markets reward value. They also punish stores that treat loyalty like a blank check.