With GTA 6 barely two months from release, the PS5 Pro has effectively vanished from retail shelves across major US retailers, with Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target and PlayStation Direct all showing the premium console as sold out as of September 19. GameStop remains one of the few outlets with any stock, and even that is limited to pre-owned units depending on location.
Where units are still available, they’re coming almost exclusively from resellers charging steep markups. Reports have documented listings as high as $1,400, with one particularly egregious Walmart marketplace listing spotted at $1,469 — more than 60% above the console’s official retail price.
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PS5 Pro: Price and Shortage Snapshot
| Detail | Figure |
|---|---|
| Official Retail Price | $899 |
| Original Launch Price (Nov 2024) | $699 |
| Reseller Prices Reported | $1,100 – $1,469 |
| GTA 6 Release Date | November 19, 2026 |
Sony has offered only a brief explanation for the broader price increases the console has seen this year, pointing to “continued pressures in the global economic landscape” — language widely understood to reference rising RAM and component costs that have squeezed console margins industry-wide throughout 2026.
The timing, however, leaves little doubt about the real driver of current demand. With GTA 6 launching exclusively on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S and offering its best visual experience on Sony’s upgraded hardware, players eager to have the definitive setup ready for launch day are scrambling to secure a unit before stock replenishes — a scramble scalpers have been quick to exploit.
Prospective buyers are being urged to hold off rather than pay inflated reseller prices, with most analysts expecting official restocks to arrive in the weeks closer to GTA 6’s launch as manufacturers ramp up production to meet the seasonal demand spike.
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Source: Tom’s Guide
This isn’t the first time a single blockbuster release has triggered a console shortage of this scale, but the combination of GTA 6’s cultural weight and an already tight global RAM supply chain has made this particular squeeze unusually severe, even for a title with years of hype behind it.
Retailers have not indicated when consistent restocks might resume, and with barely two months left before launch, buyers hoping to avoid scalper pricing may need to act quickly whenever the next batch of official stock appears.
