The Xbox boss mentioned that Microsoft is still "spending a lot of time absorbing Activision Blizzard employees," meaning it could be a while before anything even remotely close to that headline-maker occurs.

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Earlier this month, the PlayStation 5 Pro finally arrived in stores. And while the lack of a disc drive and the $700 price tag have been unpopular with players, Sony President Hiroki Totoki has assured investors that sales of the mid-generation console update haven't been negatively affected.

The PlayStation 5 Pro was in development “even before” the original PS5 launched,” Sony Interactive co-CEO Hideaki Nishino told Variety in a new interview released Thursday. Nishino was previously head of products at Sony’s gaming brand back in 2020 when Sony launched the first PS5 models,

Sony was working on the PS5 Pro even before the PS5 launched, since the company designs "everything" while being "one ahead in our mind," Sony Interactive Entertainment's Platform Business Group CEO, Hideaki Nishino, has revealed.

Arguably the PS5 Pro‘s biggest obstacle was its large price tag. Selling for $699.99 here in the U.S., that is a big ask for a mid generation upgrade. However, if Japan sales are any indication, it seems gamers see the value of the new and improved console.