After months and months of rumors and teases, Sony finally officially unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro. When the console arrives later this year it will be the most powerful PlayStation ever created and will act as a sort of mid-gen refresh, giving devs more power to play around with while also letting Sony sell you a new piece of pricey hardware.
Anyway, after today’s presentation hosted by Mark Cerny, here’s everything we’ve learned about the upcoming PS5 Pro.
November 7, 2024
$700. There only appears to be one version of the PS5 Pro.
The PS5 Pro includes a 2TB SSD, a DualSense controller, a digital copy of Astro’s Playroom, and of course, the new console.
Not yet! But Sony says pre-orders will go live on September 26.
Yes. Here you go. It’s about 9 minutes long. Enjoy.
Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS5, claims it’s the most powerful PlayStation console ever made. It features 28% more RAM, and a more powerful GPU with 67% more Compute Units. In the presentation, Sony says this will lead to 45% faster rendering.
The PS5 Pro will support PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution AI upscaling. This is basically Sony’s spin on AMD’s FSR and Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling tech and will be exclusive to PS5.
In theory, this should let you run games at higher framerates without having to sacrifice high-end visual settings. It will also include WiFi 7.
Yeah… it still looks bulbous and a bit odd. But now it has some extra stripes. I assume this helps it go faster.
Yes. At least, it is unless you add on a separately purchased disc drive.
Yes! In a blog post published by Sony after the presentation, the company confirmed its upcoming console will support 8K and VRR, like the PS5 technically does. (But basically, no games support 8K…yet.)
According to PlayStation, a lot of games will see performance and visual boosts on PS5 Pro. We saw Last of Us Part 2, Ratchet And Clank: Rift Apart, and Spider-Man 2 running better and looking nicer during the short video.
Sony also listed a number of games that will receive updates to become “PS5 Pro Enhanced” including: Alan Wake 2, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, Demon’s Souls, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Gran Turismo 7, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Forbidden West, The Crew Motorfest, and The First Descendant.
Additionally, the company says “8,500 backward compatible PS4 games” will see performance boosts on PS5 Pro, too.
No mention of that during the video or in the blog. I’d say its unlikely. The PS4 Pro never got exclusive games. This isn’t a new console, just a more powerful PS5.
Yup! Sony says PS5 Pro will support all accessories currently available.
Do you care about raytraced reflections, higher-quality shadows, 60 fps, and improved draw distances? If not, then you can probably just continue to enjoy your PS5 and not worry about this upgraded machine.
No, but it does make me worry about how much that thing will cost in a few years…