The wait is over! Sony drops the most powerful PlayStation 5 Pro
So, the PS5 Pro is finally a reality. It’s everything the leaks said it would be, although in terms of appearance, it looks quite similar to the Slim edition of the PS5, with some additional lines. The Pro version of the PS5 is a more powerful console than the 2020 model, with an updated chip that has higher clock speeds, which could make your current PS5 games look even better.
In just nine minutes of technical presentation (the same time it takes to boil an egg), PlayStation 5 architect Mark Cerny stood in front of the camera to reveal the first details of the mid-cycle console update. This time, the major improvement over the 2023 model is a 45% boost in graphical processing. It will also have better ray tracing capabilities.
Cerny mentioned that games should have sharper graphics and still be compatible with more games at 60 FPS without having to choose between 30 FPS fidelity and less intensive performance modes.
We still don’t know if it will have 2TB of storage like the Xbox, but the PS5 Pro is a much more interesting lateral move than Microsoft’s console update. The new console will feature PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, Sony’s own AI-based scaling technology, which can deliver higher frame rates when scaling from a lower resolution.
The console will be available on November 7th for $700, $200 more than the base PS5 in the US.
Information about the PlayStation 5 Pro is still developing, and we will update the story as more details become available.
This article has been translated from Gizmodo US by Lucas Handley. You can find the original version here.
