In the last 24 hours the supposed specs for the PlayStation 5 Pro have leaked online.

Basically the RAM is slightly faster, the CPU has a high frequency mode making it 10% faster than a standard PS5 and the GPU is around 45% faster and supports something called PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution Upscaling.

The PS5 Pro will also feature a removable disc drive and a paltry 1TB SSD. 1TB isn’t enough for the standard PS5, it definitely won’t be enough for a Pro when the games are likely to be even larger.

Rumours suggest the Pro will launch Q4 2024. However Sony have said there will be no big first party releases until April 2025. Would they really launch new hardware without a big showcase game for it? I doubt it.

But the lack of first party games this year isn’t the reason I’m skeptical the PS5 Pro exists.

The PS5 is in its 4th year and we’re STILL getting PlayStation 4 games, and not just indie games either.

F1 24 is a cross-gen game. Grounded and System Shock will release on PS4 too. The PS5 Pro is simply not needed. Especially when there are few games that take full advantage of the standard PS5 hardware now, more than 3 years into life.

Then there’s cost. The PS5 Slim is £479.99 so what would the Pro cost? £600, £700 or maybe even more.

Even if it’s £600 that’s a lot of money for console when you consider the PlayStation 6 is likely coming in 2027, just 3 years after the PS5 Pro, if it exists.

But let’s not forget the people “leaking” these specs were 100% certain that we’d have the Switch Pro by now and we just don’t. It does not exist, and until I see Sony announcing the PlayStation 5 Pro I will continue being sceptical that the PS5 Pro exists.

Do you think the PS5 Pro is real and would you buy one?

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    8 months ago

    Consoles have become far too reliant on hardware sales figures for their business model. Anyone buying this is only doing so as a status symbol; it’s the SUV of the gaming world.

    • szczuroarturo@programming.dev
      2·
      8 months ago

      Actually quite the opposite consoles are actually way more afforable as far as gaming goes IF you dont need pc. If you already need pc than it is better to just spend more money on the PC.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        8 months ago

        The only people who want/can afford consoles but don’t need a computer are kids, and kids don’t need a luxury console with no games

        • szczuroarturo@programming.dev
          11·
          8 months ago

          Thats just not true plenty of pepole either dont have the need for a computer or even if they do need computer for work its a laptop/pc bought by company the work for that they cant use to game.

          In fact as far as i can see the opposite is true and you need the computer when you are a kid to do an ocasional presentation for a school lesson or sometimes some more fancy stuff if your school has some basic it lessons ( i for example had to do a website ) while the smartphone is basicaly everything you need in your adult life.

    • Dudewitbow
      31·
      8 months ago

      double for Sony too.

      theres a reason why Sony builds things like the PSVR, the Portal, proprietary protocol headsets and stuff for the Playstation. they have a bunch of talented engineers but doesnt have as many homemade dev studios to support it software wise, hence their dev studios are more or less acquisitions.