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 problem is that it doesn’t really make sense for a PS5 Pro to exist. The userbase is still too small to justify everyone moving off of PS4 even now. Splitting the userbase is not a good idea, especially if the Pro version is nothing more than a graphics upgrade with no new gameplay features. Sony will end up creating the same Series S vs. Series X headache that Microsoft is facing. Any proposed improvements should really be rolled into a PS6, and launched in 2027 or whenever.
Of course, there’s nothing stopping Sony from making one anyways.
the 3DS launched the New 3DS when it had about 40m sales, which is around where the PS5 stands. The PS4 was also in a similar tange when the PS4P launched.
Wasn’t the new 3DS just a bigger 3DS with some minor changes? I don’t remember any mention of improved graphical ability.
The 3DS wasn’t that successful BTW. PS4 Pro didn’t sell that well either. PS5 Pro will probably do even worse as it is likely to be expensive.
The New 3DS did have more power than the standard 3DS and 15 games were released the only worked on the New 3DS, most notably Xenoblade Chronicles 3D.
Also the SNES handheld virtual console was New 3DS only.
You learn something new everyday. That said, the new 3DS seems like a bad idea even at the time. It must have only caused confusion and probably didn’t sell that well.
thats the 3DSXL
the n3ds had more ram, faster cpu, better 3d camera and integrated right circle pad
also not sell well? maybe at launch. it ended its life at 75M sold which is higher than a LOT of older devices. thats basically PSP sales comparitively.