How Do You Feel About the PS5 Pro? | Push Square
Although it's yet to be officially announced, we all know that the PS5 Pro is real, and it's likely dropping later this year. A mid-gen upgrade on the PS5, Sony will probably position the refreshed console as another premium product — something that it's been doing throughout the generation so far, with stuff like PS Portal and the DualSense Edge.
But how do you feel about the PS5 Pro, based on what we know so far? We'd love to hear your thoughts, but before we get around to that, we've gathered the opinions of our editorial staff, who are somewhat torn on the whole thing.
As someone that loves flashy new tech, I’m uncharacteristically on the fence with the prospect of a PS5 Pro. Don’t get me wrong, it will likely be a day one purchase for me, but in terms of the point of the upgrade, it’s not something I think the average consumer will really buy into.
The likes of ray tracing and high frame rates are all brilliant aspects of modern gaming that we can have and technically have had with the vanilla PS5, and in that sense the PS5 Pro is really lacking that unique selling point — at least going by what we know so far. Comparatively, the PS4 Pro was a mid-gen upgrade with purpose, sitting on the cusp of the 4K age, and already housing a library of games — like Horizon Zero Dawn — that felt like they were pushing the base console to its limit.
It’s tough then to envision how Sony can market this upgrade as the same level of essential, especially since it still feels like we’re waiting for this gen to kick off. That being said, if there is a way to play my PS5 games in a shinier and smoother way, then that’s all I really need. Maybe Sony is banking on enthusiasts like myself.
When it feels like the current generation is still only just getting started in terms of pushing the PS5's potential beyond the capabilities of a PS4, I can't say I'm particularly excited about a PS5 Pro. Very little has impressed me on a technical or graphical level from either PlayStation Studios
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