PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X mid-gen upgrades being sent to devs claims rumour

metro.co.uk:

With dev kits for mid-generation console upgrades rumoured to be sent out by early next year, fans argue whether such upgrades are even worth it.

It seems safe to say that the current generation of gaming consoles has been pretty weird so far. While both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S have been financially successful for Sony and Microsoft, they haven’t been the easiest for customers to get hold off.

Plus, many developers (including ones at Sony and Microsoft) intend on releasing new games for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for a few more years yet, with very few console exclusives for the newer consoles available now or in the future.

Even so, it’s now claimed that developers either already have or are about to receive new dev kits for the consoles’ mid-generation upgrades.

There have been rumours before of more powerful PlayStation 5 and Xbox consoles releasing by 2024, like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X before them. Although neither Sony or Microsoft have confirmed them one way or the other.

If they do exist though, developers would need to get their hands on them ahead of time, so they can make full use of any technological upgrades. Which is rumoured to be what’s happening right now.

The claim comes from insider Tez2, who has previously focused on Rockstar titles like Grand Theft Auto. They’ve made statements before about Grand Theft Auto 6’s development, as well as that Rockstar shelved remasters for Grand Theft Auto 4 and Red Dead Redemption, something that Kotaku later corroborated.

On the GTAForums, in response to someone theorising that a new version of the PlayStation 5 could launch alongside GTA 6, Tez2 said ‘Most AAA studios should have received the dev kits of mid-life upgrades or should receive them by the