PS5 Pro Revealed With Upgraded GPU, More Storage, but No Disc Drive; Launch Set for November
The PlayStation 5 Pro is here. Sony took the covers off the PS5 Pro Tuesday, revealing an upgraded console with improved graphical capabilities, advanced ray-tracing features, AI upscaling for better image quality and 2TB SSD storage. The console, which Sony calls its “most advanced and innovative console hardware to date,” however, doesn't come with a disc drive — players have the option to buy and attach a disc drive to the PS5 Pro separately.
The PS5 Pro was unveiled at Sony's Technical Presentation on Tuesday, where Mark Cerny, lead architect of the PS5, detailed the upgrades coming to the company's current-gen console. In most games on the standard PS5, players have to chose between one of two Graphics modes — Fidelity and Performance, with the former offering higher resolution and more graphical detail and the latter prioritising performance. The PS5 Pro will essentially offer the best of both worlds, promising higher framerates of 60fps on most modern games with improved image quality closer to Fidelity mode.
The PS5 Pro features a similar design to the existing PS5
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The upgrades, however, come at a cost. The PS5 Pro comes at an MSRP of $699.99 (roughly Rs. 58,750). That's $200 more than the $499 PS5 Slim, which comes with a disc drive. Adding a disc drive to the PS5 Pro would bump up the effective price of the new console to $780 (Sony sells the disc drive separately at $79.99). The console comes with a DualSense controller, but the vertical stand is sold separately.
The PS5 Pro will launch in select markets on November 7, 2024, and can be purchased at participating retailers, or directly from PlayStation at direct.playstation.com. Preorders for the console will begin on September 26. Sony has not yet announced India pricing and availability for the PS5 Pro. The console comes in the familiar dual-tone black and white colourway, but Sony confirmed more colour options for console covers will be available later.
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