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Sony Reveals The PS5 Pro With A November Release Date

After reports and rumors aplenty over the past 16 months, Sony has officially revealed the PlayStation 5 (PS5) Pro for players. The announcement came via a special 9 minute event on PlayStation’s YouTube channel.

The PS5 Pro is an all-digital console with a release date of November 7. As far as price goes, it’ll retail for $699.99. That’s a $200 increase over the base PS5 that features a disc drive.

The console comes with a 2TB SSD, a DualSense controller, and a copy of Astro’s Playroom pre-installed. Should you want to add a disc drive, you can buy the separate disc drive for the console for $80.

As far as the look of the console goes, the design matches what was shown via leaks and teasers. The console looks similar to the base PS5 but has three black stripes on the side plate.

PS5 Pro Console

Now, what’s in the console? Sony is advertising a “big three” of updates for the PS5 Pro compared to the base PS5. Those include the following, courtesy of Sony:

  • Upgraded GPU: With PS5 Pro, we are upgrading to a GPU that has 67% more Compute Units than the current PS5 console and 28% faster memory. Overall, this enables up to 45% faster rendering for gameplay, making the experience much smoother.
  • Advanced Ray Tracing: We’ve added even more powerful ray tracing that provides more dynamic reflection and refraction of light. This allows the rays to be cast at double, and at times triple, the speeds of the current PS5 console.
  • AI-Driven Upscaling: We’re also introducing PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, an AI-driven upscaling that uses a machine learning-based technology to provide super sharp image clarity by adding an extraordinary amount of detail.

Other features of the console include PS5 Pro Game Boost for backward compatible PS4 games on the console. It will also feature Wi-Fi 7 as well as VRR and 8K.


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Man, $959.99CDN + tax. That's rough.

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£700 for the base add another £90 for the disc drive, £20 for the stand

~£800 plus for this is a bit yikes

From what I'm gathering the main push is 60 with Fidelity mode?

But didn't Spider-Man have a 40fps VRR mode? Found this perfectly fine.

Very difficult to justify this coming from a diehard PlayStation fan who owns a PS4 Pro too

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I think it would be easier to wrap my head around the price tag if they had shown off some new games. Looking at games I have already played through (some of them multiple times) doesn't really make me want to spend that kind of money.

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I apologize for the things I said about the PS3.

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I love new tech, but this is a rough price. Specially now that GameStop nuked trade in prices.

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This launching without disc drive or a stand is actually insane.

Can't wait to see Digital Foundry's analysis on this.

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$699 is rough and that is the all digital version. Wish they gave memory options to lower the price. Not sure it’s worth the price point to really move many from PS5 to PS5 Pro without showcasing major changes to current games.

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$699 is rough and that is the all digital version. Wish they gave memory options to lower the price. Not sure it’s worth the price point to really move many from PS5 to PS5 Pro without showcasing major changes to current games.

Can't disagree here. A lot of fans are going to be unhappy when they find out if they want a disc drive, they have to purchase it as an add-on...😳

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Hey,

I found weird or even insane the fact that in Europe a PS5 Pro price is higher for 100 conventional units compared to the US (800 EUR vs 700 USD). Why? For what reason?

As I remember previously until this moment the price in EU was equal to the price number in the US but just in EUR instead of USD.

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This launching without disc drive or a stand is actually insane.

Can't wait to see Digital Foundry's analysis on this.

Yea, I'm honestly not sure it does enough to warrant such a monster increase. Will games look better, sure. But how much better can they get on console. It's entering true console vs buy a PC/laptop at this point

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Half the reason people game on Xbox and Playstation is because consoles are more affordable than a decent PC. This is technically still the case at $700, but I have a feeling most people will see that pricepoint and decide to just skip the mid-generation upgrade altogether.

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