Playstation 5 Pro

[Klineberg]

Sony PlayStation 5 Pro review: across the board improvements, but is it worth the money?

Clearly made for enthusiasts - while laying the technical foundations for the next generation.

[Lucyline]

That's how I saw it since they announced it, something for tech enthusiasts, is easier to not be mad about stuff when you know that you are not the target audience for it...like the ps portal.

[Mainh]

There are other commendable improvements. For those of us still using a launch 825GB PlayStation 5, the 2TB storage upgrade feels like the epitome of luxury. Despite testing a range of Pro upgrades, I've still yet to hit the storage limit. While removing the side plates is as frustrating as ever, it's good to see that at least there is a Blu-ray upgrade option, the NVMe bay for even more storage remains and it's great to see Sony reacting to criticism in offering a bay with easy access to the CMOS battery. It's a nice quality of life improvement, but really, it's difficult to see any minus points in its design - despite the extra performance, the unit's noise and thermals are practically a non-issue. It's a far cry from the raucous fan noise of the PS5 Pro's last-gen counterpart.

[Ninastein]

This is what a lot of people ignore when they seem to oppose the idea of Pro consoles. Even if you arent interested the tech they introduce will help with games and systems in the future. This will allow them to further improve and provide developers experience with PSSR/machine learning and ray tracing tech that will be in the PS6 and beyond.

And people at the same time that want better image quality and can afford it have the option to buy a PS5 Pro

And they say

I do think that PS5 Pro does a much better job in enhancing current generation games than PS4 Pro did back in 2016.

Which goes against the narrative that the PS4 Pro was needed but not the PS5 Pro

[OllieD]

It's nice to see a glimpse of the first improvements the PS6 will bring, and that's all I was really interested in.

But if they pull this no-disc drive nonsense with the PS6 too then I'll have to reconsider Sony's consoles in general.