Four years after the PS5’s release, Sony has now put out a more powerful version. But the asking price is steep
The PlayStation 5 Pro was announced in September, and immediately people reacted with disbelief to the price: £699/$699, without a disc drive. Adjusted for inflation, it is the second-most expensive games console ever released – beaten only by the PlayStation 3, whose price was quickly slashed when it turned out nobody was willing to work a second job to afford one. It’s an addition to, rather than a replacement for, the original PS5 model. All games released so far work on the Pro, and all future PS5 games will work on both models.
For your money, you get an upgraded GPU (graphics processing unit), which is overall 45% more powerful that the original PS5’s; AI upscaling, which makes images more detailed; and advanced ray tracing, which makes the lighting better. In plain English, it’s supposed to make all PS5 games prettier and faster.
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