Today, sales of the PlayStation 5 Pro gaming console began. Leading media outlets shared their opinions on the new console after testing, as well as whether the new product is worth the $700 that Sony has priced it at.
Sony’s new console can make some games look amazing. Blades of grass, rough-hewn stone pillars, the weave of a backpack – they’re rendered with greater precision. It’s enough of an improvement that I want to sit closer to the TV or even hook up the PS5 Pro to a monitor to use it as a gaming PC.
In some games, the difference is like a dirty window, which the PS5 Pro wipes clean.
I think it’s important to be clear right now: the PS5 Pro doesn’t make every game Pro. You’ll need to play the specially patched PS5 Pro Enhanced games to really see the difference.
This isn’t a PS6. The new console still runs games designed for the PS5 and PS4, uses the same AMD Zen 2 CPU cores, gets the same software updates, uses the same excellent DualSense controller, and offers mostly the same ports.
At the launch of the PS5 Pro, Sony promised more than 50 games with support for improved graphics on the PS5 Pro. As Tom’s Guide notes, at $500, the regular PS5 offers significantly better value for money than the updated model of the console. The regular version plays the same games without any problems, offers significantly impressive image clarity (including 4K in some games), and can run blockbusters at a stable 60 frames per second.