Is the PS5 Pro Living Up to the Hype?

Playstation 5 Pro gaming console was introduced to the world on the Playstation State of Play event, which took place virtually on September 24, 2024.  Sony was hyping up the new PS5 Pro mentioning that the "PS5 Gaming Boost will boost the performance levels and image quality" according to an article written by Rory Mellon from Tom's Guide. 

The downside is that fans of Sony Playstation gaming consoles will have to pay $699.99, which is $200 more than the PS5 gaming console at $499.99.  Many gaming console fans and the gaming community was upset that Sony only included a digital version, excluded the optical disc drive version of the PS5 Pro, and did not have a vertical stand or a second controller. The pre-orders will start on 10/10/2024 along with the PS5 Pro official launch date on 11/7/2024.  

The backlash of the Sony Playstation community has been seen in the negative comments left on the price of the Playstation 5 Pro due to its steep price.   I saw that the technical presentation of the PS5 Pro had the highest dislike at 141,000 in one day on YouTube according to Push Square.  Social media such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok are a powerful platform that could ruin Sony's reputation in the gaming world with videos or comments that reaches the Internet instantly in real time.  

Gamers have been able to go around the no disk version of the PS5 Pro by buying an external Disk Drive.  The price is $99.  It is an important necessity to play physical games.  And it is costly. The number of external Disk Drives sold out on Amazon and the Playstation store on 9/10/2024 once Sony announced the PS5 Pro console would not have a disc version.  

Why would Sony charge $200 more for the PS5 Pro?   Is it due to greed?  Let's dive more into the other new benefits of owing a PS5 Pro.

What are the benefits of a PS5 Pro compared to a PS5?

The PS5 Pro has other benefits in comparison with the original PS5 gaming console.  Mark Cerny, the architect of the PS5 mentioned in the Sony Playstation State of Play event that the PS5 Pro will "deliver 67% more compute units than the regular PS5 and have 28% faster memory to enable 45% fast rendering for gameplay."  

The PS5 Pro gaming console offers a better gaming experience on a large 4K crystal clear TV monitor in the family room with a "automatic AI assisted upscale mode called Playstation Spectral Super Resolution that requires games to have a patch to upscale to 4K."  It sounds that in my research on the PS5 Pro that the main theme for buying the PS5 Pro is "better graphics."  I can see that many gaming consumers do not want to pay more money just for a better gaming experience only since I am an avid gamer myself.

I found an interesting video from YouTube on what are the specific benefits the PS5 Pro offers to gamers.   It also answers most questions that the average consumers has been asking on the PS5 Pro.  The YouTube video is below:

How many Playstation video games will be PS5 Pro Enhanced?

Many gaming companies are still wondering how many games on Playstation will be converted to PS5 Pro Enhanced in receiving updates that will be able to work in harmony with the powerful new hardware.  The small list of games that were confirmed are: The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, Alan Wake 2, Hogwarts Legacy, Marvel Spiderman 2 and Grand Turismo 7.  It is interesting to see if all of the video games for Playstation that are from backwards compatible with PS4 and the new PS5 games will be able to run on the new PS5 pro Enhanced.

What do you think of the new PS5 Pro console?  Would you buy it from the insightful information in this article