In the last 24 hours the supposed specs for the PlayStation 5 Pro have leaked online.
Basically the RAM is slightly faster, the CPU has a high frequency mode making it 10% faster than a standard PS5 and the GPU is around 45% faster and supports something called PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution Upscaling.
The PS5 Pro will also feature a removable disc drive and a paltry 1TB SSD. 1TB isn’t enough for the standard PS5, it definitely won’t be enough for a Pro when the games are likely to be even larger.
Rumours suggest the Pro will launch Q4 2024. However Sony have said there will be no big first party releases until April 2025. Would they really launch new hardware without a big showcase game for it? I doubt it.
But the lack of first party games this year isn’t the reason I’m skeptical the PS5 Pro exists.
The PS5 is in its 4th year and we’re STILL getting PlayStation 4 games, and not just indie games either.
F1 24 is a cross-gen game. Grounded and System Shock will release on PS4 too. The PS5 Pro is simply not needed. Especially when there are few games that take full advantage of the standard PS5 hardware now, more than 3 years into life.
Then there’s cost. The PS5 Slim is £479.99 so what would the Pro cost? £600, £700 or maybe even more.
Even if it’s £600 that’s a lot of money for console when you consider the PlayStation 6 is likely coming in 2027, just 3 years after the PS5 Pro, if it exists.
But let’s not forget the people “leaking” these specs were 100% certain that we’d have the Switch Pro by now and we just don’t. It does not exist, and until I see Sony announcing the PlayStation 5 Pro I will continue being sceptical that the PS5 Pro exists.
Do you think the PS5 Pro is real and would you buy one?
Depends on if the libraries being used for high speed I/O have certain expectations as to how many parallel ops can be made at once. Recall that the PS5 I/O complex contains the following components:
If any of those components have any sizing limitations that limit the size of the SSD, then they’d have to be redesigned (and potentially have every existing PS5 title upgraded) to make use of any such expanded storage. Hopefully Sony didn’t paint themselves into such a corner — but, well, I’ll just wave my hands towards the PS3 Cell processor and say no more.
Unless you’re talking about just having Sony stick a m.2 SSD into our hypothetical PS5 Pro and go with that.
I mean all their fancy shit is nice and all but when you can add a m.2 and run ps5 games off it. Their “technical limitations” are shit.