It was no secret, a PlayStation 5 Pro was bound to get released, with rumors stating it would be for this end of year. Well, the rumors were true, and this new version of the console embarking a 2TB SSD will even be available sooner than some expected, as it will ship on November 7 2024. That's the good news. As for the rest, well, opinions will probably vary. Sony chose to showcase the new console by using "old" PlayStation 5 exclusive, like Rift Apart, Spider-Man 2, Horizon Forbidden West or TLOU Part 2 Remastered, the point being that players will be able to enjoy fidelity modes with higher frame rates. Nice, but will it be enough to make people want to play these games again? Not quite sure. The addition of ray traced reflections during gameplay for GT7 is a lot more interesting, but Hogwarts Legacy seems to still be locked at 30 fps with ray tracing. It's a shame more recent releases such as Star Wars Outlaws or Black Myth: Wukong were not mentioned, let alone future exclusive AAA by PlayStation Studios.That said, the worst surprise of the event was obviously the pricing, though we all expected the Pro to be expensive. Still, $699/€799/£699 is a lot of money, especially considering there is no disc drive and no stand... It's a risky bet in our opinion. What do you guys think?
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Sony is clearly testing the consumers with this price and with digital only, every company is working on to kill ownership so they can take away or modify the content and keep you subscribed which they can't do if you physically own the thing. If PS6 will be digital only then it would be crazy since Sony is one of the founder member of Blu-ray Disc Association.
I'm a fan of Sony but they got cocky with the success of PS4, last gen was such a great balance of things.
The fact is that most people don't need 2 TB of space, unless they want to have 30-50 games installed at the same time, which is... frankly stupid. While most people need or at the very least want a disc drive.
Resale and/or exchange of games is still very much big in many countries where the price of games is absurdly high. That's the only way most of those people can afford games and people in those communities need physical discs.
Releasing a Pro console for almost twice the price of a base PS5 without a fundamental benefit of the original is both crazy and insanely arrogant on Sony's part. Still, I believe it will sell reasonably well, perhaps not the 80/20 split ratio of the PS4 Base/PS4 Pro, but maybe 90/10. Any less than that and I will say it's a commercial failure.