On the eve of the official PS5 Pro sales launch, gaming journalists published their first reviews.
The reviewers praise the console’s new features, such as PSSR, and note how the performance and quality of past modes combine to provide the «best of both worlds», while criticizing the high price and calling the upgrade «unnecessary».
PS5 Pro specifications
| Price | $699 / €799 |
| Dimensions | 388 x 89 x 216 mm |
| Weight | 3.1 kg |
| Storage | Customized 2 TB SSD |
| Connection | WiFi 7, Ethernet, Bluetooth 5.1 |
| Processor | 8-core AMD Ryzen Zen 2 with 16 threads |
| Graphics processor | AMD Radeon based on RDNA with 16.7 TFLOPS |
| RAM | 16 GB GDDR6 + 2 GB DDR5 |
| Scaling | PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution Upscaling) |
| Ports | 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x Ethernet, 2 x USB-C, 2 x USB-A |
You can follow the link view a comparison with the characteristics of the original PlayStation 5.
Below are estimates and quotes from some reputable gaming publications:
Techradar — 4/5
«PS5 Pro has received great enhancements that add immersive and beautiful effects to games, while increasing performance levels with smooth frame rates. The increase in storage capacity to 2 TB and the inclusion of Wi-Fi 7 are welcome. However, if you’re not a graphics-obsessed PlayStation fanatic — you can skip the Pro version».
IGN — 7/10
«For many people, playing at 30 fps is not a problem, and if you are satisfied with this level of performance, then you’d better keep a few hundred dollars in your bank account. PS5 Pro doesn’t fundamentally change the game experience, it just improves it and smoother».
GamesRadar — 7/10
«The PS5 Pro lives up to its price only in niche environments, but delivers on its promise to improve both graphics and frame rates. That $699.99 is still difficult to justify — especially for people with a 50-65-inch TV. Those using a large display or monitor will feel the benefits more acutely».
Polygon — no estimate
«Given that the PS5 Pro costs $250 more than the most affordable slim PS5 model (and $300 more than a refurbished PS5), this upgrade is not something to be taken lightly by current owners and newcomers alike. The user interface is the same… Over time, how much better the PS5 Pro is compared to the base PS5 will fade into the background. Instead, how the PS5 Pro fits in with the ongoing evolution of PC graphics in 2025 and beyond will be a much more interesting — and telling — sign of whether it’s worth your money».
The Verge — no estimate
«PS5 Pro — this is a console for the buyer who doesn’t want to bother and can spend money on a better gaming experience with a large OLED display».
Ars Technica — no estimate
«When the PlayStation 2 was launched, I thought that video game graphics had reached a “good enough” plateau after which future hardware improvements would be largely redundant. Those thoughts seem incredibly strange now, given the nearly two and a half decades of console and TV display graphics improvements. However, the PS5 Pro gives me the same feeling, and this next half-step in graphics power is trying to prove its worth. Perhaps in two decades I will consider these thoughts as naive, viewing the PS5 Pro as a failed first step towards unification».
PS5 Pro sales will officially start tomorrow, November 7 — the question of the date of sales in Ukraine is still open (previously, official retailers reported on their websites about sales day by day, while some sources hinted at November 10 or later).
Photo: The Verge
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