OK so the PS5 Pro was officially announced
yesterday and I think I speak for everyone when I say that price though so in case you missed it
PlayStation confirmed we are getting a PS5 Pro in November with pre-order starting this month now
during the announcement Mark Sunny covered what the PS5 will be capable of and showed off some
games with these new features but is it worth it and do we really need a PS5 Pro well these are
my first thoughts now that I've had a day to think it over and weigh up the pros and the cons okay so
let's start with the actual look and design of the PS5 Pro so it looks like they've gone for the same
design as the PS5 slim and that's with the four removable covers on the sides but this time with
these large black fence as well in fact they did confirm it's going to be the same width as a PS5
slim but the same height as the original PS5 so it means it will be the same height as this one but
the same width as this one but the biggest thing here is there's going to be no disc drive not even
an option for a digital or disc drive version like we've had with the other ps5s just a simple PS5
Pro with no disc and that has really surprised me as I'm sure it has for a lot of you guys as
well now I'm guessing they've done this to keep the price down but it kind of sends a message
that we should be buying digital games only and that's without the need for a disc drive now
PlayStation have confirmed though that you can buy a disc drive separately and it's going to be the
same one that currently fits on the PS5 Slim So I guess if you were wanting to get a PS5 Pro now
would be the time to grab a disc drive before they sell out it'll also then come with a white dual
sense controller like we've seen before as well as a copy of Astro's playroom pre-installed I still
cannot believe we're not getting a disc drive in a pro model though as for the specs we are getting
a boost here so PlayStation have said that they've built the pro to run higher Fidelity graphics with
smoother frame rates up to 60 FPS Mark Sony then went on to talk about the three main features
that will help achieve this the first being the upgraded GPU so the PS5 Pro now has a larger and
faster GPU 67% more compute units and 28% faster RAM and this gives us up to 45% faster rendering
for games essentially it means the games will be able to hit higher frame rates and run a lot
smoother now during the presentation they did show us quite a few demos including the Last of
Us Part 2 and Spider-Man 2 and I'll be honest at least going by the examples on screen these look
pretty impressive being able to run games at a higher FPS in quality or Fidelity mode is awesome
and for me being able to play games at at least 60 FPS with close to 4K Graphics is where I want to
be I seriously hate having to drop down to 30 FPS just to play games in quality mode and from these
examples especially the last of us this looks like a notable difference now the next feature that he
covered was the advanced Ray Tracer this is what gives us those incredible Reflections in games as
well as shadows and it really makes the graphics pop now we actually got to Witnesses in Hogwarts
Legacy and again from the demonstration that we're seeing on screen this does look impressive and
then the final feature covered was the AI driven upscaling this is the pssr or Playstation spectral
super resolution essentially it uses machine learning to boost the image quality that gives us
a sharper picture and improved Clarity if you're playing on a 4K TV or 4k monitor I hope we'd see
this quite easily but I guess we'll have to test this out for ourselves now the examples that they
showed in the reveal again look good although I'm not sure how many of us will need to zoom right
in on a pixel to verify this PlayStation did also confirm though that once again more than
8,500 PS4 games will be playable via backwards compatibility they've called it their PS5 Pro
game boost and they say they will improve the performance of those supported PS4 and PS5 games
now another feature that they didn't cover in the video but it was mentioned on their blog post is
it will support WiFi 7 I'm not sure how many of us will make use of this but again is an upgrade
at least oh and it will also come with 8K gaming support for all of those 8K games it we play now
Mark did also show loads of games that they have confirmed will be PS5 Pro ready at launch and
these included Alan Wake 2 Assassin's Creed Shadows Demon Souls Dragons Dogma 2 Final Fantasy
7 rebirth Gran Turismo 7 Hogwarts Legacy Horizon forbidden West Spiderman 2 Ratchet and Clank Rift
apart the crew motor Fest the first descendant and The Last of Us Part Two remastered I'm sure
they're going to add loads more to the list when we get closer to launch as well but it's good to
see we've got quite a few games on here already now they've also stated that the games which will
be PS5 Pro supported will have a PS5 Pro enhanced label on the game title imagine this will look
very similar to how the PS4 and the PS5 labels look now on the current games so I guess it means
as you're browsing through your library or you're looking at your games on your dashboard you'll be
able to see which those games are optimized for the PS5 Pro now one big Improvement that we have
seen is the storage on the PS5 Pro as that's had an upgrade as well what we're now now getting a
2 terb internal storage as opposed to the 825 GB that we saw on the original PS5 this should mean
less of us need to install an nvme Drive although I would imagine we'll still have that slot on
the pro model as well oh and the little metal stand that you can see on the video well that is
sold separately so if you do want to stand your PS5 Pro up you'll probably want to grab one of
these as well to be honest though the PS5 slim is also designed to be used with this stand and
I've never used it and it's not going anywhere now I do actually have one of these and it'd be
interesting to see if this fits the pro model as I have a feeling it will due to the fact that
it's exactly the same width as the slim and as for when this releases well PlayStation confirm that
pre-orders will start on September the 26th and it's launching on November the 7th this year it'll
be available on the PlayStation direct website as well as some retailers I'm not sure who those
will be but I expect it to at least be Amazon now like with any new launch my biggest worry is the
scalpers and the Bots how many times have we seen new consoles or controllers getting snapped up and
being sold for double the price so if you really do want one of these make make sure you're ready
on September the 26th to try and beat all of those Bots but then we have to talk about the price so
I'll be honest I was kind of expecting this to be around maybe $600 to $650 all in so that would
have been for the console and the disc drive maybe even a stand thrown in who knows but this is going
to be $700 or £700 without either a disc drive or a stand that is a lot I think for most of us
that's going to be a tough pill to swallow as if you did want the PS5 Pro with the disc drive and
stand you're looking at what nearly £850 or $850 now obviously you could sell your existing PS5 for
maybe £250 to 300 that'll soften the blow a little making the PS5 Pro about 400 but is it worth
the upgrade are we getting that much more from this I think this is going to be aimed at those
that really want to push what the PS5 can do so if you're chasing the highest frame rate and the
best resolution and you don't want to worry about swapping between performance and Fidelity mode
this one is definitely for you but I think for the most part you don't really need the PS5 Pro
there I said it you don't need this the current PS5 will be more than enough for most of the games
however if you want the best PS5 graphics and performan you can get your hands on you're going
to upgrade anyway and playing games in Fidelity mode at 60 FPS will be awesome personally I will
be getting the pro but that's because I want to test out for myself and tell you guys whether
it's worth it but like for like the original PS5 now feels like an awesome deal but what about
you guys do you think you'll buy one and if it is too expensive what price point would make you get
one now if you want to see more PS5 Pro content from me drop a PS5 Pro in the comments and I'll
give you a thumbs up for staying right till the end and last week I also unboxed the astrobot
controller on the channel that you should check out next well thanks for watching please like
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