The PS5 Pro Revealed: Some Pros, But Mostly Cons - Beyond 862

After months of leaks and rumors, Sony finally revealed the PlayStation 5’s mid-gen refresh, the PS5 Pro. The 8-minute technical presentation from Mark Cerny spent its first three minutes singing the base PS5’s praises, and then highlighted the “big three” improvements the new model boastsl: a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing, and AI-driven upscaling. This new tech was showcased in a montage of side-by-side comparisons featuring some of the PS5’s most popular games, and while there’s some subtle but noticeable difference seeing how these games look running on new tech, nothing really blew us away… at least, until the price was announced. The PS5 Pro launches November 7th with an MSRP of $699 in the US, €799 in Europe. Bear in mind, the stand and the disc drive are sold separately, and the base PS5 isn’t getting any price cut that we’re aware of, which is usually what happens to consoles mid-generation. So many of the PS5’s games so far have been backwards compatible that it’s hard to justify a new console to begin with, let alone a more powerful one. We’re all riding high on Astro Bot, and while that game is gorgeous and technically impressive, at no point did it seem like more powerful hardware would improve the experience. As for what upcoming games can truly take advantage of the PS5 Pro, that remains to be seen. Grand Theft Auto 6 is obviously a big huge deal in 2025, and it’ll undoubtedly sell some PS5 Pros, but aside from Insomniac’s Wolverine game, so much of Sony’s first party lineup is still under wraps, which makes it hard to get excited about this thing, let alone justify spending money on it.

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[shaunv]

"Play Has No Limits."
No disc drive. No stand. $700.
Play has A LOT of limits now.

[hanzo]

and they have the nerve to not include a stand with a $250 increase

[evermillcreek]

12 months of PS Plus included would have been a savvy move

[logicwins]

For $700, you need to make me feel special. Why not pack in an exclusive colored faceplate/controller that regular PS5 owners don't have access to?

[RedwolfEDC]

Please fire your audio engineer, this is a massive professional platform and this long standing issue is frankly absurd especially when much much smaller channels and creators don't have these issues.

[TheDoctorZeus]

Very frustrating that it feels like IGN Podcasts have been deprioritized. The last few weeks among all shows have been littered with audio and production issues. Hoping that it's just a new producer (if so, I'll give some grace) but it's hard to watch my favorite pillar of IGN weaken.

[ESFDragxnFistEntertainment]

$700 with no disc drive is diabolical...

[Evenmoresteven]

How have you all been doing these remote podcasts for 4 years now, and the audio on a lot of these pods is still so bad?

[poyahashimi]

The price is a sign that when you don't have any competition, this is what happens. 😢

[evilrooster]

Planet: *Suffering economic downfalls on a worldwide scale*

Sony: "Lets make the PS5 pro $700 and not include the accessories needed."

[XBOXGAMEPLAY]

XFX Speedster QICK319 RX 7800 XT US$469.99

Intel Core i5-12600KF US$139.99

ASRock B760M Pro RS Motherboard DDR5 7200MHz US$99.99

Lexar THOR OC DDR5 RAM 6000MT/s CL32 US$87.49

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE US$34.90

Cooler Master Caja enfriadora micro-ATX Torre US$39.99

SSD WD SN580 NVMe azul de 1 TB - Gen4 x4 PCIe 16Gb/s US$59.99

Thermaltake 700 W 80+ US$54.99


US$987

[catmandeke]

Doubling the performance would be 120 FPS at 4k. This is not that. This will be more like a 20% performance increase.

[KevinSheppard]

The thing is, building a PC that is capable of running these games at high settings isn't going to be *that much more expensive than the PS5 Pro. Just use top end parts from previous gens.

[Frojj]

So the "new" Xbox with a 2 tb ssd is 600$...100 bucks more for a PS5 PRO aint that bad if you compare.

[hazrdusroman]

800 euros!
840 dollar equivalent in Japan... egregious!

[JohnM]

Not only are these games we already played, they are games that already run at 4k 60fps. Show me Wukong and FF7R running at 4k 60fps.

[leoviper]

You REALLY have to zoom to see the upgrades... lol

[jamievaughn]

And it's clear why Switch sells so well.

[Travbedaman.]

This console is not for the majority of people. It’s a similar concept as a PC gamer going to a more expensive GPU. In a lot of cases, it’s a slight to moderate improvement, but if you want that higher resolution or higher frames, you need better hardware. If you are that type of person or just want the best of the best, then PRO may be for you.

[chadsmith]

For everyone that is complaining about the audio issues, IGN obviously does not care. They are getting enough views to where they don't need to fix the issues because people are just putting up with it. People just need to stop watching and then a huge company like IGN might finally actually do something about it.