PS5 Pro Reveal Reaction - Tech, Specs, Games, Price - A DF Direct Special

It's finally happened. PS5 Pro is real, announced and detailed by none other than lead system architect, Mark Cerny. John, Rich and Alex sit down to discuss the reveal, how Sony chose to market it, the Big Three tech innovations - larger GPU, ML upscaling and RT enhancements - and of course, the shocking price-point.

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0:00:00 Overview
0:01:20 How is Sony marketing the PS5 Pro?
0:09:43 Big three features: larger GPU, machine learning and ray tracing enhancements
0:25:10 The missing disc drive
0:33:12 $700 USD sticker shock: does it make sense?
0:44:23 What do we want to see out of PS5 Pro?
0:49:43 Supporter Q1: Was Microsoft right to skip an enhanced console this generation?
0:54:06 Supporter Q2: Is GT7’s 8K mode as stupid as it sounds?
0:57:26 Supporter Q3: What PC GPU is the best match for PS5 Pro?
1:00:27 Supporter Q4: Will Sony encourage developers to stick to a single PS5 Pro mode, or have multiple?
1:02:58 Supporter Q5: Why doesn’t the PS5 Pro have a larger CPU upgrade?

[christopherparks]

The $699 price point is pretty high for me, but the realization of the lack of stand, disk drive, and that it was literally $300 more in Europe with those things included made my jaw hit the floor.

[Jcz]

The missing disc drive is the killer for me. Not just for my games but for my 4K/Blu-Ray collection. The disc drive is essential.

[xbone]

For $699 I l expect sony to atleast include a stand and take me out for dinner.

[Deccani]

Sony gave an uncompressed 68 GB .mov file to IGN of their PS5 Pro presentation… This file should be accessible to public and not locked behind a paywall. We are looking to you guys to save the day!

[nimbulan]

I love how they called it a technical presentation but contained zero technical details. It's basically just a marketing reel, and a poor one at that.

[Anthony-ylwt]

nothing like expressing true power like showing a bunch of older games

[PadPoet]

The PS4 Pro sold somewhere around 15 million units, close to 12% of the total sales of the PS4 and when it was released, it "took" the price that the base PS4 had on the shelfs (and the PS4 got a permanent reduction) and on the other hand, it was almost doubling the power and targeting 4K gaming and the difference in performance was quite obvious. To sell the PS5 Pro, they put Mark Cerny on a 9 minute tech dive and he gave us stills from 4-year-old games that you had to zoom in x5 to see the difference. If the analysts in question estimate that PS5 Pro will sell the same as the PS4 Pro that had all the momentum and objective conditions in its favor, I don't know what they are smoking…

[xxSLAVxx]

The price is very clearly Sony testing the waters to see how far they can push it.

[angelozurlo]

Guys in Europe it's 950 with disc and base, right now ps5 slim is discounted at 400. It's more than double the price with not even double gpu performance

[photosinneighborhood]

The cheapest move was removing the stand and charging $30 for the piece of plastic that must cost $2 to them.

[joshwaydock]

Official Australian price is $1200 AUS for just the console. Then you add the drive and the stand and you're looking at $1400 AUD which is just absolutely insane.

[sora]

950 in Europe with disc drive. Absolutely nuts

[dmr]

Not having a drive at that price is outrageous

[WayStedYou]

PS4 Pro replaced the PS4 for the same price, kept the disc drive and they replaced the base model with the slim for a price cut 3 years after launch.
PS5 Pro, 200 dollar price increase and remove the disc drive 4 years after launch.

[rare]

I’m at the stage where I’m more excited for the DF videos than I am about that actual products these days. An hour of joy thanks guys :D

[BHFFS]

Japanese price is about equivalent to a months rent in a 2 bedroom apartment in Tokyo

[CwapPlatinum]

The PS5 Pro may be $700, but a DF Direct will always be free!

[ShaggyDog]

I knew it would have a price increase, my estimate was $600 for the digital version, and $650 for the disk drive version, but $700 without the drive, and the fact that they're too cheap to even include the damn vertical stand, is just insane to me.

[jamois]

The presentation was so underwhelming that I wasn’t sure there’d be anything too exciting in this video, but hearing Rich officially adopt “PiSSeR” made it all worthwhile

[HettieDeleon]

whatsinmy AI fixes this. PS5 Pro revealed: Tech, specs.