PlayStation 5 Pro Hands-On: 11 Games Tested, PSSR and RT Upgrades Revealed, Developers Interviewed!

In the wake of the PlayStation 5 Pro reveal, press had the opportunity to go hands-on with the hardware - and a wide range of games - at an event in Sony's San Mateo HQ. Oliver Mackenzie was our man on-site, and he's come back with a wealth of gameplay impressions, b-roll of the event and the titles tested and on-camera developer interviews. Is the upgrade worthwhile? Oliver is joined by Rich to discuss the event and to talk specifics on the range of modes and games tested.

0:00:00 Overview
0:02:07 F1 24
0:08:42 Gran Turismo 7
0:13:46 Horizon: Forbidden West
0:20:34 Hogwarts Legacy
0:24:45 Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
0:34:50 The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered
0:38:46 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
0:43:21 The Crew Motorfest
0:45:38 Demon’s Souls
0:49:13 Dragon’s Dogma
0:53:53 Is the PS5 Pro worth it?

[thingsiplay]

120 fps would be much more impressive and useful than 8k.

[Jmerithew]

Let’s see Digital Foundry once again showcase the Pro better than Sony themselves.

[TheColorUrple]

I'll just drop this in - I like Oliver a lot. He's a great pickup for DF. 👏👏👏

[firstnamelastname]

Me watching this on my phone held vertically:
“Hmm yes indeed”

[Kurplode]

Sony: “You now don’t have to choose which mode you want!”

DF: “You now have two new modes to choose from”

[briancorley]

This looks good. Now, let's see Paul Allen's PS5 Pro

[mickael]

FPS > than 8k
Someone tell Sony.

[followtheori]

They should have made minimum 60 fps mandatory for all games running on Pro. Then this "upgrade" would make sense... if we go back to 30 in some titles again, then it will lose most of its sense.

[blackwidow]

Its incredible that Demon Souls remake is still one of the best looking PS5 games.

[Dannyefcfan]

Whatever you think of the PS5 Pro, no doubt it's given DF plenty of content.

[bauer]

I can only imagine the number of PS5 Pro consoles which will be connected to bargain basement TVs.

[DivineHand]

Just my 2 cents on this. I think some of these games should not have been demoed. Most of those 11 titles already looked great on the base PS5 and is not going to get anyone to go out and buy new hardware.

Titles I wish we saw are Final Fantasy 16, More on Dragons Dogma 2, Monster Hunter Wilds, and any other title that struggles on the base PS5.

If the target audience for the PS5 Pro is people who prefer to play at 60 FPS then the only way this console will be worth it will be if Sony made it so that all games or at least 95% of the existing titles available on PS4 and PS5 will get a boost to 60fps without requiring developers to update their game.

[EarthIsFlat]

As a PSVR2 owner I really hope those PSV2 games especially GT7 get enhancement too.

[DougieJonesFBI]

I bet the reveal would've gone down so much better if they just hired DF to highlight the benefits of the Pro

[JorgeMartinez-dpim]

Oliver is goated y'all. He's a great addition to the team.

[martinramirez]

This failed to convince me, I'm gonna wait for PS6 backwards compatibility to do even more than this, that will be worth my money, and I'm in no rush.

[darkdraconis]

"don't let friends play in 30hz"
A lot of devs didn't like that

[jessecarter]

Who in their right mind cares about 8k gaming

[SotNist]

Oliver was a good choice to send there.

[dirktuell]

Man, Oliver just killed it here! Just blown away at the quality of his presentation and how much information he got in there. Especially knowing the time limit he had. So proud of Oliver, keep up the great work!