PS5 Pro Review | Will You Notice a Difference?

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0:00 Intro
1:15 What's New
1:55 Design
2:23 What's Inside
3:07 Performance
9:05 Final Thoughts

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[SpoggiYT]

If your TV is cheaper than the PS5 Pro, you shouldn’t buy one

[Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

This is the problem with having stronger gpus, many (not all) devs abuse the power by saddling their games with so much graphical enhancements it knocks the FPS back down to 30fps.
Really wish platforms would make 60fps compulsory. Graphics be damned.

[MattDiamondJennings]

Wow the Pro offers 4K gaming at 60 fps where have I heard that before

[NizzyOnPSN]

10:39 "I'll just be really honest. A lot of players out there just won't notice some of these finer details and I don't think those people should be a PS5 Pro especially at $700 and with no disk drive or stand."

[Jacketz]

I genuinely think that the upgrade to an OLED TV is more worth than the Pro. I understand them keeping the CPU the same so as not to leave the original console in the dirt, but I'd really prefer to wait until the next console generation which hopefully has a beefier CPU able to push higher framerates, particularly in open world games like GTA 6 will be.

[azelrrp]

So the PS5 Pro is what Sony said the PS5 was going to be. In short, wait for the PS6 for an actual upgrade.

[tmoney]

For $700 those plastic horizontal feet are absolutely ridiculous.

[thanavigator]

Thank you for this review. As someone who is still using a PS4, I was contemplating getting the PS5 Pro. The simple fact that you mentioned most gamers won't notice the difference and I play MAYBE 2-3 times a month. I'll stick with getting the PS5 slim for myself.

[MrLittlevil]

Great review, my thoughts exactly. In the Netherlands it costs €799 (while with the conversion rate is $699=€648). The discdrive costs €120 and the stand €30. So it'll cost me €950 to replace my base PS5 for these marginal improvements. It's crazy!

[conorturton]

It's definitely nothing like the PS4/PS4 Pro where you literally needed to be blind not to be able to tell the difference. That was a massive leap, it brought 4K to the PS4. And to boot the price differential was much smaller. With this hand on heart the vast majority of people, I'd say nearly everybody, is not going to notice the difference when playing and for those that do it's on things that don't matter, like more realistic reflections on side of track detail in F1 24 which you're only likely to be bothering to look at when sat on the grid waiting for the race to start, not when racing.

[BokuPower]

Hey bud, you only spoke about upgrading from PS5 to PS5 Pro. If someone doesn't own a PS5 and wants to buy one, is it worth buying the Pro instead of the regular PS5?

[kadem]

The fact that it's $700 and doesnt come with a disc drive is crazy. I probably would have got it otherwise.

[shawalfida]

If u hv a base ps5 but no oled/qd-oled display, get that first,
The upgrade in visual and responds time is awesome.

And if u are like me have a ps5 since launch and a QD oled display, get the pro

[c.daubz.]

0:48 “yes” if you’re a pro gamer, pixel peeper or just have money to blow so why not, “No” if you like kicking back relaxing on couch to play games like most people with consoles

[TruTrae]

All of these modern consoles are impressive machines from a technical perspective but it's very disappointing that the base consoles have not received a permanent discount 4 years into the generation. It's also disappointing that Sony thought it was a good idea to release a 700+ dollar console without a disc drive. Despite these glaring issues the price to performance ratio of these consoles is still great.
I like that the console exists as it will make PS5 games a lot better when the PS6 releases but that's mainly it.

[WovenSilver]

I think it’s still at the beginning of its life as the Pro, and as time goes on while games get harder to run the consoles will show bigger divides.

We’re just now getting Unreal Engine 5 games, so as games get more advanced you’ll notice more of a difference. 🤷‍♂️

Just know if you have the pro, you’ll get the best experience possible when on PlayStation.

[eminbek]

I just wanna play Story games in 4K 60 and FPS games in 120 FPS bro. Is that too much to ask.

[alejandrokp]

If you have to zoom in and take your time to see a difference it’s definitely not worth the upgrade I miss the days when you could see an obvious difference in graphics and performance but now it’s like tiny differences

[PlatoCastro]

700$ +. To see the grass better. in

[elshadibeats]

Man…I respect tech reviews like this that go through the pros and cons. I’ve seen too many reviews on this console that were just one-sided with the pros.