Four Days Later...Is the PS5 Pro REALLY worth $700?

I bought a Sony PlayStation PS5 Pro for $700 including an $80 disc drive add-on - so you don't have to. It does exactly what its advertised to do. Enhance Visuals and Performance for PS5 games. The question is - is the PS5 Pro really worth the money? In today's episode I give you my thoughts on the brand new PS5 Pro console. Impressive? Yes, worth it? Check out today's video to learn more!

TimeStamps:

00:00 - 02:08 - Intro
02:09 - 06:48 - PSSR Testing
06:49 - 09:45 - PS5 Pro Game Boost
09:46 - 12:11 - PS4 "Enhanced" Image Mode
12:12 - 15:59 - Final Thoughts

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[stephanemignot]

8K? I don't even care about 4K, 58% of Steam players use 1080p, we need non broken games with a nice gameplay.

[Hezkezl]

There is ABSOLUTELY ZERO REASON for anybody to target 8k for games. Especially considering that these consoles can barely do 4k at 60fps in newer games. even PCs have an issue with it for things like SH2 Remake. Games need to get better optimized/have some bugs fixed instead of just abandoning them and letting the horsepower of a system deal with potential slowdowns.

Target higher refresh rates instead of higher resolutions. There's barely even 0.01% of the TV market out there that even does 8k stuff, there's zero reason why a game console needs to be in that list when there are SO MANY OTHER THINGS that can be done instead.

[PyromancerRift]

"disk-free console" on the box is hillarious. Like if disks were a con.

[j.d.]

The CPU wasn't upgraded enough IMO. 700 dollars with no disc drive, and no stand. It's a hard sell.

[LocrianDorian]

The disk drive being sold separately is a massive joke.

[aTaryum]

They forgot to add the most important feature: games

[danielg]

I love that scalpers are losing money because nobody is buying it.

[jakeyyyyyyyy]

It's so funny to me that all this fragmentation left console users sitting at the menu choosing from 5 different graphics presets just like PC users

[MysteryD]

I find it hilarious that the standard PS5 box has a big ass 8K logo, but the Pro has just a 4K logo

[meikaishi]

Pretty sad that the best showcase for improvements is a game that looked and ran like shit on the base PS5 for no reason, paying premium to allow devs to not bother optimizing their games is a terrible deal

[KarlRock]

8k always triggers me haha! These consoles can’t even do native 4K. It’s all 1080p or 1440p upscaled to 4K. Great review, thanks mate. I’m a sucker for consoles, so I got a Pro.

[overlordalfredo]

I can't stress enough how much I appreciate the brutally honest review.
Thank you! ❤

[seanmcbay]

No way. I’ll never support a console without a disc drive. I don’t care that it’s optional.

[SturmAH]

The price for the 30th anniversary PS5 Pro in Denmark is $1300 (9000DKK) and no, that is not a scalper price, that's the retail price!!! :melt_face:

[ulgrimthemad]

simple answer, no.
Wait for a price drop, or at least the disk drive added in.

[DuckAlertBeats]

This just feels like another reason for developers to not having to bother tightly optimising games for the original hardware.

[harsharip]

Just wipe your tv with clean cloth you get PS5 pro

[SVTRonDogg]

PS5 needs more exclusives and not just remakes and rereleases imo to make it worth it

[DaveVoyles]

If it was 50 to 75% faster, I could see it. But right now it shows no noticeable improvement.

This is the 32X of this generation.

Sony is finally giving us what they promised three years ago

[NHDrumline]

Apparently the PS4 Visual Enhancements only work on PS4 games that run at 1080P or less. The Evil Within 2 has a PS4 Pro patch and I believe it runs above 1080P, which is why you weren’t seeing any results there.