Sony released the updated PlayStation 5 Pro console on November 7, 2024.
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Sony Tuesday announced the PlayStation 5 Pro, an upgraded version of the game console that will be released on November 7 for $700.
The arrival of Sony’s updated PS5 console comes amid a decline in global console sales. In August, Sony reported that it sold 2.4 million units of the PlayStation 5 console in its fiscal first quarter, down from 3.3 million in the same period a year ago.
The PS5 Pro will have an upgraded graphics card with 67% more computing units than the current standard PS5 model, Sony says, allowing game rendering up to 45% faster. Sony also mentions new artificial intelligence capabilities that improve graphics with sharper image clarity and more detailed visuals.
PS5 Pro features “advanced” ray tracing, a technique in computer graphics that simulates how light bounces off reflective surfaces.
Sony says the PS5 Pro has a 2 terabyte solid-state drive, larger than the custom-built 825 GB solid-state drive in the PS5. Comes with Sony DualSense Wireless Controller and support for Wi-Fi 7. Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive will be sold separately.
Sony says some games will have a “PS5 Pro Enhanced” designation with features that work on the new console. Examples include “Alan Wake 2,” “Assassin’s Creed Shadows,” “Demon’s Souls,” “Dragon’s Dogma 2,” “Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth,” “Gran Turismo 7,” “Hogwarts Legacy,” “Horizon Forbidden West,” ” Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” “Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart” and “The Last of Us Part II Remastered.”
