Conversation point: What do you think about PS5 Pro, six months later?

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It has passed (just over) six months since the release of the most steep Sony console, PS5 Pro.

Before the system was published in November last year, many questioned its existence. There is no doubt that this was a strange generation of consoles, which initially influenced Covid’s Pandemia and sacrifice a lot of time to really feel that it offers something fresh and exhilarating. Some say it is Still Lack of this spark, almost five years after the cycle.

PS5 PRO was therefore directed directly at the most hardcore fans of PlayStation – and Boy achieved its price this theory.

We gathered just three weeks after its launch Push square Editorial team Together for the Talking Point article, just like this. Then we had rather mixed opinions about the premium machine – but did these opinions change over the next months?

And so we are ready to re -evaluate PS5 Pro. Read on to get their own thoughts, then jumped into the comments to share yours.

“I’m almost pleased”

About 180 days later I think I am ecstatic with PS5 Pro. There was no moment when I can indicate that it justifies the console, but the accumulation of diminutive but significant improvements meant that I appreciated the improved system.

However, the main reason for having a machine is still the future. When you see how the amazing look of GTA 6 looks like grasping from the basic PS5 in trailer 2 and how the last round of previews for Death Stranding 2 was carried out on a five -year Sony box, it is exhilarating to think about what PS5 Pro can do.

I do not expect that GTA 6 will work on 60 frames per second on PS5 Pro, but what about 40 frames per second? This is still a step that will go a long way to the game, which will probably determine the next 10 years of the game. In the console space you will find only such improvements on PS5 Pro.

As I said at the beginning, I do not think that we will ever see one improvement that we can all indicate that it justifies the exchange of the PS5 base to PS5 Pro. Instead, it will be a long list of neat progress, which we will look back and appreciate at the end of the generation.

– Liam Croft, editor’s assistant

“It’s still difficult for me to recommend”

Monster Hunter Wilds

In fact, I’m still a bit torn on PS5 Pro. For me personally, I am glad that I have one because I play Very games, both in this work and outside. But it is still challenging for me to recommend the system to anyone who asks – especially if they already have the basic PS5.

However, that’s it, right? If you look at PRO as a premium product – a system that is by nature designed for a diminutive percentage of players – you can start arguing that this is a decent offer. Yes, that Is Expensive, but six months and there are many gigantic games that are noticeably better on improved equipment.

Having said this, I think that professionals still lack a deadly application – a title that shows even the most free observers Why People pay for the update. Perhaps it will arrive on time – it can be just around the corner with something like Ghost of Yotei – but by that time you must be satisfied with relative improvements in games such as Monster Hunter Wilds or Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

To sum up, I like PS5 Pro – and not only because it seems that it takes up much less space at my television stand. But some thought that she would feel more … necessary than now. Again, it can change very well in time, but for anyone who is not really justified by additional frames and pixels, you don’t lose much.

– Robert Ramsey, Editor’s assistant


Now that we have emitted our thoughts, we want to know what You Think of PS5 Pro, six months removed from its release. Did it meet your expectations or do you want more than the most steep Sony system? Vote in our polls, and then explain in the comments section below.

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