PS5 Pro: Sony reveals much more expensive and powerful console

After years of hearsay, hypothesis and hype, Sony has confirmed it’s launching a extra highly effective – and far more costly – model of its massively standard PlayStation 5 console.

The PS5 Professional will have the ability to present extra superior graphics and show probably the most demanding video games at larger, extra constant body charges.

However that added energy will come at a value: the PS5 Professional would be the most costly console from Sony so far.

It would value £699.99 when it launches on 7 November this yr – lots of of kilos greater than the PS5.

“The worth level of the PS5 Professional will inevitably trigger numerous commentary,” analyst Piers Harding-Rolls from analysis agency Ampere stated.

He stated the agency seemed to be betting that the console’s improved efficiency would encourage customers to improve their present {hardware} and spend extra on software program.

Mark Cerny, lead architect of the PS5, stated it was “probably the most highly effective console we’ve ever constructed”.

He stated it sought to resolve an issue avid gamers had confronted for years – whether or not to play a console sport in so-called “constancy mode”, which favours visuals, or “efficiency mode”, which makes a sport smoother, although on the value to the way it seems.

He stated the PS5 Professional was about “eradicating that call, or a minimum of narrowing that divide”.

GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring advised the BBC it was “a really focused console” for PlayStation’s “most enthusiastic viewers”.

“The console trade has had a troublesome time this yr, with falling gross sales of PS5, Xbox Sequence S and X, and the ageing Nintendo Change,” he stated.

“PS5 Professional is not going to alter that scenario.”

However he stated Sony may need one eye on probably the most anticipated sport on the planet – Grand Theft Auto VI – which is because of launch subsequent yr.

“When GTA 6 does launch, PlayStation will have the ability to say to gamers that the sport will look greatest on PS5 Professional,” he stated.