Rumors of PS5Pro continue, and while a power-up version of the current PS5 console has not been officially confirmed by Sony, trusted insiders claim it is "100% under development" and online whispers refuse to be quiet.

PS5Pro makes even more sense as a form of stopgap between the ones dubbing PS5 and PS6. This is a legal document about Microsoft and the FTC's fight over the acquisition of the former Activision Blizzard, and IGN has found that Microsoft does not expect the next generation of PlayStation or Xbox until 2028, so given the potential length of this current generation of game consoles, an intermediate generation update would seem logical.

PS5Pro expects to follow the lead of its precursor, PS4Pro. Basically, this was a more powerful version of the base PS4 console. We packed the same DualShock4 controller and game library, but we were able to improve performance and target 4K resolution for some titles. It was a console designed for gamers who wanted a little bit of extra power to enjoy PlayStation games at its very best.

PS5Pro is probably the same, but remember, by building on the foundations of the current PS5 with refreshed internal components and perhaps a visual redesign, it is an iteration of existing PS5 hardware and not a full-fledged successor.

Unsurprisingly, the PS5Pro has not yet been confirmed in official capacity, so all we have to go is a healthy amount of rumors and informed speculation. But for now, everything you think you know about the PS5Pro is here.

Last spring, the PS5Pro was scheduled to launch sometime this year. This coincides with the 4-year gap seen between PS4 (2013/11) and PS4Pro (2016/11), but recent rumors have poured cold water on the idea that it's only a few months since the rumored console launch.

Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming has repeatedly suggested that the PS5Pro will be launched in 2024 as part of Sony's ambitious upcoming hardware lineup.This also includes the revised standard PS5 model (with a removable disk drive) and a new handheld device centered on the console's remote play feature.

Henderson's claim that he will have to wait until next year for the ps5Pro is backed up by additional sources suggesting that a release date of 2024 is most likely. In addition, another leaker claims that the PS5Pro and Nintendo Switch2 will share the launch window. Also, Nintendo virtually eliminated the new hardware in 2023, so the PS5Pro launch will be postponed for the next 7 months or so. Earlier this week (5/24), Sony hosted its latest PlayStation Showcase event, but there was no sign of the PS5Pro at all. This definitely suggests that the official news of the rumored console is not imminent. But at least the showcase was an excellent presentation of a great PS5 game.

When it comes to price, there is little valuable to indicate how much you need to save in advance. With its 2016 release, the PS4Pro was priced atー399, which was the same price the base PS4 launched 3 years ago. Of course, after 3 years from the PS4 life cycle, the console had already undergone a price cut, but this did not happen on the PS5.

If the PS5Pro follows the trend of the last generation, it will be launched atし499. However, don't be surprised if the PS5Pro is priced at an even higher cost, perhapsド599. Sony proved it with the PSVR2 (launch price ofド549), but not afraid to charge a premium price for the new hardware, so the PS5Pro has 1 expensive Co

When it comes to the PS5Pro specification, there are 2 words: 8K and ray tracing. We expect that these are two areas that Sony will try to target in any form of revised PS5 hardware. YouTuber Moore's Law is dead and predicts the PS5Pro will be positioned as the 8K console to go hand in hand with Sony's 8K TVs. The current PS5 claims to have 8K capacity, but we've seen few games running at that resolution on the hardware.

By the end of this year or early next year, new AMD chips should be available that Sony can use in its next hardware. The base PS5 currently uses an AMD Zen2-based processor and RDNA2 graphics on a custom chipset, but as Paul Eccleston of RedGamingTech suggested, the PS5Pro could instead feature a refreshed Ryzen APU.

According to Paul's sources, the revised PS5 console also aims to provide significantly stronger ray tracing performance. Ray tracing has become a bit of a marketing buzzword in recent months, but it's essentially a rendering technique that produces more realistic lighting effects. Tom Henderson also suggests that the PS5Pro has a strong focus on ray tracing and that Mark Cerny, the architect of the legendary PlayStation console, is involved in the creation of the hardware.

I guess PS5Pro is very similar to PS4Pro in that it can use up-mixing and checkerboard rendering to produce 8K images rendered at lower resolution. Nvidia has had a lot of success with Deep Learning supersampling (DLSS) technologies such as the GeForce RTX3080.

So far, in this console generation, where many PS5 and Xbox Series X games offer either "performance" or "quality" modes, player selection usually targets higher frame rates, while the latter targets better resolution. It seems likely that the PS5Pro will be built on this. I don't expect a console to be able to run the best PS8 games at 120fps in 5K with full ray tracing enabled. But instead, players may be able to further choose which elements are most important to them.

We believe that PS5Pro itself is very unlikely to offer exclusive features. As explained above, it could boast more powerful internal components, but we don't expect that upgrade to extend further into exclusive features or games.

The PS5Pro is almost guaranteed to play all the same games as the PS5, and the current DualSense controller is almost certainly the main way to interact with the console, perhaps because the ps5Pro may come packing the high-end DualSense edge controller. But Sony wants to sell its premium$199 accessory separately to its most passionate PlayStation players, so we won't bet on it. It has also been theorized that the PS5Pro works in harmony with the recently released PSVR2 headset. This is an area where virtual reality is obviously of great interest to Sony and we expect the latest VR devices to be supported for years to come, and PSVR2 may also be able to take advantage of the power gains of the PS5Pro for improved performance levels and clearer visuals.

Even though the PS5 celebrates its 11th 3rd birthday this year, in many ways it feels like the generation of this console has barely begun. The publisher has chosen to release the biggest games on both PS2 and PS5 in the past 4 years.This includes playstation exclusives such as Horizon: Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarök.

2023 seems to be the year the PS4 is finally left behind, but it still feels like it's at least a few years away from the base PS5 console.If the PS5Pro is to be released in 2024, it's definitely too early, just as its predecessor's potential has been fully unleashed. It will be released in the same way.

However, some recent high-profile games have been released in less impressive technical conditions (Star Wars Jedi Survivor is a prime example of that). So there's definitely reason to believe that developers can put a little more effort into playing, and PS5Pro can give them that.

Sony will also market the PS5Pro as a product designed specifically for the most enthusiastic gamers. It is not intended as a replacement for the regular PS5, which is likely to continue to be Sony's main console.

And the PS5 could be a bit captive as Xbox boss Phil Spencer says he can't expect an soon-to-be upgraded Xbox Series X. This could mean the PS5Pro stands alone in a mid-generational refresh, especially if it arrives this year.

PS5Pro is likely to be sold for players that require the highest possible resolution, the most stable frame rate, and put standard PS5 hardware as PS4 and PS4Pro have done for several years, 2 may coexist. And as lovers of state-of-the-art games, the variety PS5Pro that floats around the Internet is definitely getting our attention.