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Khwarezm89

@Bentleyma I know what you mean but to me it was easy decision to make tbh. But if there are other priorities you have then take your time to decide when should you get the PS5 pro.

Khwarezm89

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Bentleyma

I know what I'm like and I'm almost certain that when it's released I'll go out and grab one. I do like the idea of owning the best PlayStation I can own and money isn't the issue. Plus I can sell my PS5 for a tidy sum, so that makes the £700 pricetag more justifiable.

Bentleyma

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Khwarezm89

@Bentleyma That's how I thought about it. I pre-ordered it on PS Direct then I cancelled it and pre-ordered it through GameStop here in Germany as they've the Trade-In option so it made paying for the pro more justifiable.

Khwarezm89

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x-XMusashiX-x

Hello, everyone! Have you thought about switching to a PC? I mean, with such a price... isn't it more advantageous to build your own PC and enjoy unrestricted FPS?

x-XMusashiX-x

Ravix

@x-XMusashiX-x unrestricted frame rates at 700 pounds, is it? 👀 I bet Minecraft would run like a dream.

And yes, I have thought about it, many times, but £3500+ for what I'd actually want out of the machine just to play a few badly optimised multiplatform games and have no access to my massive library of PS games seems a little silly, even for me 😁

I do want to do it at some point, but I know I'll still regret all the hassle, whilst also wondering where the value really is for me in starting to build a library from scratch on a system I'm not familiar with maybe only 3 or 4 new games a year I'd actually want

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colonelkilgore

Funny how PC and Xbox fans come on here trying to tempt PlayStation gamers over to their preferred platforms. You’d never catch me ‘crossing enemy lines’ (I jest… I jest) trying to procure business for my brand/platform of choice. We seem to see a fair few unpaid and unofficial sales reps, makes me wonder if they see the same from team blue on their side of the divide 🤔

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currently residing in PS3 Purgatory

x-XMusashiX-x

Honestly, I'm not here to sell PCs! I'm just wondering, since the console at this price isn't far from a 4080S, which has much higher power! But what convinced me to pre-order the console was its plug-and-play aspect and no worries about crashes, etc. I was just asking out of genuine curiosity!

x-XMusashiX-x

colonelkilgore

@x-XMusashiX-x well if that’s the case… I haven’t ordered one yet myself but I am tempted tbh. Reasons being:

  • While it’s more expensive than I’d like, it’s proving to have a very positive price-to-performance ratio as per the reports from various tech analysis outlets.
  • The price of a PC for which you’d see any real noticeable difference in performance would be more like £1500 (those articles where people were building rinkindink PC’s with second hand parts and components not equitable to those of a ps5 pro were served with a more than generous amount of cap).
  • I have over 1300 games on the PlayStation platform, over 1000 of which I’m still yet to play… so I’d have to start buying a new collection.
  • Diminishing returns when upgrading consoles or graphics cards - while the difference between 30fps and 60 fps is a very noticeable improvement, the further you go with frames (or resolution for that matter) becomes less and less perceptible. People already be moaning about not being able to see much of a difference (with their naked-eye) between ps5 and ps5 Pro. The difference between a ps5 pro and £1500 PC will be similarly small in relative terms.
  • Plug-and-play - I do enough PC trouble-shooting at work… I’d rather not have any of my gaming time taken up by this.
  • Reports suggest that the ps5 pro will extend this current generation to 10 years (rather than the usual 7), which would mean 6 years of use before the ps6. Nvidia release a new range of cards which are considerably more expensive than a ps5 pro at a far higher rate, leaving buyers of the previous range feeling fomo around 12 months after their last outlay.
  • GTA VI

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currently residing in PS3 Purgatory

x-XMusashiX-x

I also work in the IT world, and when I get home, I want to do something other than work. Thanks for your points about PCs! I admit I've just hit 100 platinum trophies without really aiming for them, so I have quite a few games on PlayStation too. I didn't really consider the potential price increase of future Nvidia graphics cards or even the cost of electricity consumption for such equipment. Thanks for your thoughtful feedback! Can't wait for November 7th!

x-XMusashiX-x

JohnnyShoulder

@colonelkilgore I didn't realise you were part of the Sony Ambassador Programme?

Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

PSN: JohnnyShoulder

colonelkilgore

@JohnnyShoulder as I said, you’d never catch me trying to procure business for Sony but… if someone is asking a genuine question I’ll provide my perspective.

The moment you catch me starting an Official PlayStation Thread on Pure Xbox extolling the virtues of PS+ pull the ****ing cord right quick 😉

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currently residing in PS3 Purgatory

Ravix

What a quick turn. PS users must be truly the most charming and alluring of them all 😛

"For that price a PC is clearly the option to go for, why would you even consider the PS5 Pro?"

"Well, come to think of it, I'm also getting the PS5 Pro for the many positives it offers the end user. Roll on the 7th!!" 😅

🍻 all round, I think.

[Edited by Ravix]

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JohnnyShoulder

@Ravix Never underestimate the pulling power of salesman McColonelkilgore.

Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

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ro-kurorai

Long-time lurker here but decided to chime in.
My reasons for joining the PS5 Pro camp are similar to the arguments @Ravix mentioned.

I don't think the presentation did Sony any favors due to YouTube compression and the already excellent state Sony's 1st party games are in on PS5. Sony would have to choose between showing 3rd party titles looking and running better on the Pro vs. showing the base versions in a bad light, so they opted for the good vs. better alternative with their own games. The price has been discussed already but all I want top add is that the system is not a mandatory update but rather an expensive luxury upgrade for enthusiasts. As I switched to digital-only shortly after buying my PS4 and due to habits formed by Steam the optional disc drive doesn't bother me: I can still watch my physical collection of movies on my PS4. PC gaming is also an option but it's rather expensive considering how quickly Nvidia cycles through GPU generations. Thus I'd like to provide some more background why I'm upgrading to the Pro as well.

I'm playing on a 27" 1440p PC monitor at typical office PC viewing distances, so image quality is important to me. I do not fuss much about 60 fps+ as long as the better-looking mode runs smoothly. A recurring trend I noticed is that especially UE5 games, which comprise the majority of upcoming third party titles, tend to run poorly on this console generation. Both performance and image quality take a hit and 60 fps is generally only possible if internal resolution is lowered significantly (as low as 720p).
The woes of FSR upscaling have been well documented already and PSSR's image quality looks to be closer to XESS, albeit not yet hitting DLSS levels of fidelity but it's the first iteration of Sony's hardware upscaler and the results are much more pleasing to the eye than the current solutions on consoles. I'm hoping to future-proof performance and quality of upcoming third party releases with the Pro and I'll gladly take the added bonuses to Sony's first party titles as well.

The final reason might sound silly but I'd be remiss not to mention it - ever since joining Sony's console ecosystem with the PS3 Slim I have been purchasing limited edition consoles. The PS5 was scarce for years and the released LEs didn't appeal to me so I had to be content with a regular white OG PS5. The 30th Anniversary LE Pro bundle finally gave me the opportunity to add another LE PS console to my collection, especially as I was contemplating to buy an Edge Controller since a year ago.

I'm also hoping, like most other Pro owners, that GTA VI will run at 60 fps on Pro but its's highly unlikely, hence I'm expecting at least rock-solid performance on 30 fps games without any hitches as seen on the base model in some demanding games.

Cheers, fellas!

PSN: ro-kurorai

Rodimusprime1313

Ok my question is why bother with the ps5 pro when you know Sony will release a ps6 which will have everything that the ps5 pro has and any new ps6 games. In all likelihood the ps6 will be released in the next 2-3 years anyways.

Rodimusprime1313

nitraM

@Rodimusprime1313 Sony have already stated the PS5 is half way through its lifecycle and as it seems to be following what they did with the PS4/PS4 Pro you've still got a good 4 years of use if you were to buy a PS5 Pro now.

If you don't like it, don't play it, and shut yo damn mouth

Ravix

@Rodimusprime1313 ok my question is why bother with anything when we live on a floating bit of rock in an infinite universe of nothingness? 😂

Is it really hard to accept and understand that some people will buy a ps5 pro and use it for those years where a PS6 doesn't actually exist, and then also buy a PS6 when it releases? 😅 it's not exactly an advanced concept and it's hardly a situation where if you buy a PS5 Pro you can't also buy a PS6 to upgrade again. It's also not mandatory, it's for those who want to and can afford to buy it.

Someone bought a third hand PS4 Pro this year for the same price I got it second hand. And consoles span many, many years for many different people. My PS5 Pro of today will probably be someone elses PS5 Pro in the future too. It's crazy, right? People buy things they want when they want them and when they have a use for them 😅

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Ravix

@ro-kurorai welcome. Step out of the Shadows and bask with us in that advanced ray tracing 😛

I still hold a small hope that with PSSR they will be able to fangle something with GTA6. I imagine Rockstar will rise to the challenge of providing something better on the better hardware. Regardless, it will no doubt run better and look better, so that will satisfy plenty of people.

Cool that you got the special edition. I had a quick punt at it after I saw the price was actually pretty reasonable compared to the standard, but it had gone by the time clicked it. I'm happy with the standard though, as I'm one of the few (apparently) that actually really likes the white and black console. I just wish it had an option to run with the blue light on, rather than it switching to white 😅

Like you, I think, I'm going in not just expecting x performance in every game, though. I'll still be selecting based on personal preferences on a game by game basis, especially if there's boosted graphic modes at smooth 30/40fps, VRR boosts, as well as the "fidelity performance" modes. Right now (on base ps5) for example, TLoUP1 performance mode actually runs really smooth and isn't jarring, but some games in 60fps are just woeful with image quality and the performance mode can genuinely ruin the feel of the game with absolutely weird motion in a lot of games I've played. TLoU is seamless in 70/80fps unlocked, 90% of other games look like someone sat on the remote and put it in fast forward 😅

[Edited by Ravix]

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ro-kurorai

@Ravix Thanks, mate!

Rockstar have always been pushing console hardware hard and their games cause people to upgrade to new console generations (I'm certain many PS4/XOne players will upgrade once it releases). If the GTA VI enhancements are substantial enough on the Pro Rockstar will essentially provide free marketing for Sony and I can even imagine a PS5 Pro + GTA VI bundle happening.

Sony will be releasing face plates for the Pro, so you can customize yours as you fit, mate

Have fun, fellas. Time to download all those PS5 Pro patches!

PSN: ro-kurorai

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