Topic: The 'PS5 Pro is technically for me' Thread

I not consider the version "Pro" to any consoles, and this because upgrade is senseless... I mean, console is not a Pc.
Anyway, the positive side is that the technologies at the base of Ps5 pro will help Ps6 project, in similar way Ps4 pro helped the current Playstation.
There is something in particolar that I dont love about Sony philosofies and I speak about Sony's obsession againist the games retail. At the moment the only way for buy a digital copy is buy it by Ps store at 80 euro and this is bad. On Pc the situazion is different because is possible buy the keys across different stores. I'm afraid that Playstion future will be the only console available, with xbox that lose market (whay somebody should buy a microsoft console when is possible get the gamepass on pc and play BETTER Microsoft games?) and Nintendo that play a her game in a market a part.
I'm sure that when the people several years ago asked the "Unique console" them didn't mean anything to similar to the current Playstation.

@Bentleyma hope it's good for you, mate. Hopefully makes the PS5 itself look better in the meantime too 😄

Less than a month until the Pro is out 😱

@L4GANN I get what you mean, in a way, but an upgrade is still an upgrade regardless, and replacing a 4 year old console with a brand new one is something I'd do anyway, pro or not. Just to refresh the life cycle and pass the older one on to someone else.

It's value and price is the real sticking point, is it worth that big a price hike for an upgrade that a lot of people wont benefit from? It is debatable.

But I know I'd benefit from it, as I sit fairly close to a large screen when gaming most of the time, and this generation I have been noticing graphical inconsistencies a lot more, and performance in most third party games has been questionable, at best, on consoles.

Very much agree that it will help the PS6 development, especially with PSSR being improved upon by then after having it being used as a tool to help devs improve their output for a few years, everyone will have a better understanding of where they can push forward and what to hold back.

So since I ordered the PS5 Pro, I'm trying to get the Disc drive but it's not available here in Germany of course and scalpers are selling it for around 190 Euros. So I've been thinking of just selling the 10 disks I have and converting to digital. What do you think y'all? Are you struggling too with this or just made the move to digital?

Dont misunderstand what is happening at the market.. Ps5 Pro is out because the scammers did buy all the consoles by bots.
Ps, I'm very curios to see this PSSR in action... recently on pc i saw a lot to frame generator and the only that work properly is the Dlss, that is a Nvidia technology.

@L4GANN early signs are that PSSR is already a fair amount better than FSR2 which is what is making a bunch of third party games look bad. By the time of PS6 it could hopefully be keeping up with DLSS and perhaps surpass it in some ways being specifically designed for the console.

If we see 4K 60fps as pretty much the ceiling console games will ever be, then the better the PSSR gets the more room for graphical improvements their will be without taking the frame rates and we can maybe start to see some cool "next gen" stuff. PS6, for example, isn't going to start trying to target 4K or 1440p 120+FPS, but it will have a better CPU and GPU and PSSR that has been developed over time, so games upscaling to 4K will be able to have much higher settings, you'd think.

I'm quote excited to see what is possible, anyway

@Khwarezm89 I moved to all digital awhile ago and I wouldn't go back to discs. I just like the convenience of it. If you want to buy a game you just go on the store and buy the game and get access to it straight away. It's also nice not having to swap discs. Also, sales happen enough that if you wait long enough you can get most games at a decent price.

@Ravix I'm picking it up after work tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing Silent Hill 2 on it!

@Khwarezm89 yeah, I converted to all digital at the start of PS5. I had maybe a couple of titles digitally but mostly disc at that stage. But, because of the launch of PS5 being so mad, I only managed to get a digital edition on the second main release of consoles they had, which also was a queue fest and full of scalpers battling it out. I thought if I go for digital I'm more likely to actually get one, as all the disc editions went out of stock instantly, so it was a good choice.

And, since then, I've actually enjoyed having the digital library for ease of use, paired with the SSD that is what has made PS5 feel the most next gen, rather than anything graphically. It just simply saved me so much time and faff with storage and disk swapping, and with loading screens being extinct on top of that gaming really feels streamlined now.

I would also get voucher codes for some wallet credit if you don't mind doing that. Regularly 13% or so off everything you buy on the store that way anyway, plus any sales that come up for older titles, and I've had a lot of launch titles for less than the disc version. Obviously you can't sell them on, but that wasn't an issue for me as I didn't binge games in a week and sell them like some do.

Overall, it just feels better, and I'm sure you'd get used to it too 😁

For all the PC content creators and click baiters, who personally upgrade every time nvidia release their next series of cards but have staunchly **** on the pro:

https://wccftech.com/playstation-5-pro-upgrading-rtx3060-to-4...

@Ravix Oh nice. Where I can get these discounted credits? This would solve my problem tbh because usually I can get physical games cheaper here even day one games and that's why I preferred physical.

@Bentleyma Swapping disc is a big issue for me when I'm traveling for example and playing on my Portal so I can't do that

Thank you both! I guess I'll sell the disks I have for extra cash and then convert completely to all digital.

@Khwarezm89 you'd probably need to Google where is best for Germany, but some popular ones are CDKeys and shopto.

Paired with PS Stars I've had some nice discounts in the last few years. If you know you are going to spend x amount of wallet credit anyway, then getting the bigger discount for one larger payment and having it there for when you want to buy games works out well enough, for me. It's never going to be super cheap, but taking some off the full price games at launch has softened the blow of converting to digital.

There's also people who pretend they are from Turkiye with a VPN for massive store discounts too, but that's never really interested me. But you know, some people might be interested in that kind of thing, but i'd research it heavily first if that did appeal to you as I haven't the foggiest about it, other than it seems a tad dishonest.

Ready for the PS5 Pro!

@Bentleyma ah, you got it all set up. Nice. Oh, that RGB stand just makes me wish they'd add actual RGB lighting to the PS5's too, instead of the harsh white light we get when it's on 😪😪 looks so much better with a flash of actual colour

@Ravix I got the stand from Amazon. It's pretty cheap.

@Ravix Thanks a ton. I didn't know that CD Keys had PS Credit for Germany but yeah found it with around 15% discount. Now I'm more convinced to convert to all Digital. And yeah I heard about this Turkey thing but never wanted to do it.

I was unsure about it since it was announced. I pre-ordered it, then cancelled it and have now pre-ordered it again. I usually always play in performance mode. So will be good to get the graphical boost. I'm hoping that the differences will be more noticeable when actually playing the games. Than looking at YouTube videos. Main reason I'm getting it is for Ghost of Yotei. I love Ghost of Tsushima and I want to experience the new one the best way possible.

@Nexozi Glad to see someone else as indecisive as me. I've also pre-ordered and cancelled the PS5 Pro multiple times. As someone that spends a huge chunk of their free time gaming, I think that I'll benefit from owning one.