PS5 Pro Makes Quality, Performance Modes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Better Than Ever

PS5 Pro and Veilguard combo is wild bait

And this is why I've bought a pro. Not for the limited stuff available on older games. For what it'll do for the next 3 years of games.

@Bentleyma I like the idea of people having choices to play games in whatever mode makes them happiest.

@Andy22385 it's nice to see someone enjoying gaming and hopeful of where it's going 👍 I'm a bit more cynical and think it's a ***** show on all sides at the minute. For me they need to back up the new hardware with games tailored for it before I'm interested. A decent TV runs quality mode in 40fps so the gains aren't so obvious with this yet

@Northern_munkey Same here. When the Ps5 Pro was first rumored way back and people were complaining it wasn’t needed. I was saying this is what i wanted moving forward for consoles. I wanted Sony and Microsoft both to have a base and high end model. It gives console players choice, something we normally didn’t get until last gen. For those that don’t want it or sadly can’t afford it, it don’t take away from your console experience. For those that can and do want that performance it’s there like in the PC space. I really like what Sony has been able to do with the Pro. I hope next generation we see this same approach and the Xbox get’s in on the action as well. Not much longer now and my Pro will be here. I’m excited.

Dragon age the veilguard is going to be a amazing game.its gonna bring bioware back.word up son

Wait, is that thumbnail photo really from Veilguard? It looks like an early PS4 game. I am not expecting Naughty Dog or even CD Projekt Red levels of graphics but geez, they are not a small company, I expect way more.

@HonestHick " it’s there like in the PC space"

Yeah, no, not with that CPU But the total cost across the generation is ballpark!

@Bentleyma I think it effectively is making the 60fps mode the must-play mode, but they're going to give people the choice to REALLY juice up the visuals at 30fps if they so desire.

I'm slowly being won around by the pro after being dead against it. Just don't wanna have the conversation where I tell the Mrs and my son I've spent another £800 on a console so no fancy holiday this year sorry

Well of course they would be "better than ever". This is about as meaningful a headline as when Apple says the latest iPhone is "the fastest iPhone ever."

I've slowly come round to the Pro and have it preordered. I've already sold my PS5 and just have a disc drive sat waiting for the next 3 weeks. I recently upgraded my TV, so I may as well take full advantage of it

@JaBrony123 And what, pray tell, is so horrible about that photo? I literally see nothing wrong with it to be honest..
Then again, I suppose it's SOME people's hobby - you for exemple - to find something, no matter how small, to bitch and cry about.

Yikes..

Having just spent 70 hours on Vampire Survivors I decided that my gaming probably doesn't need a pro, so I'm not pre-ordering and the disc drive I had bought I have sold on.

If I'm honest I think Sony have ballsed up the messaging behind the Pro, what it does sounds great but all people keep saying is they can't see the difference.

@playstation1995 I certainly hope so! The change in art style still irks me, but I'm remaining cautiously optimistic. That said, the marketing for this game has been abysmal; here's hoping that doesn't translate to terrible sales (assuming the game is good).

Yeah i'm most likely making this my "launch game" for the Pro next month.

Sure I will live playing it in on the base ps5 ...won't be pulling my hair out trying to notice a difference if I got the pro ...will just wait for the ps6

Will wait for pro, and see performance review 1st - lets hope they dont go too far with the RT and visuals - 60fps is the core of a performance mode after all.
Then if it reviews well (normal & technical) then i will probably give this a go.

@Andy22385
Yes, quite agree that games going forwards are far more likely to use the new hardware better than patched older games - though a big part of me was also thinking that based on the last year or so I dread to think what state performance modes on base PS5 will be in after Pro launches now that devs have the "opt out clause" of "Those that care about performance modes will have bought Pro".

I am also grateful for the excuse to go back and replay a few of my 'pro enhanced' favourites though....

I cancelled my pre order of the pro because I only have 2-3 games on the horizon that would actually benefit from it. I'm sure I'll play these games again in a couple years anyway and when I do, the PS6 should be out.
But maybe I'll change my mind, PS6 is still 4+ years away.

Shhh. We're only supposed to speak negatively of the PS5 Pro so as to not enrage those that do not understand market forces.

Watched the Digital Foundry coverage of Final Fantasy Rebirth. The base Ps5 is almost like the Switch version compared to the Pro

@NEStalgia i mean the pro another choice like we have in PC space. In the PC space most don’t go for the more expensive cards around the world. But thats the nice thing about PC, there is a price to performance point there for everyone, more limited in console, but i like the option of 2 consoles, a base and a Pro. It don’t leave out players that don’t want or need that performance but gives players like myself the option to get it.

@Andy22385 This is ultimately why I got one also.

@NEStalgia not all of want a pc tho. I recently bought a steam deck to play some shmups I’m interested in and I’m overwhelmed with that! I still don’t know what protons are.
I’ve bought a pro cos I want to just put a disk in and it to look as good as possible

PS5 Pro players are going to be experiencing this game like KINGS! Sure, they'll be paying a pretty penny for it, but it will be clear what they're paying for!

I don't give a good goddam if it rubs my back and makes me warm milk before bed...no disc drive, no stand, no sale.

@tangyzesty
What strange hill to die on. You can buy the stand and disc drive if you want them. Is the problem that Sony is not selling an $800 model with those included?

@HonestHick Yeah but I'd be kinder to it if it offered appropriate upgrades for the coin. You know dragons dogma 2 and how it's CPU bound on PS5? The same exact cpu that's in the PS5 Pro? I was running it on my 7800x3d yesterday. It sips 7-28% CPU. The fans never even rev up due to CPU heat. They rev up when launching steam and Xbox store but not playing dd2. How is that lightweight cpu game destroying console CPUs? How bad are these CPUs? And still in the pro! I won't compare GPU because because that's apples to watermelons. But the CPU....

Now, Skyrim with 300 mods running in VR with an LLM, that'll rev fans like a leaf blower 😂

@smallbrownbike Haha, steam deck is both the shallow and deep end of the pool at once. Use it at face value and it's a console like any other. But try to be a power user and you're dealing with Linux, much more complicated than Windows. Proton is a Windows compatibility layer for Windows games to work right in Linux.

Think of it like a layer that lets you play PlayStation games natively on a Mac.

But yeah certainly PC, or at least custom PC isn't for everyone just irks me how console is imitating the PC pricing over a generation but not offering as much.