Features including GPU upgrade, advanced ray tracing, and PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution take players to new heights.
UPDATE: On September 26, 2024, pre-orders will be available directly from PlayStation at direct.playstation.com and at participating retailers in territories where direct.playstation.com isn’t available. On October 10, 2024, pre-orders will be available at all other participating retailers.
Over the last four years since the launch of PS5, we’ve worked hard to continuously evolve the console experience and deliver the great games our players expect from us. Today, I’m incredibly proud to announce the next step in that evolution and welcome PlayStation 5 Pro to the PlayStation family – our most advanced and innovative console hardware to date.
We developed PS5 Pro with deeply engaged players and game creators in mind – as many have asked for a console that runs even higher fidelity graphics with smoother frame rates at 60FPS. We achieved this on PS5 Pro with several key performance features.*
- Upgraded GPU: With PS5 Pro, we are upgrading to a GPU that has 67% more Compute Units than the current PS5 console and 28% faster memory. Overall, this enables up to 45% faster rendering for gameplay, making the experience much smoother.
- Advanced Ray Tracing: We’ve added even more powerful ray tracing that provides more dynamic reflection and refraction of light. This allows the rays to be cast at double, and at times triple, the speeds of the current PS5 console.
- AI-Driven Upscaling: We’re also introducing PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, an AI-driven upscaling that uses a machine learning-based technology to provide super sharp image clarity by adding an extraordinary amount of detail.
PS5 Pro provides gamers with amazing graphics at high frame rates. You can hear Mark Cerny, lead architect for PS5 Pro, discuss the key innovations from PS5 Pro in the following video presentation. This presentation provides a deep dive into the key performance features that make PS5 Pro truly special.
Other enhancements include PS5 Pro Game Boost, which can apply to more than 8,500 backward compatible PS4 games playable on PS5 Pro. This feature may stabilize or improve the performance of supported PS4 and PS5 games. Enhanced Image Quality for PS4 games is also available to improve the resolution on select PS4 games. PS5 Pro will also launch with the latest wireless technology, Wi-Fi 7, in territories supporting this standard. VRR and 8K gaming are also supported.
It’s humbling to see how game creators have embraced the latest technology from PS5 Pro, and several games will be patched with free software updates for gamers to take advantage of PS5 Pro’s features. These games can be identified with a PS5 Pro Enhanced label within their title. Some games you can look forward to include blockbuster hits from PlayStation Studios and our third-party partners, such as Alan Wake 2, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, Demon’s Souls, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Gran Turismo 7, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, The Crew Motorfest, The First Descendant, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and more.
We kept the look of the PS5 Pro consistent with the overall PS5 family of products. You’ll notice the height is the same size as the original PS5, and the width is the same size as the current PS5 model to accommodate higher performance specs. Players can add an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Drive, or swap out console covers when they become available.
PS5 Pro fits perfectly within the PS5 family of products and is compatible with the PS5 accessories currently available, including PlayStation VR2, PlayStation Portal, DualSense Edge, Access controller, Pulse Elite and Pulse Explore. The user interface and network services will also remain the same as PS5.
The PS5 Pro console will be available this holiday at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $699.99 USD, £699.99 GBP, €799.99 EUR, and ¥119,980 JPY (includes tax). It will include a 2TB SSD, a DualSense wireless controller and a copy of Astro’s Playroom pre-installed in every PS5 Pro purchase. PS5 Pro is available as a disc-less console, with the option to purchase the currently available Disc Drive for PS5 separately.
PS5 Pro will launch on November 7, 2024 and will be available at participating retailers and directly from PlayStation at direct.playstation.com. Preorders will begin on September 26, 2024.
Our PS5 journey would not be possible without the millions of players that have supported us through the years and have shared with us their love of gaming. Whichever console option players choose, whether it’s PS5 or PS5 Pro, we wish to bring everyone the very best gaming experience that fits their needs.
*Features only available on select PS5 games that have been enhanced for PS5 Pro when compared with the PS5. PS5 Pro enhanced features will vary by game.
$649 would make much more sense, especially with the new 2TB Series X being $599 with extra terrabite in storage being the only upgrade. For only $50 more for the Pro you a consumer could easily justify the extra $50 dollar price tag with the GPU, ray-tracing, and AI upgrades over the Series X machine.
Dropping a $700 price tag has now taken away from the positive points like 4k 60, superior ray-tracing/lighting, and new AI/PSSR upscaling and now the only thing in the online space is negativity and angst due to pricing.
I am excited for the new machine and will hopefully be able to get mine day 1 to play some of my favorites this gen in 4k 60 but apparently my excitement has taken a backseat to all the pricing negativity.
I’ll get one when you release a model with a disc-drive that’s built-in & DRM-free.
DAY 1. LETS GOOOOO
I’ll judge when you guys get the Quality footage out there, we want to see the quality of PSSR for instance. these videos arent it, let us have an independent review like Hardware Unboxed or Digital Foundry have at it. The price is high technically but equivalent to a PC build, only difference is I love the simplicity of a console but my PC can do it all. PS should have done a better job at hammering home the quality of the upgrades and also with new games, hoping to see reviewers get a chance to show it off properly if Sony did a good job with PSSR and RAY TRACING.
That $700 price point is not appealing. Not sure how they came to the conclusion that the Pro should be almost double the price of the existing PS5.
Did someone double check the prices before releasing this? $699 and £699 is no where near the same
$699- no disc, no vertical stand?!? 😅 ouch!
This is indeed Sony’s most powerful and expensive console to date! 4K 60fps + Ray Tracing enabled! Need more PlayStation 5 Original IP’s.😉
Yes, this is Sony’s most powerful and expensive console to date! Anyway, we can run specific PS5 games at 4K 60fps + Ray Tracing enabled right? I bet this will cost beyond $1000 here in NZ. 🤣
PAYSTATION ONLY FOR THE PAYERS.SHAME ON YOU.
For 30 years of playstation, the day when the price of ps5 pro start kiling the console gaming.
To play what ? Concord or Star Wars Outlaws or old PS4 games remade over and over