Sony unveils the newest PlayStation: the PS5 Pro. Price, release date, and specs

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If you prioritize seamless video game action and stunning, highly detailed game environments, the Sony PlayStation 5 Pro, releasing on Nov. 7, might be the perfect choice for you. It’s designed to elevate your gaming experience.

Sony has announced the upcoming release of the PlayStation 5 Pro, set to hit the market on November 7th. This new console boasts advanced hardware and software optimized for superior image clarity, high frame rate gameplay, and advanced ray tracing. According to Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS5, the PS5 Pro promises remarkable improvements to graphics and gameplay. The console is set to resemble the PlayStation 5 slim but will feature more pronounced stripes on the side. Keep an eye out for pricing and pre-order details.

Sony PlayStation 5 Pro: What’s different

In addition to a 2-terabyte hard drive, the PS5 Pro has some specific improvements to make video games look better:

• New graphics processing chip: The PS5 Pro has a larger graphics processing unit with with faster response, so rendering of game video is up to 45% faster, Cerny said.
• Advanced ray tracing: The PS5 Pro has up to three times the capacity of the current PS5 when it comes to rendering realistic lighting and simulating real-world reflections and refractions of light in game environments said Hideaki Nishino, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s platform business group, in a post on the PlayStation blog.
• Artificial intelligence: PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), which uses AI and machine learning-based technology to upscale and improve how games look. “PSSR analyzes the game images, pixel by pixel, and can add an extraordinary amount of detail, which boosts the effective resolution of the games,” Cerny said.
• Game Boost: This feature “may stabilize or improve the performance of supported PS4 and PS5 games,” Nishino said. The enhancement can improve more than 8,500 backward-compatible PS4 games. Enhanced Image Quality will also improve the resolution of some PS4 games, he said.

Which games will receive enhancements from the new PlayStation 5 Pro?
Sony has revealed that numerous game studios are working on free software updates to leverage the enhancements of the PS5 Pro.

Expected PS5 Pro Enhanced games include: 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, and The Last of Us Part II Remastered.