Reports from gaming industry insiders suggest Sony is preparing to release the long-rumored PS5 Pro as early as September 2024. If true, that would be almost four years after the original PS5 launched. Given how the PS4 Pro released three years after its predecessor, the PS5 Pro’s potential launch timing seems realistic.
Back in March of 2022, I wrote that releasing a PS5 Pro would be a bad idea. I said the PS5 was powerful enough and that 8K gaming wouldn’t be ubiquitous in this console generation. I stand by the latter statement, but now that we’re seeing more games struggle to maintain a solid 60 frames per second on PS5, I’m changing my stance on the former point. The new PS5 Slim also proves Sony can design a PS5 that isn’t offensive to the eyes. I’m not against the idea of a PS5 Pro as before.
