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Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro PC-equivalent would cost a ‘fair bit more’ — Digital Foundry

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September 14, 2024

Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro PC-equivalent would cost a 'fair bit more' — Digital Foundry

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There is a large and devoted following for Sony’s PlayStation platform, and the corporation just released the PlayStation 5 Pro to both praise and criticism. The gaming community expressed dissatisfaction with the console’s price, and in the official demos, it was difficult to distinguish between the PS5 Pro’s samples and those of the regular PS5.

Although the impending $700 PlayStation 5 Pro is said to offer a 45% boost in performance thanks to a significantly faster GPU with 67% more CUs and faster VRAM, its CPU is identical to that of its non-Pro sister, which is now available for $499 on Amazon. As per Mark Cerny of Sony, the PS5 Pro is centered around the ‘big three’, which include enhanced ray tracing performance, an AI-powered PSSR upscaler, and a faster GPU.

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Whether or not Sony’s ‘big three’ trio is sufficient to justify the sinfully high pricing of the PS5 Pro (which is excluding a disk drive and stand, mind you), remains to be seen. That being said, in an interview with IGN, Digital Foundry’s Richard Leadbetter claimed that a PC with approximately the same performance as the PS5 would ‘cost a fair bit more’. The video of his interview can be found below.

However, this should hardly come as a surprise to anyone. A console, by design, is meant solely for gaming and can do little else. A PC on the other hand is a productivity tool intended to run a vast array of different software, including games. Therefore, a console being more bang for the buck than an equivalent PC in terms of gaming performance is no fact to be proud of, but rather the correct way for things to be.

With that being said, the PlayStation 5 Pro, while undoubtedly pricey, is still a more affordable option for high-end gaming as compared to a dedicated PC – a fact that is compounded by the many exclusive titles that the PlayStation platform boasts, as well as the console-first nature of many renowned game studios.