The PS5 Pro can boost the graphics and frame rates of PS5 games that have been enhanced for the console. However, the console can also give a modest visual boost to PS4 titles, as well.

Some of the PS5 Pro’s improvements are quite remarkable, and they lay the foundations for the PS6 moving forwards. Sony’s proprietary PSSR upscaler will almost certainly be iterated upon ahead of the next generation, enabling devs to resolve clean image quality with reduced computational overheads.

The new Sony PlayStation 5 Pro is now available in-store, from Thursday, 7th November 2024. It’s priced at AUD$1,199, which is nearly twice the price of the current PS5 Slim Digital (AUD$679). It’s worth noting that the PS5 Pro does not come with a disk drive,