Rumor: PS5 Pro to Launch in November 2024 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2023 / 7,565 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment is developing a PlayStation 5 Pro with a reported release window of November 2024, according to Tom Henderson in an article posted to Key to Gaming.
Exact specs for the PS5 Pro are not known, however, sources say it will have 30 WGP and 18000mts memory. Sony is targeting the PS5 Pro to have improved and more consistent frames per second at 4K resolution, as well as an 8K performance mode and accelerated ray tracing.
The PS5 Pro reportedly has a codename of Trinity, which is a reference to The Matrix that Sony has used before. The PS4 Pro had a codename of Neo and the PlayStation VR was codenamed Morpheus.
Trinity has been in development since early 2022, according to Henderson who spoke with multiple sources. Demo events for the PS5 Pro are already happening and the majority of studios will receive development kits in late November 2023.
This should be treated as a rumor until an official announcement is made. Henderson did correctly leak PlayStation's the Project Q handheld device before it was officially revealed, as well as the DualSense Edge Controller, and PlayStation Inzone line of products.
Henderson has been reporting a new PS5 with a detachable disc drive will launch this September. The New PS5 will replace the current iterations and will have nearly identical hardware to the current consoles on the market.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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More high frame rate titles would certainly be welcome (especially as we move out of crossgen), as would better ray tracing. I wonder if next gen consoles will be up for path tracing.
Next gen, perhaps, but definitely not any pro refresh consoles. Unfortunately both RDNA2 and RDNA are relatively weak Ray Tracing architectures.
Funnily enough, the Switch 2 may actually have a major leg up on the PS5 and Xboxes in the RT department, at least at 1080p. That’s just how far ahead Nvidia is
nvidia ray tracing is no good also, you can't just look at the RTX 4090, that card is $1600, for the same money, NVidia isn't even ahead of AMD anymore (7900 XT versus 4070 Ti for example), Fortnite for example runs RT better with AMD
we've got 4 more years to go for RT, I bought an RTX 2070 on launch day and it couldn't do any RT worth mentioning, my RTX 4070 is also an RT off card, maybe the 6070 will be decent
i'm playing Jedi Survivor at 840p upscaled with the RTX 4060, and 1080p upscaled with the 4070, and that is with RT off
I used to think that path tracing is still very far away, but at this rate, I'm not sure that's actually true. I'm still not confident next-gen consoles are going to have enough processing power for large-scale path tracing support, but the generation after that? At this rate, seems like a no-brainer.
Whenever it comes I'll buy day, 1, but to be honest I am happy with the graphics and performance of the PS5 as is. The best Sony console ever, no fan noise, super fast loadings, good OS, no jaggies in games which was what bothered me the most on previous gens, I also love the DualSense edge controller by far the best Sony controller ever, I hated the ps4 controller.
I would certainly be interested in getting one. The only thing holding me back is the limitation on primary devices and/or lack of family sharing.
Currently I run a ps5 in the lounge with a ps4pro in the bedroom which means I can have both set as primary devices and both can play games (as long as one is a ps4 and the other a ps5 not both ps4) at the same time.
If I replace the ps4pro with another ps5 I will have to set one device as primary and then have to login on the second to play games which isn't what I have (or should need to) do. It would be nice if you could create a family unit (like apple do with apple one) where you could share all purchases with another account or accounts. I'm sure others will exploit that though.
Yep, should be ok to have a regular and a pro of the same season as primaries even more if they are on the same IP.
PS4 & XBOX one come out around the time everyone was upgrading to 4K so they was underpowered from the start not many have botherd with 8K is hardly any games that have even taken advantage of the PS5 yet so pointless getting pro just yet
Seems like a good time to do this, seeing as how Nvidia upped the anti with path tracing in 2077, and their other advancements made (like DLSS and now RTX IO).
More performance and upped RT (and hopefully RT performance) would definitely be a net bonus to have all around.
Usually I don't believe rumors. But Tom have got some right, there have been demos, multiple source confirmation and a near date for devkit... would be odd if all of that is false and Tom is fooling around.
PS5 Pro in November 2024 makes sense. Nintendo should launch the Switch successor in the same window, so I think they'd like to make Nintendo's launch as difficult as possible, because a PS5 Pro should outperform a new Nintendo device in any aspect - except the price. Even the current PS5 should outperform the Switch successor, but I think Sony would like to have something new on the market.
Ain't that a treat
I don't really get the point of this, and certainly not that early. PS4 Pro brought 4k for all the gamers with 4k TVs. I don't see a whole lot of point in this 'Pro' though. A whole new upgrade for a bit better graphics or framerate or the rare 8k TV..meh. But I'm sure there will be certain people interested in this.
It will be four years after the PS5 launch. The PS4 Pro was only a 3 year gap.
Yes but even with that longer gap, it still feels too soon as the PS4 and PS5 launched under entirely different circumstances. PS4 didnt launch within a pandemic and didnt suffer from the extreme supply issues PS5 has. It was only as of last year that it became easy to get a PS5. As a result this gen has seen an extended cross gen period. Its only as of this year that studios are becoming increasingly confident enough to release current gen titles only. So it feels as if just when the circumstances are right for developers to truly show us what this current gen is capable of, Sony are moving the goalposts again with a Pro model meaning its now unlikely we'll ever see the PS5s full potential.
4k60fps good RT would already bee a sensible upgrade for a lot of people.
"4k but like more 4k" is not something you can sell to general consumers. ps4 pro existed thanks to 4k displays becoming common during that generation and was it's only target.
You are certainly right, even 8k won't make much marketing difference now (even more because PS5 already says 8k on the box), but PS4Pro accounted for like 20% of the sales. So a PS5Pro would likely also be a product that only a small subset of PS owners would care about, but enough to justify the product and avoid possible losses to PC mid gen and also giving more polished versions (I have PS4Pro and I know it doesn't make a big difference against the PS4 regular, but will most likely pick up PS5Pro as well).
