Rumor: PS5 Pro Design Revealed, to be Announced in First Half of September - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2024 / 5,061 Views
The design for the PlayStation 5 Pro has reportedly been revealed with an announcement right around the corner, according to reliable leaker billbil-kun on Dealabs.
The leaker claims the mid-generation upgrade for the PlayStation 5 will indeed be called the PS5 Pro and it will be announced in the first half of September.
They also say that have access to the packaging design for the PS5 Pro, however, they are not allowed to share copyright images and have instead drawn a sketch of the console, which can be seen below.
The design of the PS5 Pro in the sketch, if accurate, is similar to the PS5 Slim with the addition of three black stripes across the middle of the console and a slightly larger size and will be colored white.
The leaker isn't sure if the PS5 Pro will have a disc drive version or not, as the package design they have access to is for a digital version. The leaker does theorize the PS5 Pro will ship without a disc drive to keep the cost down.
The PS5 Pro will come with a standard white PS5 DualSense controller that comes with the PS5 Slim.
As always this should be treated as a rumor until an official announcement is made.
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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Could be shipping without a disc drive to save costs? Financially smart, but will ruffle some feathers.
I wasn't aware of that. Officially ruffled.
deal breaker for me. I purchase physical only.
I'm mostly physical myself, but I still have to get some games digitally, like the Castlevania Dominus Collection. My Diablo 2 purchase was the one that stung the most.
I imagine the optional disc drive that Sony started selling last year with the “slim” model will still work, but it is $80. Or if you have the Slim model currently, maybe you could swap the disc drive to the Pro model.
There could also still be 2 SKUs like the slim. 1 with a disc drive and 1 without.
I had been holding out for the Pro model. I'll just have to fork over the extra cash.
edit: I have 3 gently used PS4's for sale.
I think there is a high chance that you will be able to connect a disc drive like the current ps5 slim digital if they choose that path
What happens when digital completely replaces physical?
"some". I mean, I know most are lurking this website so my comment will go to hell :D
But this is really a minority now; going full digital is really the best option at this point.
And I am not saying that it is bad to buy physical, more options is always best, but for the business and production cost, it just make sense.
Also if that detachable drive is compatible with it, then everyone would be happy? no?
My problem is I'm an older gent and a collector of all forms of physical media. And these aching bones are resistant to change.
Well, I would not call it a problem haha :D I'm not like an eco-freak or anything, I collect a LOT too; I just stopped caring for physical game a while ago; esp. with the kids, it is SO much easier with digital stuff with multiple consoles etc.
But yah, I have more than 100+ boardgames for instance, so I am definitely guilty of that too!
Old is gold!
Oof! You don't deserve those downvotes for a perfectly reasonable opinion.
I'm an all digital guy myself, and have been from the moment it became feasible with the 3DS during its second year, a little earlier with video, and much earlier with PC software and music (maybe 20+ years ago). I've also been gaming since the 1980s, old enough to know how crappy it is to have hundreds of games and music/video media cluttering shelves and such. And if excluding drives reduces cost and device physical footprint, I'm all for it.
Although, I think offering two versions is probably the best thing to do. Especially if the all digital model is cheaper and sleeker.
Good point about the detachable disc drive. They probably made the design to be compatible with it.
Still would prefer a version with it integrated, like my PS5.
Yeah... I am only interested in a console with an optical drive.
I actually still use my consoles as my media hub to play CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/UHD Blu-Ray and physical games, so I see value with that feature.
I have avoided the subscription tsunami in recent years so I still buy physical.
In saying that... It might be compatible with the external drive that the regular PS5 supports, need to wait and see I guess.
Pro consoles don't have anything to do with the ability to play discs or not. It's all about an increase in power to let games look and play better, but shy enough to where it's not a new generation. Discs will eventually go away in a generation or two. I wasn't surprised Xbox offering a digital only console, but I was surprised PlayStation did. Now with last years slim PS5 model and presumably this years Pro model, disc drives are now optional. Even if you buy the version that comes with a disc drive, it's detachable. And you need an internet connection just to activate it. With 80% of PlayStation sales being digital, and will only go up as time goes on, discs are officially living on borrowed time.
But like I said in a follow up comment, I'm sure there will be 2 SKU's of this Pro model. 1 digital-only model and 1 model with the disc drive already attached. But even if you get that, you're going to be paying $20 more because Sony sells the disc drives separately for $80. Assuming the SKU with the disc drive will be the standard $100 more expensive than the digital only model.
im happy with my PS5 as is, the only way i will purchase this if my existing PS5 breaks or disappears
VGChartz on mobile?
Yup
Fuck this thing. No physical drive no buy and no optional drive that required internet check in is it either
"The leaker does theorize the PS5 Pro will ship without a disc drive to keep the cost down". Your swearing at something that is just a theory from a leaker?
You're the new Azz but for Sony.
At least wait for an official announcement before casting stones at it, is all I'm saying. How does that make me a Sony fanatic?
"F-ck this thing" over a lack of physical disk drive when we haven't heard one official word from Sony about it? It's all just rumours and speculation. The f word is a curse word, so when you use it against something, you are metaphorically casting stones against it
It's not about the design, it's about the rumoured and speculated lack of features. Why are you being obtuse? He was clearly talking about the lack of disk drive and I was responding to that
FUCK. Real Fuck. Cry me a river.
You people are not wrestling fans and missed the joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIdZ2lvrVU0
Also maybe grow up if offended by the word fuck.
No disc drive, no thanks
They should just wait for GTA 6 to release it cause the no game discourse is strong online... idk how they can push a pro without strong first party game
Maybe Astro Bot and or Lego Horizon will run at 120fps with it.
The PS4 Pro wasn't pushed with new first party software either iirc. A launch now, with a 2nd push with GTA6 is a smarter move than just waiting for 1 push with GTA6.
Besides, Lego Horizon and Astrobot could be used to highlight updates (especially the former since it runs on UE5). If Sony are at least semi-committed to Concord, there's an opportunity to market it again. There's Death Stranding 2, maybe Until Dawn. They can highlight GT7 if needs be. And similar to the PS4 Pro they can show off updated versions of Spiderman and Horizon 2.
Throw in some 3rd party and you're good to go.
The issue is what the price will be.
It seems that some current games also might be played better on Pro version. Even Indiana Jones: The Creat Circle may get special patch (but it depends on MS publisher if they want to make the game look best on competitor's sonsole). Moreover, it feels like a range of games without special pathes will be played better. It's possible that a console itself will boost the framerate of some titles, upscale the resolution etc.
ps4 pro launched with psvr and had a hugely different vr experience.. that was probably a mistake though since people interested in both likely could only afford 1.
seriously - a little doodle is treated as gospel and the world goes nuts. Must be a VERY VERY slow news week.
There's a lot of people that want it to fail sadly so that's why were seeing everyone piling in on a sketch and speculated features. People did the same with the PS portal too
who wants it to fail?
There a literally people in these comments dropping the F-bomb at a sketch and speculated features. When I pointed out that you shouldn't curse it until anything is confirmed it was insinuated that I was being a Sony fanatic and mass downvoted. None of it makes any sense unless you want it to fail. Then it all makes sense.
Kinda funny if a Pro model ends up shipping without a disc drive. You'd expect a Pro model to come with all the bells and whistles...
Please release some games with it too
So unnecessary...
I will only buy it if it's smaller than the Slim (which it won't be).
Will pass. Still playing a lot of PS4 games on my PS5. Will take many many years to catch up. I have not noticed any games with performance issues on PS5 so far. But I'm also content with lower resolutions when playing.
the only people exited for this is the scelpers i would rather just have something to play
Those first game reveals & games will have to be darn good to generate initial and long term sales.
Sony if they are honest will have to do tones of side-by-side comparisons between PS5 & PS5 pro to remotely get me interested.
Personally if Horizon zero dawn remake on the Pro has zero permanent fog - which plagues both Horizon games....I will be impressed.
"We don't need this"
Continues to play at 720p and frame gen 60fps games.
Kind of ironic considering how much of a powerhouse the PS5 was advertised as. I was expecting 1440p minimum for basically all games at 60fps, and after just a few years, games are starting to go back down to the performance you mentioned. Cycle repeats itself.
I personally understood the real power of current generation in 2022. While in late 2020 and during 2021 it was impossible to completely estimate the full advantages of current generation because 90% or more games were on both generations, then in 2022 more 9th gen-only games appeared. In 2022 some video games like A Plague Tale: Requiem, Gotham Knights and Ghostwire: Tokyo. These games have shown that PS5 and XS aren't extremely powerful. For example, A Plague Tale sequel and Gotham Knights didn't have 60 framerate, at least on day one. Optimisation of all these games may also be the reason of such performance. But then in 2023 and 2024 it has become obvious that current gen actually have some performance issues with a range of games. In 2022-2024 the majority of new games stopped releasing on pastgen (or pastgen versions got delays like Hogwarts Legacy) and consoles have met some small problems.
This will use the same optical add-on that the slim 5 does. So people who buy a pro will either have to buy the add-on drive, or unplug from their current drive from the slim 5 (provided they have one and not the original) and they can attach and pair it with the 5Pro. This was all speculated on back when rumors of the Pro were starting and the slim came out with its modular design.
Its also very likely that if the PS6 supports discs, it will use this same optical drive because there isnt going to be much in the way of optical improvements in the next few years. Discs capacity can increase, but the cost to produce optical lasers to read it may not be cost effective if nothing else uses this increased medium. Movies arent going to use it as they barely use the UHD (density) capacity as it is. UHD (definition) can fit on a standard bluray for movies. PS5 uses the UHD (density) for all of its game discs even though many of the games are well below even a standard Bluray disc. Forcing the use of a medium that isnt being fully utilized is just not cost effective.
Sony is really pushing their luck on this...
Putting a reveal off too long puts it in direct competition with the Switch2
The PS5Pro isn't going to release any sooner.
I'm hoping this rumor is false. Please let it be a more traditional shape.
Considering the PS4 Pro design was almost identical to the PS4, this is probably accurate to what the PS5 Pro will look like.
Ps5 pro is pointless. Slap in the face to everyone who bought a ps5.
Why?
Because it was shown off as a powerhouse and with all these promises of what's to come. And some games have released that are amazing and probably have only maxed out half of what the ps5 is capable of. It was only this year where they abandoned games for lastgen and current gen .
The idea of being a given a more powerful system to work with, when they can be investing time trying to push the system further with specs they currently have.
For whatever reason, Sony and Microsoft believe this is the new way to generate buzz toward the end of a console lifecycle. It use to be price cuts. Now it's this. Who knows what's what. None of us have access to their internal data.
