Recently on the GI Microcast, GamesIndustry.biz founder Christopher Dring discussed falling sales for Xbox in Europe and how the “majority” of its titles would come to PlayStation 5 at some point. During GDC 2024, he also spoke to different developers about the rumored PS5 Pro, whose specs recently leaked. The verdict? “I didn’t meet a single person that understood the point of it.”
“Developers didn’t feel they needed it, at least the ones I spoke to. They weren’t really making the most of the PS5 in the first place. A couple of companies said: ‘This isn’t going to grow the market. This isn’t going to move the needle.'”
Dring also feels that “This generation doesn’t even seem to have got started, let alone feel the need to have a mid-generation upgrade. How about we get some original next-gen software up and spinning?”
The PS5 Pro reportedly offers 45 percent faster rendering with 33.5 TFLOPs GPU and 28 percent higher memory bandwidth than the PS5. Like the recent PS5 “Slim,” it also features detachable Blu-ray disc drive and 1 TB SSD. It will also allegedly use PlayStation’s proprietary Spectral Super Resolution for supersampling. While internally targeting 4K/120 FPS or 8K/60 FPS, these reportedly aren’t what the Pro is currently capable of.
Though it’s rumored to launch in Fall/Holiday 2024, it could slip due to the lack of first-party releases, which further backs up Dring’s statement. Of course, time will tell, so stay tuned for potential announcements from Sony this year.