If the prospect of seeing a PS5 Pro arrive seems to delight players, this is not the case for everyone. An important video game personality speaks on the subject.
With the famous Project Q in preparation at Sony, called by many the “PS5 Portable”, the PS5 Pro has been the object of all fantasies for many months. It must be said that the different leaks sell dreams, especially when an 8K resolution is mentioned. If we have to be careful about these rumors, seeing the arrival of a “mid-gen” console would not be surprising. In any case, this prospect does not delight everyone. A prominent industry figure is speaking out regarding the potential arrival of a PS5 Pro.
PS5 Pro not that useful?
There are statements that matter more than others. When the words come from Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Take-Two (publisher of GTA 6), their echo is necessarily much more important. In the columns of IGN, the man was asked about the interest of mid-gen consoles like the PS5 Pro, but also the potential Xbox Series Y. Strauss Zelnick is much less excited about the arrival of these new machines than the players.
It all depends on what that mid-gen upgrade would look like. Generally speaking, the mid-gen upgrades haven’t changed much, they’re not that significant.
Strauss Zelnick adds that mid-gen consoles don’t change the way developers and publishers think about, design and sell their games. This is important additional information, because, on the other hand, from the players’ point of view, the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One X have certainly marked a turning point and a notable evolution in the gaming experience. Thanks to these two machines, audiences were able to enjoy 4K titles, HDR and improved performance, which is really not insignificant.
Another innovative console in preparation at Sony?
On the other hand, the technological gap between the PS5 and its mid-gen version, the PS5 Pro, might not be as significant. Clearly, GTA 6 shouldn’t be expected to run 8K at 120 fps on the machine. Games to run in 4K at 60 fps on the current PS5 are already very rare, so jumping to the higher resolution that quickly seems utopian. Recall that, according to media sources Key to Gaming, the “Project Trinity”, as Sony would call it, would be in development since the beginning of 2022 and that the studios will probably receive their development kit by November 2023. It should therefore not be expect a release before the end of next year. The console would have a speed of 18,000 mts (mega-transfers per second), compared to 14,000 mts for the standard PS5 which would make games smoother and more stable. It would also offer accelerated rendering of ray-tracing.
In addition to the PS5 Pro, Sony is also reportedly working on a PS5 Slim. The console would be, as its name suggests, thinner, but also less energy consuming. Importantly, the 4K Blu-ray drive would be removable, according to Insider Gaming journalist Tom Henderson. It could be released at the end of the year at a price of $399.