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[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (11 children)

This is the same conversation we had throughout the entire rumorwave about this project: Who is going to buy this and which developers will actually anything worthwhile with the new hardware? Because all signs points to an expensive console (at least $600) with the only upgrades being a slight graphical bump and higher resolution. There are no new gameplay features.

I think people would be much more happy with a smaller, more power efficient version of the PS5 instead.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, besides the PSSR feature, I'm struggling to see the point in upgrading to this if you already have a PS5. It feels like Sony and Microsoft are just going with plans they made at the start of the generation when they assumed they would need a mid-gen refresh. But with the massive shortages it doesn't really feel like we're at the kind of midpoint that calls for a console refresh.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

If Microsoft is working on an enhanced model it's a new development, their console development plans leaked during the Activision purchase thing, it had their next gen plans and the digital only Series X but no enhanced model.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (5 children)

There's barely a point to get a normal PS5 yet. I can think of only one game I'm interested in that's not also on the PS4.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 7 months ago (6 children)

The PS5 itself barely has a reason to exist since most games are STILL cross-gen. If I hadn't skipped the PS4 generation my PS5 would have been a huge waste of money

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is like saying new pcs barely have a reason to exist because old pcs can play some new pc games.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don’t entirely disagree with you, but if your old PC runs almost all new games and without any significant performance gains by upgrading, why would you get a new PC?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I almost skipped the PS4 generation but got a PS4 Pro. As a result I had a huge catalogue of PS4 games to play and all at a decent price as they had been out for a while.

I was so impressed with the PS4 I purchased the PS5. Honestly the best thing about the PS5 is Astros Playground. Outside of that I'm just playing a remastered or patched PS4 game. The PS5 has been bitterly disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

I'm on my new game+ playthrough of Spider-Man 2 and that game does a fantastic job of showing off what the PS5 can do. Even on my shitty tcl TV. Only game besides the playground that I've tried that does, though.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The same thing but more FPS. What's not to understand?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The question is who would want one?

If you're a big graphics nerd, who really needs the highest quality everything, you probably have a PC. If you're an average consumer , the PS5 is fine. A PS5 Pro seems unnecessary.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Here's the thing though, when you're CPU-limited (and a lot of the games that struggle on current gen are) the upgrade won't do much.

You should expect better resolution, ray tracing and possibly better image quality if devs implement PSSSR and it's better than whatever upscale solution they'd use instead. Maybe if a game is pretty close to hittong its frame target it'll give you a smoother performance but don't expect much last that

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Frame generation is a thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Did they say they have a frame gen solution or did AMD say FSR 3 frame gen would work on the Pro but not regular?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It's not even an announced product, this is all rumours

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