But the PS5 Pro comes with an extra 2GB DDR5 memory, more than double the storage at 2TB, and — most importantly — a 62 percent faster GPU, with 16.7 teraflops of raw graphical compute. Add an AI upscaling technique called PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), and it’s easily the most potent home console yet made.

Still, many graphics-conscious console gamers were looking for an excuse to use the extra pixels and HDR colors on their new 4K TVs, and spending hundreds of dollars on a stopgap console years before the PS5 served that purpose well enough.

The new Sony PlayStation 5 Pro is now available in-store, from Thursday, 7th November 2024. It’s priced at AUD$1,199, which is nearly twice the price of the current PS5 Slim Digital (AUD$679). It’s worth noting that the PS5 Pro does not come with a disk drive,

The launch day results are a mixed bag of impressive and easy to miss, but it’s next year’s games that really matter to the PS5 Pro’s success.

In my week of testing, the PlayStation 5 Pro delivered better visuals than the standard PS5, but it doesn't come cheap.

The PlayStation 5 Pro isn't going to replace your gaming PC. I could've told you that the moment it was announced. But after spending the last week with a pre-launch console from Sony and testing various games with it connected to my gaming monitor,