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[Mibu no ookami]

My English is perfectly fine. Somewhat satisfied is a 6/10 in my book. You do you.

I voted somewhat satisfied AND gave commentary as to exactly what grade I'd give it. So you changing my 7/10 to a 6/10 is baffling. You're obviously trying to co-opt the narrative here fit your own purposes, which is just sad and pathetic.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I picked “somewhat “ but it isn’t because of the price or the hardware. It’s because of Sonys complete lack of doing anything with it. A lot more games should have Pro patches, and even if Sony can’t work with other developers there is no reason their own games can’t get them. Last gen a ton of games got “Pro” patches and on Xbox side, Microsoft went back and enhanced a bunch of games for its flagship console.

Honestly, they should have an entire team that does nothing but this.

Nearly every major Sony PS5 game has a patch. I think maybe 2-3 games don't... What are you even talking about?

 

[Ashamam]

This poll really has brought out the stupid. Read the fucking thread title.

Anyway, I'm happy, but I'm not sure I would think it worth it as a straight up purchase without a 50% trade value credit. Its a pretty big jump here in Australia versus the base model, especially when you compare against some pretty nice sales on the base model over our Summer.

 

[FR1908]

I would be very dissatisfied if I had paid €800 and had not sold the standard console for half the price of a Pro console. The differences are too small with the vanilla. Even if the difference wasn't that big, the PS4 Pro at least gave us a 4K upgrade for a much smaller price difference. The Xbox One X has been the best mid-gen upgrade so far. Of course, it helped that the launch model Xbox One underperformed compared to the PS4, making the upgrade to One X more noticeable and not requiring Digital Foundry to point out the differences.

 

[scydrex]

I would be very dissatisfied if I had paid €800 and had not sold the standard console for half the price of a Pro console. The differences are too small with the vanilla. Even if the difference wasn't that big, the PS4 Pro at least gave us a 4K upgrade for a much smaller price difference. The Xbox One X has been the best mid-gen upgrade so far. Of course, it helped that the launch model Xbox One underperformed compared to the PS4, making the upgrade to One X more noticeable and not requiring Digital Foundry to point out the differences.

The ps4 pro didn't do 4k and only 30fps in most games. Can't do lock 60fps.
Also you have to take into consideration a PS5 digital slim 1tb with a 1tb ssd nvme added how much would that be €XXX?
I was dissatisfied with my ps4 pro that i sold it and got a ps4 slim. I'm satisfied with my ps5 pro.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The ps4 pro didn't do 4k and only do 30fps in most games. Can't do lock 60fps.
Also you have to take into consideration a PS5 digital slim 1tb with a 1tb ssd nvme added how much would that be €XXX?
I was dissatisfied with my ps4 pro and sold it. I'm satisfied with my ps5 pro.

I was satisfied with the PS4 Pro and I'm satisfied with the PS5 Pro. They can make a good experience a great experience simply by delivering more stable framerates or better visuals at the same framerate.

The PS5 Pro does that even better than the PS4 Pro because developers and maybe Sony didn't know how best to market some games in a pre-vrr environment.

How many PS4 Pro games could have hit 60 fps with just a slight reduction in resolution but they didn't want the press of lowered resolutions attached to the Pro yet an optional performance mode would have made those games significantly better experiences. Instead these games stuck to 30 fps (but uncapped probably would have been closer to 60, but unstable). ~60 with VRR and dynamic resolution that is tightly woven around performance is kind of the console holy grail.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I'll actually add that one of my chief criticisms of the PS5 Pro is in line with my criticism of how games were developed for the PS4 Pro.

The mistake of not having lower resolution performance modes targeting 60 fps seems to be repeated in this generation due to the lack of proper system wide LFC. Performance modes would have improved more games on PS4 Pro just as balanced modes would improve more games on the PS5 Pro with games targeting 40+ FPS would have meant fidelity modes with significantly higher framerates and would have better set up the PS6.

Fidelity Mode Unlocked framerates with RTX with low framerate compensation... this mode on PS6 would instantly be among the best modes to play.

Sony desperately needs to add this in by the end of the year.

 

[Humdinger]

This poll really has brought out the stupid. Read the fucking thread title.

It bugs me that some people voted in the poll who don't own the console. I stated specifically in the title that this was only for Pro owners, and I repeated it in the OP. I guess some people can't help themselves - they just have to express their negative opinion, regardless of whether they are qualified to answer.

 

[RafterXL]

Nearly every major Sony PS5 game has a patch. I think maybe 2-3 games don't... What are you even talking about?

Shut up, you literally said the same thing:

I'm happy with the increased performance but I would say disappointed with the legacy boost mode and a few games not being patched some first party and some 3rd.

I would have expected FF16 to be patched and for RE2 and 3 to get proper patches. First party, I'm disappointed by the lack of patches for Returnal and Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut. With both follow up games, you'd think it would be a good opportunity to patch the old ones.

I also think Sony missed an opportunity to implement system wide LFC and I think PS Link has been a massive disappointment and probably why it hasn't been integrated with the new PS5 Slim or the Pro.

Looking forward to PSSR being implemented in more games and improvements to PSSR.

7/10

You even rated it the same as me. The real question is what are you even talking about?

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Shut up, you literally said the same thing:



You even rated it the same as me. The real question is what are you even talking about?

I'm disappointed specific titles didn't get patched, I'm not disappointed with the total number of games they've patched. Most of their big games have been patched.

I specifically said I'm disappointed a FEW games haven't been patched. Key word here is FEW.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

 

[Topher]

This thread is bringing out all the special people, including the ones who voted when they shouldn't have.

Along with some of the most disingenuous takes I’ve read in a long time.

 

[thatJohann]

I'm happy with the console itself, just wish there were more PS5 Pro Enhanced games.

 

[Tqaulity]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and have their own use cases for what value the PRO can offer. But for folks really trying to say that the PS4 PRO showed a larger difference over the base, I cannot take you seriously!

It's the least impressive Pro console i've had (compared to what One X and Ps4 Pro did at the time they released).
Feels closer to regular PS5 compared to what they did compared to their base versions, but I didn't expect anything more, so neutral I guess.

Like really? Closer to the regular PS5 compared to the One X and PS4 Pro? Do we not remember that those PRO consoles were solely resolution bumps in the vast majority of games. No new features or graphics settings increases with the same FPS as the base in most cases (still a lowly 30fps). PS5 PRO is offering new RT effects, new ML upscaling technique, higher resolutions and higher FPS across the board. What are we talking about here?

It accomplished that but otherwise haven’t see anything that my ps5 or even my ps4 pro couldn’t do.

See...really? So you had that custom magical PS4 PRO that could do Ray Tracing, 8K, Machine Learning Super Resolution, and 120fps support? I would love to be in your world.

The differences are too small with the vanilla. Even if the difference wasn't that big, the PS4 Pro at least gave us a 4K upgrade for a much smaller price difference. The Xbox One X has been the best mid-gen upgrade so far.

Again, the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X in 90% of cases was simply a resolution bump over the base. Sure the One X has a bigger delta since it had more horsepower to push even higher resolutions than the PS4 Pro (and the Xbone was a lower baseline) but ultimately it still had a Jaguar CPU restrained by lack of VRR so most games stayed at the same 30fps FPS (or 60 in rare cases - Forza Motorsport 7 for example). The PS4 PRO could usually not hit the 4K target and very few games actually used the Checkerboard solution. Those Pro versions simply brought nothing new to the table that the base PS4 or Xbox One couldn't do. At best, all you got with those Pro consoles was a sharper image and slightly more graphical detail at best. I mean if that floats your boat then great. But we're getting that and more with the PS5 PRO so how you can appreciate the res bump on the previous Pro consoles but then say that the PS5 Pro difference is too small just doesn't compute.

 

[Humdinger]

I see the disc drive is in stock now. That's good. I didn't realize that had been sorted out.

 

[Hohenheim]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and have their own use cases for what value the PRO can offer. But for folks really trying to say that the PS4 PRO showed a larger difference over the base, I cannot take you seriously!

I don't know, man. I rarely play on consoles, but I remember the difference between base ps4 and xbox one to their pro-versions felt like a good boost. For the ps4 the much improved noise reduction probably played some part in it.
Maybe it's because i'm "spoiled" from playing on a high end PC rig with a lot higher fps than 60, but I don't really feel much difference between my old regular ps5 and the pro (based on the few games i've played on it)
I didn't really expect anything more, and for what it does it's all fine!

 

[Kvally]

PlayStation is skipping the PS5 Pro enhancement for MLB the Show.

MLB The Show 25’s PS Store page removes ‘PS5 Pro enhanced’ tag​

“While the game runs smoothly on the PlayStation 5 Pro, it does not include any exclusive enhancements or features beyond the standard performance,” the FAQ reads. PS Store has since removed the tag from MLB: The Show 25’s page.

 

[Jigsaah]

I voted other because I don't own a Pro. Didn't wanna ruin the poll. I guess I'm still stuck on the price and needing to buy the stand and a disc drive. That along with not really having a clear understanding of the Pro enhanced games. Like are you running 4k 60 on most games now? Does the Pro run games better even without the Pro enhanced tag? Or is this something where the devs have to specifically target the hardware?

Honestly asking because Death Stranding 2 might convince me to give in.

 

[Toots]

I became satisfied after managing to grab a disk drive last week.
It is really nice to be able to play most games 60fps on what equals to quality mode on the base console.

Im betting that future games like DS2 will make me enjoy my purchase even more.

 

[MazingerDUDE]

The major difference between ps4 pro and ps5 pro is that ps4 had perfectly good IQ as most games ran at native 1080p resolution and people just had 1080p tv at home. ps5 on the other hand not so much, as there are even games that run 720p on 60fps performance mode and 4K tv is the standard now. There're games that just look unbearably blurry and messy (especially with the fsr2 upscale) if you're to play in 60fps, and we all know that about 75% of ps5 users play their games on 60fps performance mode, so ps5 pro is more of a necessity than anything ps4 pro had ever provided. to me, ps5 pro doesn't 'enhance' like ps4 pro did. it more or less turns something 'miserable' to something more 'acceptable' and it's been doing decent job so far except in very few occasions.

 

[viveks86]

PlayStation is skipping the PS5 Pro enhancement for MLB the Show.

MLB The Show 25’s PS Store page removes ‘PS5 Pro enhanced’ tag​

“While the game runs smoothly on the PlayStation 5 Pro, it does not include any exclusive enhancements or features beyond the standard performance,” the FAQ reads. PS Store has since removed the tag from MLB: The Show 25’s page.

Even Astrobot, which didn't need it, tried at least.

 

[CLW]

See...really? So you had that custom magical PS4 PRO that could do Ray Tracing, 8K, Machine Learning Super Resolution, and 120fps support?

(1) RT is snake oil and a FPS killer I don’t care about shiny water puddles or shadows on walls you’d have to pause the game zoom in 300% to notice.

(2) NOONE owns a 8K display moreover you are an abject MORON if you think ANY of these games are pushing native 8k resolution

(3) again I don’t pause games and zoom in 300% or more to notice “super resolution”

(4) these games are having difficulty hitting 60 much less 120 fps

That is the DUMBEST argument I have ever seen on this forum and that’s quite the high bar to reach . Well done Sir

 

[Skifi28]

I see the disc drive is in stock now. That's good. I didn't realize that had been sorted out.

While some people were insisting it was some sort of Sony conspiracy, common sense prevailed in the end.

 

[Justin9mm]

I don't understand why people keep tripping on the price! I'll go further and say that the PS5 PRO is a bargin for what it offers in today's reality. People need to realize that for the first time ever 4 years into a console generation, the price of the base console has not gone down. In fact, it is now still higher than it was at launch!

Perspective people:
A Digital Edition PS5 actually retails for $450 (was $400 at launch). So the PS5 PRO is a $250 premium.

But let's neutralize the SSD effect where the Digital Edition includes a 1TB SSD and the PRO includes a 2 TB SSD. So to get 1TB of additional SSD storage on par with the performance of the PS5 SSD, it'll cost you roughly $100.

So if you wanted a base PS5 Digital Edition with 2TB of total storage, you're looking at closer to $550 for your total investment. From there the PRO would be an additional $150 or +27% more $$

Ok so for 27% more money you get:

• A GPU that is 67% larger in terms of shading power
• 2-3x faster Ray Tracing performance
• 300 TOPS of machine learning performance not present on the base (used to power PSSR for now)
• 28% more memory bandwidth
• 2GB more total RAM
• Total net performance that often exceeds 2x over the base
• Faster Wifi 7 capability
• Smaller more efficient form factor

I don't know about you, but even eliminating the larger 2TB SSD included in the box, the PRO delivers way more than 27% additional value across the board! Sure the sticker price of $699 can be shocking but in reality, it's still a hell of a deal.

I'm in Australia, the Pro was $1,350 with a disc drive. I was never upset over the price but the price without drive was $1,200 and I feel considering it is a Pro, it would have been nice for the disc drive to be included, especially considering the shortages it caused. But I agree, it is good value still.

 

[SKYF@ll]

(1) RT is snake oil and a FPS killer I don’t care about shiny water puddles or shadows on walls you’d have to pause the game zoom in 300% to notice.

RT is admittedly heavy processing, but it looks great and you don't need 300% zoom to notice it.
Here are some screenshots from my PS5 Pro.(Spidy2:40fps RT MAX mode, GW Tokyo:30fps RT mode, Fortnite 60fps RT mode)

 

[Hawkeye2890]

Not super satisfied but I think I got a lemon. Anyone else get a 2-3 second black screen when opening, closing or switching games? I think it has to do with vrr. Playing on a Samsung with a 2.1 port.

 

[rofif]

Voted Mostly satisfied

I just finished playing Forspoken and TLOU1 on the PS5 Pro because the image quality has improved.
I'm currently playing FF7R (beautiful 4K upscale).
I've tried dozens of other games, and even games without the Pro patch are responsive with a 35% boost (FPS and DRS resolution), and the loading times are slightly faster on the Pro, so it's comfortable.

That 2nd ff rebirth screenshot is very nice!
What do you think about forspoken ?

 

[Skifi28]

Not super satisfied but I think I got a lemon. Anyone else get a 2-3 second black screen when opening, closing or switching games? I think it has to do with vrr. Playing on a Samsung with a 2.1 port.

I think that's just the screen switching from 60hz mode that is the PS5's main menu to 120hz/VRR when playing a game (and back). I get the same on my 120hz VRR monitor. It's not happening on PS4 games, which is I believe because they don't support 120hz and are only 60.

 

[Hawkeye2890]

I think that's just the screen switching from 60hz mode that is the PS5's main menu to 120hz/VRR when playing a game (and back). I get the same on my 120hz VRR monitor. It's not happening on PS4 games, which is I believe because they don't support 120hz and are only 60.

Hmm. I find it super annoying. Anyone got a fix?

 

[kevboard]

Not super satisfied but I think I got a lemon. Anyone else get a 2-3 second black screen when opening, closing or switching games? I think it has to do with vrr. Playing on a Samsung with a 2.1 port.

your screen going black means the TV is switching modes.

if you go from SDR to HDR, from VRR off to VRR on, from 60hz to 120hz, or from Movie Picture mode to Game Mode, you will get a short black screen as your TV switches modes.

Hmm. I find it super annoying. Anyone got a fix?

turn off ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) and set the TV's picture mode to Game Mode, set HDR to Always On in the PS5 Menu.

if you do that it will only do the black screen thing if you go from 60hz to 120hz

 

[Hawkeye2890]

your screen going black means the TV is switching modes.

if you go from SDR to HDR, from VRR off to VRR on, from 60hz to 120hz, or from Movie Picture mode to Game Mode, you will get a short black screen as your TV switches modes.

So it’s normal? Yall getting this too? I haven’t seen anyone else mention it.

 

[kevboard]

So it’s normal? Yall getting this too? I haven’t seen anyone else mention it.

yes that's normal. your console changes its signal, and the TV has to adjust to the new signal.

 

[Skifi28]

Hmm. I find it super annoying. Anyone got a fix?

I suppose a dirty fix would be to deactivate VRR and 120hz either on the panel itself or individual games, but probably not worth it seeing all the benefits you lose. The ideal solution would be if the PS5 main menu itself ran at 120hz with VRR on, but I don't believe there's currently a way to force it.

 

[Killer8]

I'm pretty happy. It's not blown me away but then the PS4 Pro didn't either (I never had a 4K TV at the time).

My PC can not play Elden Ring, The Witcher 3 next-gen, Ghostwire Tokyo, Silent Hill 2 or Black Myth Wukong without extreme stutter. The Pro has basically saved those games for me.

The reasons to own one will also only increase over time when GTA6 and Death Stranding 2 come out.

 

[SKYF@ll]

What do you think about forspoken ?

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/list-of-ps5-pro-enhanced-games.1675865/reply?quote=270066501

 

[R6Rider]

RT is admittedly heavy processing, but it looks great and you don't need 300% zoom to notice it.
Here are some screenshots from my PS5 Pro.(Spidy2:40fps RT MAX mode, GW Tokyo:30fps RT mode, Fortnite 60fps RT mode)

Fortnite's art style makes it look entirely AI generated.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I like it, it's a cute little bugger now.

 

[keefged4]

I guess I'll find out on Monday when mine gets delivered

 

[Kings Field]

Anyone who says it’s not $300 more worth it than the digital edition base PS5 is a moron especially if you have a display that can highlight changes and even performance.

If someone is a new buyer to the PS5 and they aren’t at least thinking about the pro is highly misinformed.

I play Wilds on both Series X and Pro. It is a night and day difference.

 

[nnytk]

I migrated from PC gaming to console, I've always owned consoles (for about 25 years now) but mostly as a "supplement" for exclusives.

It feels great to play games on a dedicated system again and I'm happy I jumped on the PS5 Pro instead of a graphics card.

Monster Hunter Wilds was the most important title for me to play at around 60fps and the PS5 Pro delivers.

So yeah, happy customer here.

 

[rofif]

I migrated from PC gaming to console, I've always owned consoles (for about 25 years now) but mostly as a "supplement" for exclusives.

It feels great to play games on a dedicated system again and I'm happy I jumped on the PS5 Pro instead of a graphics card.

Monster Hunter Wilds was the most important title for me to play at around 60fps and the PS5 Pro delivers.

So yeah, happy customer here.

nice to hear you are enjoying it!
What forced your hand to finally move ?

 

[nordique]

For me, selling ps5 base from launch and upgrade was cheap. So nice in that regard.

But I haven’t found a noticeable difference outside of ff7 rebirth.

I think it will have more value moving forward as more games especially first party games use it’s standout features

I don’t regret owning it, even if so far it’s been more disappointing than satisfying for myself

 

[kevboard]

that Fortnite screenshot is 90% just screen space reflections.

move your camera down to see the actual Lumen reflections underneath that SSR layer

 

[Humdinger]

OP here. Thanks for the votes. Looks like about two-thirds are either mostly or completely satisfied, which is more positive than I expected. The initial reception seemed quite mixed, but it seems that people's perceptions have grown more positive over time. Or maybe they are hopeful for the future, in light of the recent news about FSR/PSSR. There were a significant percentage of negative votes - about 9%, depends how you slice it - although that figure is inflated by people voting in the poll who didn't follow instructions (haven't owned a PS5 Pro).

I'm still undecided on whether to get one for myself, mainly because graphics and performance aren't that big of a deal to me. But the results of the poll are encouraging, at least.

 

[TGO]

OP here. Thanks for the votes. Looks like about two-thirds are either mostly or completely satisfied, which is more positive than I expected. The initial reception seemed quite mixed, but it seems that people's perceptions have grown more positive over time. Or maybe they are hopeful for the future, in light of the recent news about FSR/PSSR. There were a significant percentage of negative votes - about 9%, depends how you slice it - although that figure is inflated by people voting in the poll who didn't follow instructions (haven't owned a PS5 Pro).

I'm still undecided on whether to get one for myself, mainly because graphics and performance aren't that big of a deal to me. But the results of the poll are encouraging, at least.

If you mostly play on Performance Modes you might be impressed by the jump in visual quality while maintaining the high framerate.
But if like me you only go to performance modes because performance is generally bad and are accustomed what the game looks like in quality mode on a standard PS5 you maybe scratching your head and then eventually start spotting the flaws as well, like Upscaling artifacts and how unstable the image is in comparison.
But if you usually play in performance mode then it's a big upgrade, those modes usually look like someone wanked on your screen and now it looks like quality mode at 60fps via a compressed video...
It's a upgrade! But not for everyone.
If it enhanced the quality modes too it would be a different story, but as DF has pointed out those modes are intact just as they were on a standard PS5.
A few games do have good Pro modes while some.. even ones that are praised...not so much.
Some will obviously disagree with me but I don't think I can be any more honest then that when it comes to what to expect.

Hopefully it'll improve, but it doesn't seem like all new releases have Pro Modes either and even less older titles getting Pro Patches.

 

[Ashamam]

Just started playing KCD2. Might be enough of a reason all on its own tbh.

 

[Topher]

If you mostly play on Performance Modes you might be impressed by the jump in visual quality while maintaining the high framerate.
But if like me you only go to performance modes because performance is generally bad and are accustomed what the game looks like in quality mode on a standard PS5 you maybe scratching your head and then eventually start spotting the flaws as well, like Upscaling artifacts and how unstable the image is in comparison.
But if you usually play in performance mode then it's a big upgrade, those modes usually look like someone wanked on your screen and now it looks like quality mode at 60fps via a compressed video...
It's a upgrade! But not for everyone.
If it enhanced the quality modes too it would be a different story, but as DF has pointed out those modes are intact just as they were on a standard PS5.
A few games do have good Pro modes while some.. even ones that are praised...not so much.
Some will obviously disagree with me but I don't think I can be any more honest then that when it comes to what to expect.

Hopefully it'll improve, but it doesn't seem like all new releases have Pro Modes either and even less older titles getting Pro Patches.

I think this probably highlights the big difference between people who are satisfied with Pro and those that are not. You nailed it for me at least. I hated how bad so many games look in performance mode on PS5 and 30fps just wasn't an option I could deal with. PS5 Pro fixed all that for me. I do hope they improve PSSR so you and others who look at it like you do will be able to enjoy it as well.

Just started playing KCD2. Might be enough of a reason all on its own tbh.

That game looks incredibly clean on PS5 Pro.

 

[keefged4]

gg Amazon, mines is coming today instead of Monday now. Excited for RE4 VR on it. Mainly bought one for Death Stranding 2 and GTA VI.

 

[nnytk]

nice to hear you are enjoying it!
What forced your hand to finally move ?

New job where I spent a lot of time on my computer + work laptop.

Computer GPU needed thermal paste replace a bunch of times. PC fans going crazy again last summer made me consider getting a new PC.

Insane GPU pricing drove me towards consoles. Pro announcement/rumours came at the right time.

Very happy with the decision. And I'll probably get a Switch 2 down the line.

So I'll be moving from PC+Nintendo for a bunch of years, to, Nintendo+PS5 for gaming.

I understand that PC's offer so much more than gaming, but the discussion about which is best is so exhausting. It's all about personal preference and where you're at in life. And I just couldn't deal with shitty PC ports/crashes + insane GPU prices anymore.

I might move back to PC gaming in a few years, but I feel good with the PS5 for now.

Not to mention, crossplay for many games being a total win.