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#315947 1-Sep-2024 12:36

There are an increasing number rumours about a PS5 Pro model - perhaps to be announced in a few weeks and be on the market for Christmas.

I spend an indecent amount of time on my four-year-old PS5 and it’s one of my main forms of indoor recreation. I for one will try to be at the head of the queue if/when the update happens.

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#3277807 1-Sep-2024 13:39

Should least come with 4 TB storage , the current one is way to small . I know you can add a SSD but your paying a lot for crap otb storage

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#3277810 1-Sep-2024 13:54

Storage has never been a PS issue for me. I play most of my games to the fullest - but usually have only one game on the go at a time.

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#3277823 1-Sep-2024 15:07

I am also excited for the Pro, though it annoys me they have such a horrible design for it's external name, and the fact it's so massive, means I don't travel with it, the way I did with my PS4 (non pro) and Xbox Series S.

It's also concerning that it seems it may not have a disc player. I primarily buy discs so that may end up a deal breaker for me.

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#3277837 1-Sep-2024 16:11

eracode:

Storage has never been a PS issue for me. I play most games to the fullest - but usually have only one game on the go at a time.

I just find it hard with the kids games as well, Spider-Man is massive add hog warts and horizon or GT that’s about it . Always have to switch games between the internal and external memory . I should just buy a 4TB card as a SSD

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#3277904 1-Sep-2024 17:06

If you have a launch model the current one is a bit smaller and has a modular disk mount instead of the two launch disk/non-disk models.

Guarantee it will be a bump to the GPU core and maybe a clock increase for the CPU. At most maybe they put in extra RT for the GPU too but it’s unlikely until next gen.

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#3277924 1-Sep-2024 18:49

I went from launch day PS3 to a launch day PS4 to a launch day PS4 Pro to a launch day PS5. Really not interested in the PS5 Pro if I'm honest. The current PS5 still performs very well if I'm honest and to get more from it will require a TV upgrade that I just don't want to do.

I'll be sticking with my launch day PS5 for now.

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#3278175 2-Sep-2024 11:19

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It's also concerning that it seems it may not have a disc player. I primarily buy discs so that may end up a deal breaker for me.

I have a huge preference for discs. If there’s no disc option, I will not be a happy gamer. However I suspect that’s unlikely - will probably have a separate, attachable drive like the PS5 Slim.

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#3278181 2-Sep-2024 12:19

Discs are fine for historic games, but there is a trend for new games on disc to just be a license that allows the digital copy to download and install. It's not even like you'd have much luck playing offline in that scenario. I've seen a few examples of this in the past year, and would assume it will get to be more prevalent soon since publishers are starting to shun optical media just as much as the console makers are shunning the means to read them.

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#3278199 2-Sep-2024 13:28

I understand the preference for physical media in two scenarios.

A heavy gamer who completes a playthrough quickly, doesn't often replay games and wants to resell to recoup some cost to invest in the next game.
A collector. There's nothing wrong wanting to own physical media just because you want to.

But the arguements around not really owning digital media are starting dissipate. As you say, even a physical disc is often not much more than a license to download the full game. For me as a casual gamer I transitioned to digital in 2014 with the introduction of the original PS4 and I don't think I'll ever go back to physical media. And that goes for all entertainment, I no longer own any CDs, DVDs and I've never even owned a dedicated Bluray player. The convenience of ondemand media is just too appealing for me to bother with physical media.

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#3278202 2-Sep-2024 13:36

Senecio:
I understand the preference for physical media in two scenarios.

A heavy gamer who completes a playthrough quickly, doesn't often replay games and wants to resell to recoup some cost to invest in the next game.

A collector. There's nothing wrong wanting to own physical media just because you want to.

But the arguements around not really owning digital media are starting dissipate. As you say, even a physical disc is often not much more than a license to download the full game. For me as a casual gamer I transitioned to digital in 2014 with the introduction of the original PS4 and I don't think I'll ever go back to physical media. And that goes for all entertainment, I no longer own any CDs, DVDs and I've never even owned a dedicated Bluray player. The convenience of ondemand media is just too appealing for me to bother with physical media.

I do find discs great for cheaper games especially from EB games or market place, just not possible with digital . That would be my only pro you still have to load the into the console

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#3278275 2-Sep-2024 15:27

I get sub-$20 games all the time on Steam and Epic Store sales, and free games quite often too. I acknowledge that my options are wider on PC than having to buy from the PS Store, but I have a bunch of PS games that have accumulated in the same way over the years. I'm not advocating for one or the other, I just don't see many arguments for physical media that digital media doesn't also compare to favourably, these days. The biggest con for digital, in my opinion, is the fact a property can be simply deleted from existence if a company wants. It's happened with TV and Movies on streaming platforms where the content doesn't have a physical release, and I'd hate to lose access to some games simply because they choose not to sell them anymore.

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#3278405 3-Sep-2024 04:12

My preference for discs: I almost always have only one game on the go at any time. I load the disc and leave it in the console, play the game to within an inch of its life (can take months) then take the disc out - forever. Loading discs is not a burden for me.

Owing to competition between retailers, discs are generally way cheaper than the download from Sony.

Having completed a game, I almost never want to revisit it so I sell the disc. I have no interest in building a library of games. If I have paid, say, $120 for a new game, I can generally sell it for at least $60 - so this halves the cost of my habit.

I often buy discs second-hand, then sell them when I’ve finished. I don’t think that my approach is being cheap - it just makes economic sense to me given my preferences and modus operandi. I’ve played something like 40 games in recent years which would be a dead cost of several thousand dollars for me if I had downloaded them all.

Obviously some games aren’t issued on disc and the download is unavoidable. If I want the game, I have no problem with this and just stump up for the download.

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#3278411 3-Sep-2024 06:30

I like the idea of a Pro system in that it would allow me to strip out a hefty PC set-up from a basic sim I want to build for my son to play WRC games.

E: On the physical media vs. downloads, I'm firmly physical media. My son is about to come of age for games and my PS3 will let me show him games I grew up with. Not possible for me to do with digital equivalents unless a whole bunch of people become cool with licensing issues very quickly (doubley-so for things like racing games which are littered with trademarks and logos from dozens of places, as well as car makers who give limited licenses in the first place).

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#3280574 10-Sep-2024 08:04

Noticed this on Engadget just now. Looks like PS5 Pro will be announced tomorrow.

Edit: Later found this TechRadar story which is a great summary of the situation ahead of tomorrow's presentation.

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#3280823 10-Sep-2024 20:41

eracode:

Noticed this on Engadget just now. Looks like PS5 Pro will be announced tomorrow.

Edit: Later found this TechRadar story which is a great summary of the situation ahead of tomorrow's presentation.

Not enough to make me get one , but will mean the standard ps5 will be more affordable for people. I’ll pass on this one:)

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